Category: Buy Recycled, Buy Refurbished, Buy Local, Shop Small
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Back-to-School Shopping with Purpose: Greener, Smarter Choices for 2025
Whether you’re sending a child to kindergarten or college, Back-To-School shopping is an opportunity to reduce waste, support local businesses, and teach kids a little something about sustainability. Here are six practical tips to green your shopping list, lower your environmental footprint, and strengthen your local economy: 1. Start by Shopping Your Closets Before heading out…
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Support Independents This Independence Day
Why You Should Support Independent IT Asset Disposition Companies Independence Day As we celebrate American Independence Day, it’s worth reflecting not only on our country’s foundational values but also on how those values are reflected in today’s business landscape. Among them: independence, responsibility and innovation. These values are at the core of independent IT Asset…
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Small Business
Small Business Saturday which was created to encourage shoppers to patronize the small local businesses has come and gone. But you can still Shop Small and Buy Local this holiday season. Locally owned businesses have a huge impact on the economy and their communities. Small business accounts for two-thirds of net new jobs and…
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A Peek at Less Traditional Recycling in Maryland
Spring is full of occasions to celebrate rebirth, renewal, refurbishing and recycling. Then suddenly, the rush of graduations, weddings, and vacations begins. Until the heat sets in, reminding us that climate change is still with us, the environment is no longer top of mind for most of us. Photo by Kenneth K. Lam The Baltimore…
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6 Ways to Green Your Back-To-School Shopping
“I Can’t Believe Summer is Over!” Maryland’s Tax Free Week is finished but I’ll bet there are still some items on your list. Below are six tips to green your back-to-school shopping, reduce your environmental footprint and support you local communities. 1. Shop your own closets FIRST. Often we shop the list provided by the…