Recycling

Many companies market themselves as green, but are they really? A recent study by the company As You Sow shows that many of our favorite companies are not as environmentally friendly as they want us to believe. By looking at the recycling options various  companies offer, chains get divided into 3 categories:

"Better Practices" included companies such as Starbucks and McDonald's

"Needs Improvements" included Chipolte and Chick-fil-A

"Poor" included Dairy Queen and Red Bull.

Next time you go to one of these chains or purchase on these items you might want to think about the environmental ethnicity of the company or even make sure you take your trash home to dispose of it properly.

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