Every day can be Earth Day when you keep it “Green and Clean.”  Sustainable business practices can save money and the planet. The Superior Business Improvement District is home to a wide variety of businesses that offer sustainable/green products or services. This includes 2nd Hand, Recycled, Upcycled, Sustainable, Green, or Organic products, as well as other services or initiatives that are kinder to the planet.

Have a business or initiative in the District that’s committed to a “greener” way? Click here to register now!

Shop Green Business Showcase

Afterlife Electronics Graveyard – 915 John Avenue
Get rid of unwanted electronics and appliances responsibly.
Angie’s Closet – 1315 Tower Avenue
Women’s Clothing and Household Items – Consignment
 
Antiques on Belknap – 1709 Belknap Street
Buy and sell antiques, collectibles, jewelry, postcards, advertising, pottery, linens, vintage clothing, gold, silver, military, glassware, and everything in between from Shabby Chic to Retro.
 
Art on the Planet – 1413 Tower Avenue
Art including some rustic and reclaimed pieces
Belknap Plumbing, Heating, & Cooling Co. – 1414 Belknap St
We offer High Efficiency Equipment for you home, both in Heating, and Cooling. We have many different options from Forced Air, Hot Water, or Heat Pump Air conditioners. Upgrading to high efficiency equipment is a great way to save both on your monthly Utility Bills and environmental impacts! We also offer solutions for cleaner drinking water for your home!
 
Earth Exchange – 1713 Belknap Street
Upscale thrift store offering gently used clothing and home goods as well as some new furnishings. Donations accepted.

We have a huge store packed with lots of gently used merchandise! Come join us on Earth Day Monday April 22nd and receive a free reusable bag (while supplies last) with any used merchandise purchase of $20 or more!
 
Once Again Used & New – 310 Belknap Street
Featuring one-of-a kind refurbished furniture, primitive home decor, candles, linens, chalk it up paint, and much, much more.
 
Play It Again Sports – 124 Belknap Street
Buy and sell used and new sporting and fitness equipment.
 
Pro Print – 1313 Tower Avenue
Pro Print is the only “certified green printer” in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. It’s certified by the Printing Industry of the Midwest under their Environmental Initiative, which means Pro Print voluntarily conforms to OSHA requirements and goes beyond that to voluntary procedures, such as offering soy-based inks, a range of recycled/green paper choices, digital and offset printing options, LED lighting, and boasts a companywide recycling program among other things.
 
Salvation Army Thrift Store – 1705 Belknap Street
Thrift Store with used clothing and household items. Donations accepted.
 
Sellers Auction – 902 Ogden Avenue
Specializing in Business Liquidations, Inventory Reduction, Antiques and Collectibles, Estates, Farm Auctions,  Benefit and Fund Raising Auctions.
 
Serenity Spa and Salon – 1705 Tower Ave
Earth day is one of our favorite days of the year! Our motto at Serenity is “Small Business, Big Impact!” We will kick off our Earth day adventures by cleaning our park, Center City park! Following our clean up we are meeting with the folks over at the foster care system to do a donation of our boutique clothing to our communities foster care children. We then will make our way to the Ruth house and the Harbor House to donate other boutique items and essentials! We are counting down the days to Earth day! We hope to see you out and about, cleaning up our community!

As for our salon, we choose product lines in which sustainability is always the foundation of not just their brand, but their business practices as well. This includes brands that use at least 50% recycled materials for their packaging and biotechnologies, which is a type of natural engineering process!

We also encourage our brave clients who are lookin for big hair changes to donate their hair! We partner with the Children With Hairloss Organization which is a nonprofit organization that that provides human hair replacements at no cost to children and young adults facing medically-related hair loss due to Cancer treatments, Alopecia, Trichotillomania, Burns, etc.
Sparkles Auto Salon – 1918 Tower Avenue
We use all green products in all details that we do
 
Superior Vintage – 1719 Belknap Street
Antique and vintage retail store offering vintage jewelry, furniture, glassware, wall art, home decor and much more.
Thirsty Pagan Brewing – 1615 Winter St.
All of our take out containers are compostable, down to our 2 oz portion cups, we compost all of our food waste (of which there is little!), in the summer months we grow our own tomatoes, green peppers and basil for our menu items, we use a water reclamation system to water the crops in our greenhouse. Our spent grain from the brewing process is handed off to local farmers to feed their livestock
 
Twin Ports Bid Superior – 1322 Banks Avenue
Online auctions featuring Estates, Commercial/Industrial Equipment, Construction Equipment & Tools, Restaurant Equipment, Firearms, Furniture, Collectibles/Antiques and more!
Twin Ports Custom Climate – 1328 Oakes Ave
Environmentally friendly energy efficient heat pumps. All of our removed equipment is responsibly recycled including refrigerant recovery. We serve both residential and commercial clients in the Twin Ports and surrounding areas.

Keep Clean Environmental Initiatives

What Do I Do with It?https://www.douglascountywi.org/835/What-do-I-do-with
Superior Clean-up Scheduleshttps://www.ci.superior.wi.us/821/Clean-up-schedules
Unwanted Medication Disposal http://www.ci.superior.wi.us/677/Medicine-Drop-Box
Composting and Native Plantshttp://www.ci.superior.wi.us/DocumentCenter/View/12103/final-draft-webversion-native-lawn-compost-ordinance-brochure
Adopt-A-Storm Drain!http://www.ci.superior.wi.us/DocumentCenter/View/14338/Final-Adopt-a-Storm-drain-092222