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We are a member of
the
Green Coast Council for
Businesses
Organizing for
Sustainable Solutions. One of our principals is on the
board of directors.
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We collect plastic bottles and aluminum cans from our break room
and bring them to a local recycling center.
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We collect empty toner cartridges from our customers and ship them
to a toner recycling facility, thereby eliminating their landfill
footprint. We also purchase remanufactured toner
cartridges to sell to our customers at discounted rates.
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We reuse boxes
from our incoming shipments to package outgoing office supply
orders.
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Our Go Green! program
was created to recollect office supply boxes from
our customers to reuse and recycle
them. This keeps cardboard out of landfills and
allows our customers to add to their own green
initiatives.
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In mid-2010 we
restructured our delivery routes to increase fuel efficiency by
reducing the number of vehicles on the routes and optimizing our
route patterns. This included alternating delivery days
and using combined delivery services with other organizations in
remote areas to reduce our drive time between stops.
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We recycle all
metal furniture or components that come backs from our
customers by having a partner pick up and take the metal to a
local recycler.
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By the nature of
our furniture division, we generate a large amount of cardboard
that is not the correct size for reuse. We have a
collection bin behind our warehouse that is regularly emptied at a local recycling facility. We
also work with the Boy Scouts of
Saraland Troop 113 who pick up and recycle cardboard as one
of their community projects.
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Where able, we
stagger employee shifts in certain areas of the company to work
a
four day work week, instead of five,
resulting in less
commuting time and a smaller carbon
footprint.
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We carry products
that are certified Cradle to Cradle, which is a multi-attribute
eco-label that certifies a product’s safety to humans and the
environment and its design for future life cycles.
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Many of the
products we provide carry the GreenGuard Certified seal of
approval
for indoor air quality. Be sure to look for this icon
when purchasing your furniture.
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We work with our
suppliers to return used pallets back to their distribution
centers for reuse in their outgoing shipments.
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We set up our
accounting software to e-mail invoices and statements to
customers, reducing our mail output and thus our carbon
mail footprint.
