In honor of Earth Day today we're making the office a bit more environmentally friendly!
Property Solutions already makes a positive impact on the environment. Our products help our clients and their residents to reduce waste and save gas. We're going to take it to the next step, though, and reduce the impact that our office has on the environment.
First, we're asking everyone to turn off their computer when leaving at night.
Computers use a surprising amount of energy while sitting, even in power save modes. Several companies and universities calculate that they can save around $100 to 150 a year in electricity for every computer that gets turned off at night. The old belief that a computer takes more energy to start up in the morning than to let it run all night is just not true anymore.
Second, we're buying water bottles for everyone.
I've ordered these BPA safe water bottles for everyone. When they come in we'll stop buying the plastic cups that we've been using. That will save around four thousand cups a year from going in a landfill. Plus, these are cool bottles with an absolutely beautiful logo on them.
Third, we're starting a recycling program.
Over half the garbage that we throw away in our office can be recycled. Adjusting to a recycling program will take a little bit of effort, but not much. Our recycling dumpster will arrive today. Tomorrow, Thursday, our recycling program will begin. I've attached a flier that shows everything that can be and shouldn't be recycled. Do not use recycle bins for food, plastic bags, anything that has food on it, plastic bottles that have liquid in them or haven't been rinsed, gum, used tissues, or styrofoam. The garbage bin under your desk will be for recycled materials only. This will allow us to eliminate the use of plastic liners, reducing waste and saving the company money. Please only put recyclables in these containers. Other garbage cans will be placed around the office for items that cannot be recycled. These garbage cans are larger and have plastic liners in them. In the main office these garbage cans are located by both printers, by the fridge, behind Kimberly's desk, and in both bathrooms. On the new side the garbages are located by the fridge, by the water cooler, and in the bathroom.
Happy Earth Day!
What is your work/family doing to be a bit more environmentally friendly? I think we'll start recycling as well. I'm also thinking about buying some of those bags to carry my groceries in. Seems like a good place to start, at least.
Anyone doing anything fun for Earth Day? Jonathan and I might go see EARTH...
1 comment:
How very green of you! Those water bottles are pretty cool ;o)
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