While walking through Boston a week or so ago, we were slightly surprised when we turned the corner towards the Prudential center to come across a handful of 18 foot tall daisies. No, it’s no joke. To promote their new Prius, Toyota has planted 18 foot tall Solar Panels, disguised as Daisies, in many of the country’s major cities—offering the public not only a shaded place to sit, but a spot to charge their mobile devices and get free solar powered wi-fi at the same time.
The undoubtedly expensive marketing display is a clear example of a green product being marketed in a ‘green’ way. However, businesses who don’t have the resources to plant 18 foot tall solar powered flowers in the country’s major cities need not fear—there is plenty you can do to help the environment, go green, and save money. Half that battle is coming to terms with the fact that EVERYONE produces waste. There’s no getting past it, but we can work with it.
After realizing that every business creates waste, we can look at each business on a case by case basis and provide the answer to the question, “Where can we waste less?”
Waste consultants like the ones at EWS can show businesses exactly where the waste is occurring that costs the businesses money. Are materials being hauled off unnecessarily? Can excess manufacturing materials be sold to other companies who can actually use them? Can we recycling more than just paper?
How far you want to go is up to you. You don’t need to plant 18 foot flowers or anything extreme. But for just a moment, step back and consider all of the waste. Or better yet, let someone else do it for you.
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