September is officially Support Small Green Businesses Month here at Greener Assets. This interview is part of that series. You can find more information about his series here.
Today’s featured business is Resource Revival. Check out their website and this interview with National Sales Manager Jim Hassert:
Greener Assets: How did your business first get started?
Jim: The idea for Resource Revival sprung from founder Graham Bergh’s imagination in 1991 when he got a flat tire while biking to his recycling job. That inner tube became a cradle for his stereo speakers and after three years of tinkering with other ideas Resource …read more

September is officially Support Small Green Businesses Month here at Greener Assets. This interview is part of that series. You can find more information about his series here.
Today’s featured business is Close the Loop, LLC. Check out their website and this interview with owner Rita Lacey:
Greener Assets: How did your business first get started?
Rita: I worked in the corporate world for 15 years, left to have my daughter & started the business when she entered school 8 years ago. I wanted to “buy recycled”, but couldn’t find a place to go that had much more than recycled paper available…so I …read more

September is officially Support Small Green Businesses Month here at Greener Assets. This interview is part of that series. You can find more information about his series here.
Today’s featured business is Eco-Artware.com. Check out their website and this interview with owner Reena Kazmann:
Greener Assets: How did your business first get started?
Reena: I’ve had several crafts-related businesses in the past. This one started when I went to the Gift Show in 1999 and saw too few products made from recycled materials–there wasn’t much available then. They stood out from everything else by their strong design and efficiency of reusing discarded …read more

Every spring, I go through a bit of a cleaning rampage, and this year is no different. Last year, I had a yard sale to get rid of a ton of crap (where does it all come from???), and although I don’t have as much this year, I do have some items that are still in decent condition but that I don’t use anymore.
And to those items, I bid a fond farewell.
This is a really important step in your home office because a clutter workspace can really decrease productivity.
But what to do with that old printer and unneeded …read more

Yesterday, Greener Assets’ guest blogger talked about the importance of recycling less. That’s right, less! Her argument was that instead of trying to recycle, we should first be trying to repurpose. And that’s a good point – if you can find another use for something, that’s a much better option than placing it in your recycling bin. After all, just because you try to recycle it doesn’t mean that it can actually be recycled (for example, most caps can’t be recycled).
To help you with repurposing, I’ve come up with a few nifty ideas for your home office:

Use the clear …read more