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Buy bulk food to reduce packaging waste
All Green Things 100% Hemp Reusable Produce Bag
Whether you're on the way out to the local farmers market or to Safeway, don't forget this lightweight but durable hemp produce bag, exclusively available from online eco-merchant All Green Things. Aside from fruit and veggie shopping, the bag can also come in handy as a lunch sack for the office, a travel tote, and more.Biofresh resealable zipper produce bags
Pick up some of these bags for fruits and veggies and put an end to food waste. These bags can be filled at the grocery store and then brought home where they'll keep your food fresh for longer.ECOBAGS produce bags
The ECOBAGS® Produce Bag is made of lightweight cotton, and comes in two convenient sizes. It is available in natural and organic cotton.KelseyPromo Corn Plastic Canister
These clear, biodegradable PLA plastic food containers come in a variety of sizes and shapes. Intended for use with cold food, these canisters come with a yellow screw-on lid. One-use options are also available.Laptop Lunches Bento Box
Perfect for all kinds of meal items and snacks, these modular-designed food containers are microwave safe and lead-free. They come with a stainless steel fork and spoon as well as a helpful user guide.SIGG Aluminum Snack Boxes
Put all manner of food items into these durable, leak-proof, lightweight aluminum boxes to send snacks and meals to school or work. Comes in a variety of sizes.Wrap-N-Mat sandwich and snack bags
Package meal items with care with these reusable, food-safe cloth wraps made with vegetable-based dyes. Sized 13" x 13" when open, they easily wipe clean and come in blue, green, red check, or eco-print.
Offer staff good drinking water from the tap
Brita AquaLux carafe filter
The Brita AquaLux carafe filter, top-rated in its category by Consumer Reports, eliminates 98 percent of lead and reduces chlorine (taste and odor), copper, and mercury. Its slim, stylish design fits in your refrigerator door. An electronic indicator that reminds you when it's time to change the filter.Brita water filters
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Consider a Brita refrigerator, pitcher, or faucet mount filter. Take a pledge on the Brita website to reduce bottled water waste by switching to a reusable water bottle and you’ll get a coupon for $5 off a Brita system or $1 off a filter.Cuno Aqua Pure AP-DWS1000
The Aqua Pure AP-DWS1000 by Cuno, top-rated in its category by Consumer Reports, is an under-sink filter, which requires plumbing changes. It reduces sediment, chlorine taste and odor, and protozoan cysts, and is available with or without a faucet.Humboldt CRYSTAL QUEST Bottleless Ultrafiltration Water Cooler Systems
Enjoy clean, crisp, filtered water without the hassle of delivery schedules and heavy, eco-unfriendly polycarbonate bottles. Save money, space, and time at your office, school, or business. Water from your cold water line travels through nine stages of filtration, removing hundreds of contaminants.Pur Horizontal FM9400 faucet-mounted filter
The Pur Horizontal FM9400 faucet-mounted filter, top-rated by Consumer Reports, attaches to the faucet by removing the aerator. It removes 99.99 percent of Cryptosporidium and Giardia, uses a three-stage filter, and includes an electronic filter life indicator so you know when to change the filter.PUR The Exstream® XR Water Bottle
With the Exstream® XR Water Bottle you just scoop or fill up your bottle with any fresh water source available. The ViruStat® water purification cartridge removes over 99.9 percent of waterborne cysts and protozoa, like Giardia and Cryptosporidium, 99.9999 percent of waterborne bacteria, and 99.99 percent of waterborne viruses. It’s great to take along for international travel, backcountry hiking and camping, paddle sports, and fishing trips.PUR water filters
PUR offers countertop, pitcher, faucet-mounted, and undersink water filters,as well as a full line of lightweight, compact systems for camping and hiking, which received top ratings from Backpacker Magazine.Sears Kenmore 38454 under-sink filter
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Kenmore (Sears) 38454 under-sink filter was rated Best Buy in its category by Consumer Reports. It reduces chlorine taste and odor, plus sediment. It’s easy to install, with faucet and wrench included, and uses a Kenmore Premium Taste and odor Filter Cartridge 34373, which is sold separately.WaterFiltersOnline.com
Water Filters Online offers a huge selection of water filtration systems including whole-house filters and filters for faucets, showerheads, pools, spas, and RVs. They also sell replacement filters, test kits, and repair parts.Whirlpool Gold WHER25 reverse-osmosis filter
The Whirlpool Gold WHER25 reduces sediment, chlorine, Cryptosporidium and Giardia, lead, chemicals, and dissolved solids—including arsenic, copper, nitrites, nitrates, radium, chromium, magnesium, and sodium. Reverse-osmosis filters are the only systems certified to remove arsenic.
Provide reusable water bottles for staff
Guyot Designs Firefly Water Bottle Lantern
If you already have a plastic water bottle, consider the Firefly: it's unique design let's any standard wide-mouth water bottle double as a lantern. The patented lid design contains an integrated LED light in a separate sealed compartment which spreads a warm glow throughout the bottle.Guyot Designs stainless steel water bottles
Each stainless steel bottle Guyot sells through their website carries 100 pounds of greenhouse gas emission reductions—they're not just carbon neutral, they’re carbon negative! Choose from Standard, Commuter, and Backpacker models, which work with standard wide-mouth water purifiers.Klean Kanteen stainless steel refillable bottles
Klean Kanteen offers stainless steel refillable bottles, available through athletic/outdoor supply stores and online vendors.New Wave Enviro stainless steel and cornstarch plastic refillable bottles
New Wave Enviro offers stainless steel refillable bottles, as well as bottles made from corn-based bio-plastic. The bio-plastic bottles are good for up to 90 uses, degrade in 80 days if composted, and come equipped with a carbon-based water filter to remove chlorine and contaminants from plain old tap water.Sigg aluminum refillable bottles
Sigg sells aluminum bottles lined with a water-based, nontoxic lining. Sigg bottles are available in the US through athletic/outdoor supply stores and online distributors.
Choose reusable or recycled coffee filters
Bamboo coffee filters
These cone-shaped filters are double-crimped and guaranteed not to burst. They fit 4-6 cup electric and 2 cup non-electric coffee makers.BUNN oxygen-bleached coffee filters
BUNN makes oxygen-bleached, biodegradable paper coffee filters.GreenLine Paper Company IF YOU CARE coffee filters
GreenLine Paper Company's IF YOU CARE 100 percent unbleached coffee filters are packaged in recycled paper that is printed with vegetable-based inks.Hemp coffee filter
These reusable coffee filters are made from sustainably-grown hemp. They clean up with a quick rinse of water and biodegradable dish soap. Filter sizes include #2, 4, 6, and basket.Melitta reusable coffee filters
This coffee filter purveyor provides bamboo and brown paper coffee filters, oxygen-bleached paper filters, and other coffee products.Riensch & Held stainless steel and nylon coffee filters
This Germany-based manufacturer offers reusable stainless steel and nylon coffee filters.Swissgold 23kt gold coffee filter
Treat your coffee to a luxurious filter with this 23 karat gold-plated option. Its cone shape fits coffee makers ranging in size from 6-12 cups and is hand-assembled, assuring you'll get a great quality product, too.
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