While ports and terminals pay homage to becoming greener on large-scale projects like reducing harmful CO2 emissions, John Paparone, owner of North Carolina-based Environmental Solution, Inc., says people often forget they need to pay just as much attention to the smaller day-to-day green tasks.
One way to address waste is through bioremediation, which uses naturally occurring, safe and beneficial microorganisms to degrade environmentally harmful contaminants and turn them into non-toxic compounds.