Opinion: Kudos to green businesses

Feb 25, 2021

To the Editor:

As the Wareham Planning Board and other departments try to move us forward to benefit local businesses and a greener economy, I encourage them to give Brett Meredith the green light on his dual-purpose cranberry bog-solar project. It is the best of both worlds, reducing reliance on fossil fuels that emit harmful CO2 while continuing to run his farm. He is an inspiration for other businesses to explore how to “green-up.”

Here are some ways that other businesses are being environmental stewards while reducing their costs:  LED light bulb replacements; company recycling programs; rooftop solar panels; drought-resistant native plant landscaping; paperless processes; installing EV charging stations. There are lots of others.

Let’s hear about similar efforts going on in our town.

Milly Burrows