Nothing beats a nice, cold beer on a hot summer’s day – add a patio, dock or backyard into that equation and you have a trifecta of true beauty. While the thought of being an environmentally conscious beer drinker might not be something that passes through your mind when guzzling down your favorite brew, you’d be happy to know that the beer industry does a good job at being environmentally friendly–thanks to return policies. When it comes to the question of beer in glass bottles…

    The City of Greensboro was allocated $2.5 million from the Federal Government through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in 2009. To receive the funds, the City had to submit a proposed Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy (EECS). The strategies had to include measurable goals and objectives that were comprehensive and community-wide. We worked with our Community Sustainability Council (CSC) to develop a set of recommendations based on information received from public meetings, best practices and technical consultants. The recommendations that were…

Communicating your recycling program takes smart choices. It also takes smart recycling bins. By choosing containers with multiple options for clearly communicating your collection program, you will increase your success rates. The color of a collection container can go a long way toward letting people know what goes in the bin. As a rule, blue containers represent recycling bins, whereas black generally denotes trash bins. This is a great place to start when selecting the right containers. Lids are another excellent way to let people…

Determine how much and what type of waste is generated in the office. Apply it to the specifications provided by the hauler and the anticipated level of traffic for the area. Together this information will provide what is needed for the recycling program to run. For example, an office environment may require desk side recycling bins or large capacity centralized collection containers. The type of recycling bin which will work best will depend on how often it will be emptied, the amount of employees contributing to it, possible janitorial services and the size of the area.