As seen in The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio.

Businesses are the biggest trash-producers in Franklin County, but some are reducing, reusing and recycling. Here are eight that do things right, according to the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio, which has given them its yearly Emerald Awards:

Anheuser-Busch brewery, North Side
Helped create a new market for plastic labeling material, which kept 66,000 miles of it from being thrown away.

Coca-Cola syrup plant, South Side
Cut its waste output by 58 percent after stepping up recycling in 2006. Recyclables included 731,000 pounds of cardboard, 76,000 pounds of wood and 12,000 pounds of plastic wrap.

Columbus Crew, South Linden
Recycles 6 tons of cardboard and fans' plastic bottles from Crew Stadium.

Corna/Kokosing Construction Co., Westerville
Requires recycling of all construction and demolition materials at its job sites.

Limited Brands, Northeast Side
Reuses 60 percent of its shipping cartons and recycles nearly three-quarters of its waste. Its seven central Ohio distribution centers kept 16 million pounds of trash from the landfill in 2005.

MAP Furniture Bank, Franklinton
Collects used furniture and offers it to people in need. Its efforts have kept 35,000 cubic yards of furniture and household items from the landfill -- an amount that would fill a 1-acre plot and rise 23 feet into the air.

Rockwell Automation, Westerville
Recycles or reuses 85 percent of what it might otherwise discard -- everything from wooden pallets to foam packaging.

Whole Foods Market, Northwest Side
Began a composting program that collects 3 tons of food waste, corn husks, floral trimmings and other organic material. The store also reuses wooden pallets and lets employees take home scrap wood for heating. Diverts 76 percent of its waste from the landfill.