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Will You Help Us Be Greener?
We would love your help to reduce our carbon footprint.
The team will review your ideas and we will vote for the best suggestion. The winner will get a credit for a wellness examination for their cat. Entrees do not need to be from the Washington, DC metro, but must be over 18 to enter. However, if you do not live in the DMV it may be challenging to collect your prize. If you are not a current client, the prize includes a house call if you are with in 5 miles from 3838 Cathedral Lane – Arlington, VA 22203.
Team members will have a separate contest, and we will post the winner and runners up next month. The deadline for submission is Sept. 18.
We would like to let you know what have already done.
The move to 3838 Cathedral from 923 N Kenmore has helped us reduce our footprint. Obviously going from a 100-year-old house to a mid-century remodel is going to have technology improvements.
For starters we have double paned windows and better insulation. The new building is double the older space, but our power bills have remained the same because of the efficiency. Better plumbing has decreased our plumbing bill to a quarter of what it was in the older building.
Our team members try to use mass transit, cycle or walk to work. That is not a change from the older building, and something we will continue to do. To make using Metro easier for Team Members we do offer SMART benefits. We do now have a bike rack in the front of 3838 Cathedral.
We have always recycled paper, aluminum, and some plastics.
We are work hard to reduce our use of plastic. Since we now have a dishwasher, we are replacing plastic utensils and plates with silverware and ceramic plates.
We are working to send information, report cards, and invoices via email to reduce our use of paper.
In the team member area, we now have reusable K-cups. As a coffee drinker, I can drink 2-4 cups per day. Those K-cups will add up quickly. These reusable ones should help us decrease our use of landfills.
We have started using Drug Buster. Who knew flushing medication down the toilet would end up in the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay? The Drug Buster inactivates the pharmaceuticals and makes them safe to be placed in landfills.
Here is some interesting information about environmental Prozac and fish ,and more interesting pharmaceutical environmental issues in the other Washington (state). click here
We are looking forward to seeing your ideas.
Thanks for your help.
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