Local Businesses Reduce Environmental Footprints with Recycling Program
At its 23,000-square-foot commercial facility in White Bear Lake, Grandma’s Bakery uses about 1,200 pounds of soybean oil per week. The bakery used to buy the oil in 35-pound cardboard jugs, packaged inside heavy-duty cardboard boxes. Those boxes “can’t be crushed down,” according to owner John Lupo. They took a lot of space in trash-hauling trucks and the county landfill—at a time when shrinking landfill capacity is a major problem for local governments. Read more about Local Businesses Reduce Environmental Footprints with Recycling Program
