April 22nd, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, celebrated in 1970 when 20 million Americans gathered across the...

The other day a customer asked us, "Tell me more about your services beside the quick elevator pitch." That threw me for a second, and...

Nederland Elementary has a very special custodian named Liz Cooley, who this year through her tremendous green focus and effort helped...

It's out and hot off the press, Eco-Cycle's "The State of Recycling in Colorado, 2019" is a report we pay very close attention to each...

The 2019 Global Strike for the Climate occurs today but also see what is happening next week as well. http://climatestrikeactionweek.co...

Yes.. yes, recycling is happening and Green Girl Recycling is thrilled to share how our partners (Eco-Cycle and Boulder County's MRF) are...

Sarah Auer, you did it again! We are in love with the new paper shredding video you literally finished on your last day of work with us...

If you are like most people, you understand mostly which items you can recycle, but there are often all kinds of 'grey' areas with regard...

Have you ever met someone who just has contagious energy, brings passion and true love to what they do in life? Two years ago we were...

Google Family deconstructing electronics

Two weeks ago, Tisha Wood, a famous French painter and neighbor, asked us if she could have some flat cardboard to help another artist...

Last week a potential customer called looking to see if we had an ‘extra’ old printer that he could have. At first, we thought he...

Remember that TV Aunt Lou sent you off to college with that got seven channels before your friend spilled a can of PBR on it and it...

I love Earth Day. Every year as we approach April 22nd I get excited because it means that maybe just a little more awareness will spread...

It takes 24 trees to make 1 ton of uncoated virgin (non-recycled) office paper. In other words, 1 tree makes 16.67 reams of paper, or 1...

1. Offer Commuting Incentives – Come up with incentives to encourage your employees to use public transportation or car pool. 2. ...

If you know me at all, you know that I love doing customized training sessions for our Green Girl customers. Take last month, for...

I went running today and I could smell spring in the air…finally. At nearly 9,000 feet, it takes longer for this season to reach our...

In 1997-1998: Bridget Turner (now Johnson) knocked on doors in the mountains west of Boulder for over 100 days straight signing up houses...

Ah, January. The month where I create what feels like a million end-of-the-year reports for counties, cities, huge organizations,...