Seattle Public Utilities and Linkup Carpet Presentations
Seattle Public Utilties, with support from LinkUp, hosted a meeting on October 16, 2009 providing an opportunity for companies that use carpet-derived commodities in manufacturing to present their products to government procurement representatives. Follow link to view Presentations (PDF File, 3.9MB)
A number of businesses are already producing healthier products that yield better environmental and economic impacts. Six case studies of companies making innovative products while eliminating toxics are described in Healthy Business Strategies for Transforming the Toxic Chemical Economy, a 2006 report by Clean Production Action. It is often difficult to determine safer alternatives to commonly used toxic chemicals.