Businesses learn that environmental decision making can save money reducing waste provided by Solana Recyclers n September 1998, the US Environmental Protection Agency provided grant funds to Solana Recyclers for the Sustainable Futures Project. This project is designed to help businesses reduce the amount of waste they create, save money and buy recycled-content products. More and more businesses are beginning to realize that it makes economic sense to include environmental considerations into the corporate decision-making process. Supported by funds provided from the grant, staff members literally dig through the waste that a business creates and find ways to save money either through recycling, reducing, or reusing. After the waste is characterized and the facility is toured, each business receives a waste reduction cost analysis report which shows how reducing waste can save their business money.
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Assembly Bill 939, passed in 1990, requires cities and counties throughout California to reduce their waste by 50 percent by the year 2000. Commercial waste represents about 35 percent of the waste stream in San Diego County. Accordingly, businesses that participate in the Sustainable Futures Project can help the city and county to reach this 50 percent waste diversion goal. Despite the fact that recycled copy paper now performs just as well as virgin fiber copy paper, many businesses still don't buy recycled because of its higher price. In fact, recycled paper only represents about 6-7 percent of the printing and writing market.