4 Ways to Show Customers That You’re a Green Company Showing your customers that you’re a green company can improve your existing relationships, and attract new customers to your business. You don’t have to be a huge international corporation with a LEED-certified facility to be a green company; in fact, you don’t need any certifications at all. Companies of any
5 Holiday Items You Should Be Recycling We Americans love our holidays and we tend to go big when it comes to celebrating. Unfortunately, celebrations can have a significant impact on the environment, making holiday recycling even more important. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, an American household generates about 25 percent more waste than at other times of the
Proper Restaurant Food Waste Recycling Like other businesses, restaurants produce a lot of waste that is recyclable. Considering how much waste a busy restaurant can produce, recycling is not only an environmentally friendly option; it’s significantly less expensive than paying for multiple waste pickups every week. Additionally, restaurants tend to produce a lot of food waste that usually ends up
Aluminum Recycling is Important: Here’s What Happens When You Don’t Recycle Aluminum Consumers can take aluminum cans directly to a recycling facility for a worthwhile cash payout; even still, the recycling rate in America is a sad 67%. Here’s why aluminum recycling is so important, and the scary things that happen when aluminum isn’t recycled. Reasons to Start Recycling Aluminum
Reduce & Reuse Paper in Your Office Before Recycling If your company is making efforts to be more environmentally conscious, making a commitment to reuse paper and reduce office paper usage will have a significant impact. While you may not think your office uses a lot of paper-based on your paper expenses, the cost of using paper is actually far
Why You Need a Professional to Shred Your Documents Many of today’s modern offices still produce a lot of paper waste, despite concerted efforts to go paperless. Some of this is due to outdated document shredding practices. If you’re still relying on desk side personal shredders for disposing of sensitive documents, you could be making a few critical mistakes. Here’s
How To Begin Electronic Recycling At Your Company Electronic devices are an important part of every office. Rapidly changing technology means e-waste recycling is more important than ever for businesses. The modern office likely has drawers filled with dated mobile devices, broken tablets, low-performance laptops, and charger cables galore. A more traditional office probably has a corner of a storeroom
How to Start a School Recycling Program (Updated August 3, 2020) It’s back to school time around Chicago, and it’s no secret that a top priority for a lot of schools is saving or making money. If your school is looking for ways to go green while saving green, a school recycling program is a great place to start.
Recycling Aluminum Cans in Chicago Aluminum is one of the most important – and most profitable – materials to recycle. Since its introduction in the early 1900s, nearly 75% of all aluminum ever produced is still in circulation. How? Because it is easy to recycle, the metal does not lose its quality no matter how many times it’s recycled, and
How Companies Stay Eco Friendly During the Summer It’s officially summertime – the ultimate season for grilling, chilling and traveling! As more consumers become environmentally conscious, they’re looking for companies who have a green office as well as shifting habits at home. Summer can be a challenging time for those going green, but simple shifts can help. Reusable dinnerware instead