Posts Tagged ‘office printers’
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
RecycleBank offers financially rewards for your environmental stewardship and recycling efforts
I found the perfect solution for all those lazy ‘green’ people who feel recycling is too much like work. RecycleBank views environmental stewardship as a financially rewarding opportunity and allow members to record their recycling efforts and redeem them for points at more than 400 local and national companies such as Starbucks, CVS, and MillerCoors. And its as convenient as getting you daily newspaper! There is no sorting needed (single stream process) and no trip to the recycling plant (curbside drop off). Their system tries to offer a new dimension that motivates everyone to recycle, and they also give points for recycling e-waste!
Below is a really cool video I found, by RecycleBank, for everyone that shows how the single stream process actually works, and why it can save cities and families time and money from the normal recycling routine.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh4F3sZNLqA
Co-Founder and CEO Ron Gonen wants their vision to create a new economic model from this, called the Gconomy, Comparing it to the Industrial Revolution and the Energy Economy of the 20th century, the Gconomoy would correct the flaw in the development of modern economies that left our depleted the environment that sustains us.
This system saves municipal disposal fees, recycling companies earn more money from processing, corporations gain positive association and PR, and households receive a financial incentive to increase recycling. RecycleBank serves more than 285,000 households in over 90 municipalities. Go find if your household is eligible today at RecycleBank.com!
Friday, October 16, 2009
E-Waste Recycling Event Saturday! Tomorrow help divert waste and encourage ethical consumerism
The Kansas City Downtown Council is holding an electronic waste collection event Saturday at 3rd and Walnut in the River Market. Sorry I didn’t get this out sooner, since many of your probably have pkans already for tomorrow. But if your happen to be cleaning out your house and don’t know what to do with those old electronics that have been collecting dust and space in your basement/garage/attic/etc, it would be a good idea to head downtown to get rid of your toxic waste correctly and safely.
Some of the bigger items will cost you some money, but that’s what being an ethical consumer is about, right? Actually, California makes purchasers pay for e-waste recycling. Under its law, customers are charged between $8 and $25 above the price of TVs, computer monitors, laptop computers and portable DVD player that will pay for safe recycling.
Just like Kermit, It’s not easy being green…or cheap. But we will pay for it eventually if we don’t start taking ethical consumerism seriously.
Here is a map to get you there.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Grenk and LaserCycle answer KCP&L’s challenge to ‘green’ their printing operations to reduce the major energy supplier’s carbon footprint
Grenk and LaserCycle answer KCP&L’s sustainability challenge to ‘green’ their printers and print supplies
Using Grenk products to green their operations and increase efficiency, Kansas City Power & Light lauded the financial and environmental benefits of using Grenk and LaserCycle products.
“LaserCycle [and Grenk] helped KCP&L’s printers go ‘green,’ said Lora Cheatum, VP Procurement, who presented the green printer challenge. “Their remanufactured printer cartridges actually cost less than what we had been paying, and their zero-landfill recycling program supports the Company’s commitment to be more energy efficient and to improve the total living environment of the customers and communities we serve.”
Working through the Grenk affiliated LaserCycle, the 127 year-old energy supplier continues to implement environmental programs to lessen their impact on the environment, while saving money and keeping rates low for their customers. Visit their “Preserving the Environment” page of their website to learn more about their efforts.
The major Midwest energy supplier, servicing more than 800,000 customers in 47 counties, believes that dedication and leadership in fuel procurement, plant technology, and efficient power production and distribution is key in sustainable energy management.
Grenk would like to return the favor of investing in our green products by thanking the KCP&L for everything they do and continue to do to lessen their carbon footprint.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Recycling program distorts climate change goals in diverting e-waste for commercial benefits
Not all recycling programs can be trusted. This article from the Sacramento Bee unveils how a California recycling program touted to aid climate change goals actually became a way for Hewlett-Packard to benefit their own business at the risk of increasing pollution and costs to the state. Click the screenshot to read the entirety of this important and interesting article!