Last year, Google promised to help Google Maps users reduce their carbon footprint and energy consumption. For the past few weeks, Google Maps has therefore shown the least polluting routes as a priority, even if they are longer than other routes.
As a continuation of this effort, Google Maps is now available allow companies to list items they recycle. At a glance, users will be able to find the most environmentally friendly nearby businesses.
Google Maps highlights recycling centers
In detail, Google announced two new features aimed at helping app users make a gesture for the environment. First of all, Maps lets you find places “where you can recycle certain items or dispose of them properly”. If you want recycle clothes or computer equipment (used computer, unusable smartphone, etc.), just look at the company file in Maps. “You will be able to see which places accept materials” He explains Google in a blog post.
Next, Google Maps wants to highlight “any place and business that facilitates responsible consumption”as local recycling centers or second-hand stores near. There is also a list of local artisans working with recycled products. These eco-friendly places will be shifted to a list easily accessible to Internet users. Companies that appear on Maps to be on the list definitely need to provide information about their environmental practices.
Finally, Google post photos and reviews highlights businesses that compost and recycle to support them. These new features will be gradually integrated into the mapping application.
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