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Going ‘green’ pays off for businesses

This year’s Earth Day celebration has come and gone. But the once a year event serves as an important reminder that there are things every business can do to act ‘green’ every day. Being respectful of the environment has some unexpected perks: not only can it improve your reputation in the community; it can save [...]

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Green Drinks Earth Day Celebration

The Park City Green Drinks chapter will be hosting an Earth Day Celebration Thursday, April 22, 2010 at Maxwell’s East Coast Eatery at the Newpark Hotel, 1456 Newpark Blvd., Kimball Junction in Park City. Times are from 6:00 PM ‘til 9ish. Green Drinks is an Environment Networking group with active chapters in over 600 cities [...]

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Lessen your impact on the environment and enjoy your coffee.

In today’s atmosphere of increasing environmental concern, we are realizing that there is no part of our lives that doesn’t impact the world in which we live. Even something as seemingly innocuous as enjoying a cup of coffee or tea impacts our environment. Coffee is the world’s most commonly traded commodity after crude oil. And [...]

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Packing peanuts: now business and eco-friendly

Have you ever opened a package and been showered with small foam-like, peanut-shaped objects? Most people usually don’t pay much attention to them anymore. Packing peanuts have been around nearly fifty years, having been first introduced by the Dow Chemical Company in the 1960’s. Traditional packing peanuts are made out of polystyrene. Unfortunately, polystyrene can [...]

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