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Green Your Workplace With These Eco-Friendly Office Products and Supplies

Green Business Bureau

Green Paper Products offers a variety of biodegradable and compostable plates, cups and cutlery as well as party ware for your Employee of the Month celebration. It must be noted that biodegradable and compostable mean different things and that these items cannot simply be tossed into the environment to decompose.

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The best eco-friendly gifts for your grandparents

AGreenLiving

In addition to enriching the soil , flax requires less energy and water to manufacture into material than cotton. Even better, linen is completely biodegradable. Upcycled cribbage board For the grandparent who enjoys classic game time, give the gift of cribbage with the added benefit of reusing materials off the street.

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Waste Management Checklist: 26 Tips For Minimizing Waste

Green Business Bureau

A zero waste program should avoid burning and eliminate discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health. Comparatively, poor waste management contributes to air pollution, exacerbates climate change, contaminates ecological habitats, and is harmful to wildlife and human health.

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10 Ways to Engage Employees for World Cleanup Day

Green Business Bureau

Identifying areas of improvement as well as potential new revenue streams through waste recycling/upcycling opportunities. Launch an upcycle station for storing old or excess office supplies and equipment that someone else could use. Check out our articles on eco-friendly boxes and paper packaging and some biodegradable options.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Essentially, sustainable fashion meets women’s health. Camargo and her partner developed absorbent underwear with natural, biodegradable fabric that maintains functionality for an average of 50 washes, or about two years. Sustainability is important to Camargo’s belief that "the health of the planet impacts our health," she says. "In

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

AGreenLiving

Essentially, sustainable fashion meets women’s health. Camargo and her partner developed absorbent underwear with natural, biodegradable fabric that maintains functionality for an average of 50 washes, or about two years. Goodman-Smith facilitated a program using Foodstuffs’ leftover bread to make beer that was sold back to the store.