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Mastercard Tackles ‘Greening’ Plastic Cards
Mastercard // October 26, 2018

The world has a plastic problems — a fact illustrated earlier this week when researchers from the Environment Agency Austria and the Medical University of Vienna jointly presented evidence that there is so much plastic in the environment that we’ve actually begun to inadvertently eat it....

Recology’s CleanScapes And The Future Of Green Retail
Retail // September 22, 2017

Retail stores are rarely built by accident, particularly in the real world, if for no other reason than retail is sort of an intentional thing. Opening up a brick-and-mortar shop is usually not something one just happens to do. But Recology CleanScapes — an operating company under Recology...

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Mastercard Tackles ‘Greening’ Plastic Cards

October 26, 2018
The world has a plastic problems — a fact illustrated earlier this week when researchers from the Environment Agency Austria and the Medical University of Vienna jointly presented evidence that there is so much plastic in the environment that we’ve actually begun to inadvertently eat it. Scientists are now looking for more funding to get a […]

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CA Lawmaker Wants Receipts To Go Digital

January 09, 2019
A California lawmaker wants to make paper receipts a thing of the past. According to Chain Store Age, Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) has introduced legislation that would make California the first state to require retailers to offer digital receipts to customers, either by email or text, starting Jan. 1, 2022. Customers would still be able […]