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‘Green Speak’ – What Does it all Mean?

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Understanding commonly used ‘green’ jargon

Do you know what the terms ‘degradable’, ‘biodegradable’ and ‘compostable’ mean? Or what the actual difference between them is?

 This factsheet explains some of the more common ‘green speak’ so you can be more informed when it comes to making purchasing decisions for your business. Terms explained include:

  • Degradable/biodegradable/compostable.
  • Recycled/post-consumer recycled.
  • Grey-water friendly.
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This is a great starting point for learning info about 'Greening up' your world. Its simple and straight to the point and worth anyone reading this to download the PDF and have a good read through it. You might even want to email it to others in your address book. I just have!
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Good precise summary of useful information
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This was a very timely article as we are the middle of deciding on some marketing materials and I was wondering what the difference between Biodegradable and Degradable was. This paper did a very good job explaining this to me and taught me about several other terms that I had questions about.
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