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 The
owner and employees of Hot Lips Pizza, a Portland firm with two outlets,
figured out how to reduce the business’s emission of carbon dioxide,
a "greenhouse gas," while making their pizza stand out from
the competition’s as a more sustainable dining choice.
Nike, Inc., a global sports and fitness company headquartered in Beaverton,
integrated sustainability goals into its operation. The company began
replacing petroleum-based adhesives and primers used to make shoes with
water-based solutions. To date the replacement level has reached 87
percent and eliminated the use of an estimated 1.2 million gallons of
toxic material, improved the safety of workers and saved the company
millions of dollars.
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