Vendors

The Chicago Green Office Company provides businesses, schools, and individuals with an opportunity to help achieve more sustainable patterns of production and consumption. Put simply, reducing your waste means that you use less (and therefore spend less), get more out of what is used, and reuse or recycle any unavoidable wastes. By increasing efficiency in this way, businesses can maximize their outputs and increase profits, whilst also save valuable resources and help the environment. To view all Chicago Green Office Company products offered by the BuyingBetter, please click here.

Bright Electric Supply is a valued resource for local and national clients in the contractor, healthcare, commercial/industrial, retail, hospitality, education, and OEM markets. Based in Chicago, they are a founding member of Affiliated Distributors (A-D), the premier marketing and buying group in the electrical industry. Their membership in A-D allows them to leverage $25 billion of buying power, on behalf of their clients, with the manufacturers of the best-branded electrical equipment. To view all Bright Electric Supply products offered by BuyingBetter, please click here.

Warren King is the managing member of WellSpring Environmental Products LLC, a company that promotes the stewardship of natural resources by providing services and products to communities, government, not-for-profits and businesses. WellSpring offers a wide variety of products for deicing, dust control, and soil amendment. Combining renewable agriculture and forest products with proprietary technology, WellSpring brings its customers effective, environmentally friendly products at affordable prices. To view all WellSpring Environmental Products products offered by BuyingBetter, please click here.

Nichols Paper Supply and Kranz, Inc. joined forces to supply a full range of cleaning and janitorial supplies for Buying Better. Founded in 1936, Nichols is one of the largest independent paper, packaging and sanitary supply distributors in the Great Lakes region. For decades, they have been providing products that clean, protect and package for the industrial, education, healthcare, building service and hospitality markets. Kranz, Inc. is a fourth generation family-owned business, which was founded in 1850. As the oldest cleaning supplies, paper products and packaging distributor in the country, they embrace the role of leading the industry to create a sustainable future for our children. To view all Nichols Paper Supply products offered by BuyingBetter, please click here.

Greenheart Shop is Chicago’s premier eco-fair trade non-profit shop, carrying both fair trade and eco friendly products. Greenheart carries a variety of goods including recycled accessories and handbags, home goods, gourmet treats, cookbooks, glassware, jewelry, toys, personal care, organic cotton t-shirts and more. Greenheart believes consumers have the power to affect positive World change by supporting sustainable and fair business practices in their purchasing choices. To view all Greenheart products offered BuyingBetter, please click here.

Headquartered near Chicago, IL, Salazar Packaging is a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) specializing in packaging design and development, sustainable packaging products and services, and automation of high volume packaging operations. Its product lines include industrial polyethylene and polypropylene shrinkable and non-shrinkable films, stretch wrap films, box sealing tapes, and corrugated products. The firm sells and services a full line of high-speed equipment to shrink, bag and seal industrial films of all kinds. It represents leading industry manufacturers including Bemis Clysar® shrink films, Autobag® automatic bagging systems, Rennco® vertical packaging equipment, and its own line of environmentally friendly Globe Guard® packaging products. To view all Salazar Packaging products offered by BuyingBetter, please click here.