Orange County companies in a wide range of industries are making and selling products or services that conserve natural resources and promote a cleaner environment.

Listed are the company’s name, city, business category, Web site and how it is environmentally friendly.

This directory will here permanently. To add your company to the directory, send information to jnorman@ocregister.com.

•  American Home Insulation, Santa Ana
  (Construction)
  No company Web site
  How they go green: Retrofit older homes with recycled-content insulation
• ArmorLite Roofing Technology, Santa Ana
  (Building materials)
  armorliteroofing.com
  How they go green: Makes roofing 100 percent recyclable roofing material that is eight times lighter than traditional roofs
• B. Joyner Painting, Costa Mesa
  (Interior design)
  bjdecor.com
  How they go green: Use Venetian plasters made with natural pigments and materials, including lime stone, clays and recycled/reclaimed aggregate material
• Bio-Clean International, Costa Mesa
  (manufacturing)
  www.bio-cleanintl.com
  How they go green: makes environmentally safe cleaners and systems for the military
• Can Do Chefs, Yorba Linda
  (Consumer products)
  candochefs.com
  How They go green: Sells reusable grocery shopping bags, biodegradable Caldrea and Upper Canada brand cleaning products, environmentally friendly AromaCones and FireStarter cones for the home, a new PAPER Straw, and compostable wooden, corn starch and Bagasse (sugar cane) utensils and cutlery.
• Cartridge World, franchisees in 22 O.C. cities
  (Office equipment)
  cartridgeworldusa.com
  How they go green: Refills toner cartridges
• Central Plumbing Co. Inc., La Habra
  (Service/Retail)
  No company Web site
  How they go green: Sells and installs low-flow toilets, motion-activated faucets, energy-saving heating and air conditioning systems, kitchen and bath cabinets made of recycled wood and other energy- or water-saving products and recycled materials.
• Certified Color Corp., Orange
  (Paint/home improvement)
  babysafefinishes.com, earthsafefinishes.com
  How they go green: Manufactures interior architectural paint that has no odor or volatile organic compounds – solvents that can pose a health risk.
• Clearview Home Improvements, Anaheim
  (Home improvement)
  clearviewconstructioncompany.com
  How they go green: Sells energy-efficient upgrades and products for home exteriors.
• Diesel Pro-Biofuels, Orange
  (Energy)
  No company Web site
  How they go green: Converts diesel-powered vehicles to run on vegetable oil, claims 70 percent emissions reduction
• Dipetane USA, Laguna Niguel
  (Energy)
  dipetaneusa.com
  How they go green: Sells fuel treatment that cuts fuel useage up to 14 percent; customers include Capistrano Univied School District and Anaheim Unified School District
• Diversified Marketing, Inc., Santa Ana
  (Marketing, energy efficiency)
  comfortfirst.us
  How they go green: Sells a patented air diffuser for commercial buildings that improves air distribution to eliminate hot and cold spots and reduce energy costs. Product offers credits toward a “green” rating – the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design or “LEED” rating.
• Earth Friendly Moving, Costa Mesa
  (Moving and storage)
  earthfriendlymoving.com
  How they go green: Company claims the “first comprehensive zero waste packing and moving solution in America.” Founder Spencer Brown invented moving boxes made of recycled bleach and detergent bottles and “Poopy Pallet” made of recycled and sanitized baby diapers. These boxes and pallets are rented out. Company also supplies recycled paper to replace plastic packing materials.
• Earthpack, Irvine
  (Packaging)
  earthpack.com
  How they go green: Supplies recycled bags and boxes to retailers and other customers including Quiksilver, Anaheim Ducks and Yellowstone National Park; in business since 1989.
• Ecosafe Products, Newport Beach
  (Consumer products)
  ecosafeproducts.com
  How they go green: Sells air purifiers and biodegradable cleaners
• Eden Outsource, Irvine
  (Packaging)
  edenoutsource.com
  How they go green: Designs and sells recyclable and recycled packaging
• Environment 1st Exterminating Inc., San Clemente
  (Consumer service)
  environment1sttermite.com
  How they go green: Eradicates pests without any products if possible, but uses biodigradable sodium borates and orange citrus if necessary. Won’t spray on rainy days to prevent products going into storm drains and then into the ocean
• Extreme Biodiesel, Santa Ana
  (Energy)
  extremebiodiesel.com
  How they go green: Manufactures products for making biodiesel fuel from vegetable oil.
• FirmGreen Energy, Newport Beach
  (Energy)
  firmgreen.com
  How they go green: Converts landfill gas into high-grad methane for compressed natural gas
• Flight Deck Resources, Irvine
  (Technology)
  flightdeck.aero
  How they go green: Hardware and software products reduce aboutpproximately 80 pounds of paper navigation charts and operating manuals per airplane, which helps save fuel as well as trees. Company claims the products it has already sold hasve saved 32 tones of paper.
• Go Green Moving, Santa Ana
  (Moving and storage)
   ocgoodwill.org
  How they go green: State-certified collector of working and nonworking electronics.
• Greenculture.com, Lake Forest
  (Online retailing)
  greenculture.com
