Trisha Bates, owner of Cakes on Walnut, 114 N Walnut St. is taking sustainability seriously in her business. She uses compost, unprinted paper cups for her cupcakes and recycled paper napkins and boxes. She also helps make her business more environmentally-friendly by hiring the Illinois Green Business Association to help achieve green certification.

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While residents in Urbana enjoy a recycling program that picks up their recyclables from the curb, there is no such program for local businesses.

Trisha Bates, owner of Cakes on Walnut, 114 N Walnut St. is taking sustainability seriously in her business. She uses compost, unprinted paper cups for her cupcakes and recycled paper napkins and boxes. She also helps make her business more environmentally-friendly by hiring the Illinois Green Business Association to help achieve green certification.

Champaign

While residents in Urbana enjoy a recycling program that picks up their recyclables from the curb, there is no such program for local businesses.

Trisha Bates, owner of Cakes on Walnut, 114 N Walnut St. is taking sustainability seriously in her business. She uses compost, unprinted paper cups for her cupcakes and recycled paper napkins and boxes. She also helps make her business more environmentally-friendly by hiring the Illinois Green Business Association to help achieve green certification.

Champaign

Green Silly String shot out of the canister toward the children, who scrambled away as quickly as they could.

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