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Sustainability Guide for Plumbers: Getting Started

Green Business Bureau

If you own and operate a plumbing business, it’s time to get serious about going green in order to stay ahead of the trend and secure your business for the future. The younger generation has demonstrated an increasing interest in environmental sustainability, seeing that 87% of consumers prioritize sustainable businesses.

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Sustainability Guide for Greenhouses and Nurseries: Getting Started

Green Business Bureau

Practicing good stewardship and sustainability is an integral part of making your business green both ecologically and financially. . The nursery and greenhouse industry is by no means a main contributor to environmental issues but it is beneficial for all businesses to adopt environmentally sound practices. Compost Where You Can.

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‘We can’t recycle our way out’

Grist

When dealing with the life cycle of plastic, hundreds of solutions await, from alternative bioplastics that might be able to degrade themselves through the magic of fungus, to complex chemical recycling that can break plastics down to become other petroleum products or to be rebuilt good as new.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. RECYCLED STEEL. RECYCLED PLASTIC.

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Sustainability Guide for Greenhouses and Nurseries: Getting Started

Green Business Bureau

Practicing good stewardship and sustainability is an integral part of making your business green both ecologically and financially. . The nursery and greenhouse industry is by no means a main contributor to environmental issues but it is beneficial for all businesses to adopt environmentally sound practices. Compost Where You Can.

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Daily Eco-friendly Practices: Saving the Environment while Cutting Costs

The Environmental Blog

Start with small steps such as bringing your reusable bags to the grocery store, using refillable water bottles instead of buying disposable ones, and opting for reusable containers over plastic wrap for food storage. Start by choosing products with minimal packaging or those packaged in recyclable materials.

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Technological Trials to Future-Proof Roads in Suffolk

Cleantech East

million of the fund to adapt lighting columns to make them suitable for use as charging points for electric cars, or Wi-Fi hubs. This technology can currently cut costs and energy consumption of traditional street lighting by 50%. Right here in the East of England Suffolk County Council have been allocated £4.41