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The Waste We Make: Recycle Better to Earn More

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Last week, I made a note of everything I threw away while I was at the office.  Why? Because there’s a high likelihood that people don’t realize everything they throw away.  If individuals don’t realize how much they throw away, how can businesses (made up of individuals) possibly realize and act on the amount of trash they throw away “willy nilly”?

Sure, not everything I threw away will have been recyclable and some of it won’t even be significant (maybe all of it put together won’t even seem significant) but put it all together, day after day and imagine how much trash we produce in a lifetime – trash that goes potentially unnoticed.

Keep in mind, in this daily routine I’ve attempted at every point to emulate the daily habits of the average non-recycler.

7:00 AM: Wake up, Shower, Brush Teeth.  Throw away empty tube of toothpaste

8:00 AM: After wandering about the house, zombielike for approximately 45 minutes, pour a cup of coffee, throw away coffee grounds, filter, 4 empty sugar packets (Lay off!), and empty plastic bottle of creamer. Buttered some toast and headed to the office.

8:30 AM: Begin writing blogs and scouring the web for news on the recycling front.  Print article on recycling efforts in California. Read article. Take notes. Throw article away.

9:00 AM: Finish second cup of coffee, throw away styrofoam cup, continue working.

12:00 PM: After 3 solid hours of work, it’s lunch time. After lunch, the trashcan finds itself a little heavier with one plastic sandwich bag, an empty cup of yogurt, plastic spoon, plastic knife, plastic fork, plastic bottle of water, bag of chips, and a granola bar wrapper.

1:30 PM: Print out 5 page report.  Find mistake that slipped through the first draft, throw away old report, print out updated report.

3:00 PM: It’s the 3:00 wall, 1 more cup of coffee consumed, 1 more cup and 4 sugar packets to join it in the trashcan.

6:00 PM: Home now and it’s dinnertime! After all is said and done, the trashcan gets heavier with 4 paper towels, an empty carton of milk, leftover bits of chicken, empty bag of mixed greens, empty can of corn, packaging from chicken, and an empty spice bottle.

9:00 PM: A beer or two and a movie with the family.  Trashcan, meet beer bottle and popcorn bag, they’re very excited to make your acquaintance.

11:00 PM: Goodnight world!

Check back next week and I’ll put it all into perspective! Hopefully, it will help some see how much money goes into waste and how much green business initiatives can save.

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Let March Be Your Cue to Recycle and Start a Great Home Business

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Last week, at the end of February we mentioned that in Finnish the word for the month of March, Maaliskuu, means “the earthy month” because it’s typically the first month of the year where earth can be seen finally peaking through the snow.  As you can now see (as long as you haven’t just been hit by a freak storm!), the Fins had it right.  There’s a good chance that you can now see a little bit of green through the white stuff that’s been shutting down cities like Washington D.C. for the past month or so.

Even still, snow is something that we’ll always have to worry about.  Weather’s just another one of those facts of life that we’ll always have to contend with.  Much in the same way, so is trash. We can’t avoid creating trash, and just like snowstorms are capable of shutting down a city, uncontrolled waste can creep up on a business and cause more damage than you thought possible.

Consider how much it costs to dispose of your trash every week.  Chances are, that’s a cost that you don’t need to be paying.  Chances are, a majority of your trash is recyclable, and chances are – you don’t know the best way to recycle it.  Many times, businesses look at recycling as a major time sink with rules and regulations making it hardly worth the time spent figuring it all out.  Well, that’s where opportunity lies.

Businesses don’t have time to figure out the recycling industry, they hardly have enough time to get through their regular day-to-day tasks.  They don’t have the time needed to learn what the best resources are for saving money with recycling, but  you do.

There are millions of dollars waiting to be saved, and all that money is sitting at the bottom of trash cans and dumpsters; it’s all wasting away in office parks, warehouses, and industrial centers.  Businesses need to save and most of the time they don’t see the money sinks sitting in their own parking lot.

Why not step in?  Make a difference and make a living helping businesses stay on top of one  fact of life you didn’t know you could profit from and they didn’t know they could save with.  It’s the best home based business you could get involved with.  Why wait?

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