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Five U.S. Companies Committed To Recycling

<p><strong>Reduce&comma; reuse&comma; recycle &&num;8212&semi;<&sol;strong> many of us are dedicated to reducing our carbon footprint in our homes by increasing the application of these concepts&period; This is not&comma; however&comma; only a home based&comma; grass roots movement&period; Thanks to its combination of cost reduction and good public relations&comma; recycling is becoming more and more common in both small and large companies&period; As the general public increasingly expects environmental responsibility&comma; corporations have begun to research and implement new ways to address the issue while making it financially rewarding to do so&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;11&sol;Five-U&period;S&period;-Companies-Committed-To-Recycling-640x426&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Five U&period;S&period; Companies Committed To Recycling" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"426" class&equals;"aligncenter size-Correct-Size wp-image-9294" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Corporate recycling commonly begins with a plan to work toward &&num;8220&semi;zero or near zero landfill status&comma;&&num;8221&semi; which ideally means that none of the business&&num;8217&semi; waste ends up in the dump&period; Next&comma; the company needs to perform a less than pleasant&comma; but imperative step &&num;8212&semi; &&num;8220&semi;dumpster diving&period;&&num;8221&semi; The current state of the business&&num;8217&semi; waste must be assessed in order to determine the methods needed to recycle it&period; Often&comma; there are items in the garbage that are easily identified as recyclable&period; With a few containers and training for employees&comma; these items can be illuminated immediately from the waste stream&period; Consulting firms or waste management companies can help find outlets for other recyclables&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>These are 5 U&period;S&period; Companies Committed to Recycling&colon;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><strong>1&period; Container Exchanger&colon;<&sol;strong> Specializes in creating returnable and reusable packaging for companies seeking to reduce their carbon footprint&period; They also reuse paper in their own offices&comma; and when blank paper is necessary&comma; purchase 100&percnt; recycled paper&comma; and utilize &&num;8220&semi;gently used&&num;8221&semi; office furniture&comma; which is sold rather than thrown away when it has outlived its usefulness&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;containerexchanger&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;containerexchanger&period;<wbr &sol;>com&sol;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>2&period; Brita&colon;<&sol;strong> Well known for its popular and effective water filtration items&comma; Brita has designed all of its products to be recyclable&period; The plastics can be recycled by standard methods&comma; while the filters can be sent back to the Brita corporation&period; The filters are then broken down&comma; processed&comma; and made into new filters&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;brita&period;net&sol;recycling&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;brita&period;net&sol;<wbr &sol;>recycling&period;html<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>3&period; Kenai Sports&colon;<&sol;strong> This popular sportswear company makes all of its clothing out of garbage&period; As a plus&comma; they are also 100&percnt; American made&period; http&colon;&sol;&sol;kenaisports&period;com&sol;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>4&period; Sprint&colon;<&sol;strong> This cell phone company recycles its phones&comma; but it is also dedicated to sustainability within the corporation&period; They are currently setting incremental goals to decrease their &&num;8220&semi;operational waste-to-landfill&comma;&&num;8221&semi; reduce their &&num;8220&semi;greenhouse gas emissions&comma;&&num;8221&semi; increase their use of renewable energy sources&comma; and more&period; http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;sprint&period;com&sol;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>5&period; Recyclebank&colon;<&sol;strong> This innovative business works to reward sustainable behavior and business practices&comma; encouraging people to increase their recycling habits and water usage&comma; among other green behaviors&period; They practice the same activities as a company as they teach and coach in their clients&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;recyclebank&period;com&sol;corporate-info" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;recyclebank&period;com&sol;<wbr &sol;>corporate-info<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With climate change an increasing threat to life on earth and landfill areas full and often poisonous&comma; more than ever companies realize they must do something to help&comma; not only to do what they can to decrease environmental issues&comma; but to address the demand of the general public regarding the same&period; While many companies sacrifice the health of our planet&comma; our water&comma; and our air in favor of profits&comma; the companies above and many others are working to counteract their damage as much as possible&period; It may often seem to be a David vs&period; Goliath situation&comma; but if enough people and companies band together&comma; our efforts can make a greater difference than we might imagine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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