Biz Spotlights

Aug
06

What can businesses do with electronic waste?

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It's bound to happen. Your office computer finally gives out. Your point of sale terminal needs to be replaced. The TV you bought in 1995 is in a closet because it's beyond repair. Simply put, it's time to get rid of these electronics. But what should businesses do with electronic waste (e-waste)? Why recycle? E-waste contains dangerous materi...

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Aug
05

Green Business Spotlight: Vancouver Spinal Care

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Located in downtown Vancouver, Vancouver Spinal Care offers chiropractic care, massage therapy, and care for accidents and injuries. This 5-person office proves that it's possible to go green by setting a goal, changing habits and making small, incremental changes to reduce energy consumption and waste. Vancouver Spinal Care launched their greening...

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Jul
08

Green Business Spotlight: Wager Audio

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Wager Audio provides audio visual equipment rental, full service event production and everything in between. Whether you need a mic for a backyard gathering or are producing one of Vancouver's largest events, they have the ability to meet your needs. In the last year they supported over 600 events! Did you attend Recycled Arts Festival at Esther Sh...

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Jun
13

In Clark County, Compostable Food Packaging is a Waste

It sounds like an environmental triumph; the ability to turn single-use food packaging into a soil amendment, a new form of energy, or some other usable thing. Compostable packaging is taking the place of plates, cups, and to-go containers that would otherwise be made out of petroleum-based plastic or coated paper and thrown away after a singl...

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Jun
06

Join the Plastic Free EcoChallenge!

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Join us this July for a plastic-free life, and together we can turn our dream of a plastic-free world into reality. Alongside thousands of EcoChallengers around the world, you take on a 31-day EcoChallenge designed by you. Choose 'everyday' or 'one-time' actions from a collection of 65+ suggested actions, or get creative and create your own pl...

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