September 2019 | Waste Wise Products

September 2019

Overcoming the Top 5 Sustainability Challenges to Small Business

Overcoming the Top 5 Sustainability Challenges to Small Business

If running a small business is not challenging enough, add sustainability initiatives to the mix, and you’ll be setting you up for a while. The good news: companies like yours have been very successful in dealing with these challenges.

IKEA Switching to Mushrooms For Their Packaging Needs

IKEA Switching to Mushrooms For Their Packaging Needs

We're all familiar with Styrofoam packing peanuts and molded cushioning to help keep stuff safe in transit. While there's no argument that it gets the job done, the sheer amount of waste it generates is staggering.

Audit Your Company’s Environmental Strategy with an Assumption Slam

Audit Your Company’s Environmental Strategy with an Assumption Slam

Your company has implemented an environmental strategy, and everyone feels great about it. That's terrific! But at some point, that strategy, like everything your business does, needs to come under some scrutiny in order to be successful.

6 Excellent Ways to Increase Employee Engagement in Sustainability

6 Excellent Ways to Increase Employee Engagement in Sustainability

Many businesses are finally accepting the idea that sustainability is crucial. However, engaging employees in the organization's daily sustainability activities remains a challenge.

Disposable Coffee Cups That Could Plant Trees and Wildflowers?

Disposable Coffee Cups That Could Plant Trees and Wildflowers?

Americans go through a staggering number of coffee cups a year, and that’s not even accounting for the sheer amount of java the rest of the world is drinking. While reusable mugs and travel thermoses can put a dent in the amount of waste our coffee habit produces, it's not common enough to fix the problem.

5 Trends and Drivers in Sustainability Purchasing

5 Trends and Drivers in Sustainability Purchasing

From municipal offices to technology manufacturers, sustainable purchasing and procurement is a growing priority for organizations of all shapes and sizes. A vast majority of businesses (81%), according to a recent EcoVadis study, are now committed to sustainable procurement, a number that has shot up in recent years.

Igloo’s Biodegradable Coolers Provide A Serious Styrofoam Alternative

Igloo’s Biodegradable Coolers Provide A Serious Styrofoam Alternative

When it comes to eco-friendly policies and green changes, there are big ones and small ones. The big ones grab most of the headlines, but we sometimes forget that the small ones can have an outsized impact if enough people really embrace them.

8 Ways to Help Reduce Plastic Products in the Environment

8 Ways to Help Reduce Plastic Products in the Environment

We are all becoming aware of the accumulation of plastic, especially in the oceans. If we become proactive, we can reduce the number of disposable plastic that pose a threat to our ecosystems.

Trent University To Install Permeable Parking Made From Recycled Plastic

Trent University To Install Permeable Parking Made From Recycled Plastic

Permeable parking is an environmentally-friendly solution that's been growing in popularity for years, now. Rather than being solid, though, the pavement has small, breathable openings in it that allow water to slide through it, moving through the gravel and back into the soil more naturally.

The Impacts of Food Waste & How To Reduce It

The Impacts of Food Waste & How To Reduce It

Americans waste food to the tune of $144,000,000,000 each year. Some of the biggest contributors to this waste are restaurants and other food establishments.