This morning I found the site of a soap that is getting a lot of talk right now. New Soap, Old Bottle. I read a few opinions about this new product and it seems to be pretty widely endorsed. One comment I read explained that if nothing else this should inspire us to reuse our [keep reading...]
We had a Shoplet debate the other day about the difference between Post and Pre Consumer Recycled Content. We thought we might as well group all of our products that contain any recycled content all together. Then the question came up, well what’s the difference? Does it matter which they used? Here’s our most [keep reading...]
We received a lovely pamphlet on how to be Green & Lean in your workplace environment. Check out what it said: “At home, most of us recycle; many of us are committed to minimizing waste, buying organic and doing our part to help contribute to a healthier and greener environment. But in the workplace, it’s [keep reading...]
Ever wonder how paper gets recycled? Sorting The first step involves sorting the paper to be recycled. Recycled paper should be kept free of contaminates such as food, plastic, metal, and other trash as these can make paper difficult to recycle. Contaminated paper which cannot be recycled is composted, burned for energy, or sent to [keep reading...]
When my family moved from our first house, we did it all ourselves. Yeah it was a pretty miserable task but it definitely had it’s entertaining moments. Like playing around on hand trucks. I have this image in my head of climbing on to the hand truck, laying back and being whirled around. These days [keep reading...]
Below are some environmental practices that you may want to consider, in order to reduce the environmental impact of your daily operataions. This is part III of our series of green guides. Here is Part I, Reduce Carbon Footprint, and Part II, Greening Office Product Line. A. Resource Conservation and Pollution Prevention (Check all that [keep reading...]
This is part II of our 5 part Guide to Green Office. This guide contains ways of measuring your environmental impacts as well as a checklist for things one could do in terms of greening one’s product line. A. Measuring the Environmental Impact of Switching to Green Products (1) Recycled paper products. To determine the [keep reading...]
