Don’t throw your profits out with the trash. Become a “zero waste” business by practicing waste prevention, reusing products, making environmentally conscious purchases, and recycling solid waste and organics. This not only helps your business to meet local, state, and federal environmental mandates, but also to cut costs, increase profits, and help the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Recycling Requirements for California Businesses
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Related Tools & Resources
- Understanding local government: planning and decision making (Institute for Local Government)
- Information about Zero Waste
For more information contact: Business Assistance, bzassist@calrecycle.ca.gov.
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