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Sustainable Office Gifts: A Guide For Green Holiday Shopping

Green Business Bureau

You can use patterned wrapping paper and old cereal boxes to create a nifty file/magazine holder or a desk organizer. Gift the go-getters in your office sustainable business cards such as these 100% recyclable cotton cards from Moo or Botanical Paperworks plantable business cards that biodegrade and grow into herbs and wildflowers.

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Busting waste and recycling myths

Envirotec Magazine

You risk contaminating the whole load if you put the wrong things in your recycling. This might mean all the materials are sent for disposal instead of recycling, or the quality of the recyclable materials produced is lower. To be sure an item is recyclable, it must explicitly state that this is the case.

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SEPA household waste statistics 2019 highlight positive trends on recycling, carbon emissions and reduced landfill use

Envirotec Magazine

This is largely due to increased recycling rates – particularly for high impact waste materials – as well as reductions in waste generated and reduced landfilling of biodegradable waste. Glass remains the second most recycled material, with 107,000 tonnes, similar to 2018. tonnes per person.

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