Ditch the plastic: Every year Americans consume 30 billion single-serving containers of bottled water, 380 billion plastic bags and enough plastic film to shrink wrap Texas. A bottled water ban in the office is a good starting place in the move towards a Green office.
What if you were told that every time you took out the trash you were not only contributing to a growing solid waste crisis, but literally throwing money out the window (or into the trash bin, as the case may be). Sure it’s messy-and maybe even a little smelly-but cash is literally [...]
You’ve got your gifts, Christmas is almost here and you’re looking for ways to reduce waste, increase efficiency and save some cash in the last few pre-holiday weeks. It’s easier than you might think and YGR is here to help from shipping and wrapping to recycling and composting!
Shipping:
Ship USPS using their C2C (cradle to [...]
A Green Guide to holiday toy shopping: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
OK, so you’ve decided you’re ready to ‘Green’ your business. You know what sustainability means to your company, you’ve estimated the scope of the project (after reading YGR’s previous post) and perhaps you’ve got some ideas already stirring in your mind. So what now? It’s time to lay the foundation for your Environmental Management [...]
In his new book, Greening Your Business: The Hands-on Guide to Creating a Successful and Sustainable Business, author Daniel Sitarz outlines the ‘21 Best Green Business Tips’ every business should consider adopting. The new book, a 2008 National Best Book Award recipient, has been met with rave reviews by industry professionals and Green [...]
What does ‘Green’ mean to your company and how does reducing your ecological impact translate into cost savings, a stronger public image and improving the Triple Bottom Line (People, Planet, Profit)? Do you go for the low hanging fruit, printing on both sides and investing in inexpensive power strips, or do you dive headlong into [...]
Where does your ’stuff’ come from? How does it get from raw material to product and where does it end up when you throw it away?
We live in a ’stuff’-saturated community where the average American home contains around 10,000 objects and has more t.v.’s than people living in it. Each of us creates [...]
“Cosmetics products and ingredients are not subject to FDA premarket approval authority, with the exception of color additives…[the] FDA cannot require companies to do safety testing of their cosmetics before marketing.” (FDA website).
If that quote concerns you then pay very close attention to this next part excerpted from Healthy Child, Healthy World:
The average American uses [...]
Halloween is almost here! Time to sneak treats, assume alternate identities, run around in the dark…and create massive amounts of solid waste? Yup, from trashed pumpkins and plastic decorations to single use costumes and candy wrappers we generate tons (litterally) of garbage every Halloween. YGR’s Green Halloween Guide is the first stop on your path [...]