  How they go green: Company sells environmentally friendly products from composting bins to furniture made from “sustainably harvested” materials.
• Green Retail and Wholesale, LLC, Laguna Hills
  (E-commerce Web site)
  buygreen.com
  How they go green: reviews, rates and sells environmentally friendly products
• Healthy Buildings International, Inc., Irvine
  (Commercial real estate)
   healthybuildings.com
  How they go green: The company provides indoor air quality monitoring programs for commercial real estate, verifying standards during construction. A rapidly growing part of the business is consulting to help clients earn a “green”  building rating.
• Innovation by Design, Tustin
  (Heating, ventilation, air-conditioning)
  innovation-by-design.com
  How they go green: Company is launching FlowZone, a system that creates energy efficiency in two ways: Iit enables users to heat and cool zones of a building based on personal preferences, and utilizes existing ducts and air in the building to feed its electrical requirements.
• Laser Supplies & Services Inc., Newport Beach
  (Office products)
  www.949toner.com
  How they go green: recycles toner cartridges
• Maid Brigade franchisee in Irvine
  (Cleaning services)
  maidbrigade.com
  How they go green: Uses environmentally friendly cleaning products and procedures
• Marla’s Mania, Monarch Beach
  (Marketing)
  recycledpromoproducts.com
  How they go green: Sells promotional products used in marketing that range from key tags to bottle openers to picture frames made from recycled materials.
• Nature Lakes, Huntington Beach
  (Maintenance)
  naturelakes.com
  How they go green: Maintains man-made lakes with no chemicals
• Olpin Group, Yorba Linda
  (Construction supplies)
  olpingroup.com
  How they go green: Supplies builders with wood panels, steel components and organizers made of partly or completely recycled materials.
• Organic and Healthy, Foothill Ranch
  (Consumer products)
  organicandhealthy.com
  How they go green: Sells natural latex mattresses, organic cotton and wool bedding, 100% biodegradable floor covers
• Organic Textiles, Santa Ana
  (Consumer products)
  organictextiles.com
  How they go green: Sells 100% cotton bedding and socks with no chemicals
• PakTex, Laguna Beach
  (Textiles and apparel)
  paktex.com
  How they go green: The company’s factories, in Pakistan, use organic practices to reduce the chemicals used in makingproduction of organic T-shirts, fleece tops and denim pants.
• PML Consulting, Laguna Hills
  (Consumer products)
  jet-streamshowerhead.net
  How they go green: Company makes high-pressure shower heads that use 1.5 gallons of water per minute compared to 2.5 gallons on average offor other “low-flow” shower heads.
• Progressive Lighting and Energy Solutions, Tustin
  (Construction)
  simpleenergyestimator.com
  How they go green: Contractor retrofits commercial buildings and warehouses with energy-efficient lighting.
• ProntoWash, Orange County franchisee in Irvine
  (Car wash)
  protowash.com/usa
  How they go green: Wash and detail cars with quart of liquid and biodegradable chemicals
• Rain Frog Apparel, Fullerton
  (Online retail)
  www.rainfrogapparel.com
  How they go green: Designs and sells clothing made from bamboo, a sustainable, fast-growing, resource that nourishes the soil, absorbs greenhouse gases and provides an environmentally friendly alternative to cotton.
• Rapid Refill Ink, franchisee in Fountain Valley
  (Office equipment)
  rapidrefillink.com
  How they go green: Remanufactures toner cartridges.
• Recycling Solution LLC and MDS, Orange
  (Recycling service)
  recycleoc.net
  How they go green: Recycles used fluorescent lamps, batteries and electronic waste such as computer monitors
• Royal Plywood Co., Cerritos
  (Building products)
  royalplywood.com
  How they go green: Sells many product lines with environmentally friendly ratings such as FSC or LEED, Greenguard Certification or that have no formaldehyde added.
• Stewart’s Electric Ener-National, Fountain Valley
  (Industrial products)
  No company Web site
  How they go green: Makes systems for water well pumps and greenhouse coolers that reduce eletrical and water usage up to 40 percent.
• Tierra Verde Industries, Irvine
  (Landscaping, gardening supplies)
  www.tierraverdeind.com
  How they go green: Recycles green and wood waste into mulch and other products, recycles construction and demolition materials
• The Lighting Company, Irvine
  (Lighting)
  lightingcompany.net
  How they go green: Works with companies to install energy efficient lighting
• Victor Insulation, a division of AllTech Services’ Emerging Technology Group, Los Alamitos
  (Construction materials)
  ultratouch.net
  How they go green: Sells insulation products made out of recycled industrial cotton denim scraps.
• Vasco Solar Energy, Huntington Beach
  (Solar Energy)
  vascosolar.com
  How they go green: Construct solar heating systems for homes and pools
• Visual Dimensions, Irvine
  (Lighting, signage)
  visualdimensions.com
  How they go green: Sells electrical signage that uses 75 percent less electricity than standard lighted signs
• Wheatware.com, Placentia
  (Consumer products)
  wheatware.com
  How they go green: Company makes and sells products normally made of wood, such as guitar picks and chopsticks, out of wheat-based material. Company claims the world uses 45 billion disposable wooden chopsticks annually made from 25 million trees are used annually worldwide.