What are five ways small businesses can become more environmentally friendly?
USE recycled paper. New paper is often white, not because this is paper’s natural colour, but because it is bleached. This bleach (dioxin) is a major cause of water pollution. Dioxin is highly toxic and a carcinogenic contaminant; CONVERT to green energy. Go to www.originenergy.com.au to ensure your electricity is purchased from renewable sources rather than coal-fired power stations that produce toxic carbon dioxide that damage the health of our families; BUY fair-traded coffee. Go to www.oxfam.org.au/coffee to ensure that poor farmers in Third World countries are paid fairly for their coffee crops; SET your home page to www.thehungersite.com. Just click the Give Free Food button and a cup of food is donated to feed a hungry person; and RECYCLE old mobile phones with Mobile Muster. Go to www.mobilemuster.com.au to find out more. Recycling phones will help reduce the amount of hazardous waste that ends up as landfill. How can it benefit a business to be socially and environmentally con
