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How To Incorporate Sustainable Materials Into Your Everyday Life

The Environmental Blog

SCS Global Services, standing for Scientific Certification Systems, provides consumers with the tell-all sign on whether or not a company has ethically reached proper product evaluation upon their use of recycled materials. Stay mindful of how you’re using and disposing of materials.

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Using Technology to Make Your Company More Efficient and More Sustainable

The Environmental Blog

However, sustainability is much more than an ethical prerogative. Integrating systems that use less energy and producing less waste, for example, is an effective means of saving money and reducing environmental impacts. Energy efficiency is a key illustration of the efficiency-sustainability connection.

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Sustainability Guide for Hotels and Motels: Getting Started

Green Business Bureau

Excessive use of fossil fuels that pollute and contribute to climate change. Further, hotel waste consists largely of common recyclable materials – aluminum cans, cardboard, paper, plastic bottles and landscape waste – all materials that could be processed into a new useful material.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

This guide, useful for homeowners, designers, contractors and builders alike, highlights important green building materials to consider and suggests credible, certified sustainable brands to help you build a truly sustainable home. Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. RECYCLED STEEL. RECLAIMED LUMBER.

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Sustainability Guide for Builders and Construction: Getting Started

Green Business Bureau

Long-distance sourcing of materials that contribute to extensive transportation emissions. Carbon emissions from operations, vehicles and material engineering. Reduce Waste and Use Recycled Materials. Improve Energy Efficiency and Electrify Your Processes. In the U.S., Increase Transparency.

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The Return on Investment (ROI) of Sustainable Business

Green Business Bureau

Engineering, including product design, materials, and end-of-life management (e.g. the product’s reuse and recycling potential). Waste Reduction: recyclable materials and food waste. Green Office Services: employing green vendors for cleaning, product supplies, landscaping materials, and snow/grass removal.

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The Impact of Chemicals in Everyday Products: How to Choose Non-Toxic Alternatives

The Environmental Blog

These chemicals have been linked to skin allergies, endocrine disruption, and water pollution when they wash down the drain. Moreover, the production and disposal of these chemical-laden products often involve energy-intensive processes that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and exacerbate climate change.