Water Saving Tips

• Do use your dishwasher! Of course, wait for it to be full, but using your "light" cycle will use less water than letting water run and run as you wash and rinse dishes. For those of you who fill up the sink

 once and wash all the dishes in the same dirty water - you're spreading germs. Take advantage of your dishwasher's water savings and sanitary features.

• I used to have a beautiful, large expanse of lawn and bushes. After the drought claimed it all, I installed bricks and crushed rock with cactus plants. I no longer have a lawn to water out back. Seriously consider replacing some grass with brick or stones that can actually add beauty while decreasing maintenance and expenses.

• Keep in mind how little water your lawn actually needs. A beautiful lawn can be maintained with two short waterings each week, preferably at night when the sun isn't evaporating the water almost immediately.

• Yes, leaky faucets can be a nuisance, but in reality, a few drops of water isn't going to increase your water bill by anything you'll ever notice. It could cause other kinds of damage, however, which is where your real expenses will come in. To stop a few drops around the base of a faucet, if you don't want to fix or replace the entire mechanism, use a few drops of plumbers putty. Just make sure there are no overflow drips under the sink; this won't fix each and every problem.

• Laundry: the worst thing you can do here is over-stuffing your washer. If clothes don't have enough room to rotate in the water, they won't get clean. Trying to fit that last towel into an already stuffed load won't help at all. When you do this, you are actually wasting an entire load of water because your clothes won't even come out clean! You just wasted water, time and soap, and with this kind of continued laundering, you're damaging your clothes, too.

Links Page

I am working on a new page for the website that will allow Links from other local businesses that are Recycling - sort of a promotion and a win-win. 

FYI - The recycling laws that are in affect now are really going to dictate who's in business and who's not before too long.  The "legal" paperwork requirements may prove a challenge in the coming months.  There are talks of "Proof of Compliance" regarding recycling to be in place before any business can renew their license each year.  This is already in place with ABC permit holders and only a matter of time with Plastics, since plastics are one of the biggest headaches regarding landfills.

Business Recycling Service of the Triad offers the Letters of Compliance!  Call us and let us know how we can help your business meet the legal requirements and feel good about doing your part to save our resources - only pennies a day!  336-906-9307.

I would like to introduce a new service that takes Green to a new level

 Sam Franklin, owner of Greenvelope writes:

The recession has made it difficult for newlywed couples to send expensive paper wedding invitations. In July, Greenvelope LLC will officially launch a “formal” online invitation service, that provides couples an alternative to expensive paper. This service allows couples to send customized wedding invitations to their guests via email with the click of a button. Take advantage of Internet technology by creating guest lists, designing your invitation, and tracking response’s all electronically. Paperless invitations are an easy start to a green wedding.

While one does not open his or her physical mailbox to receive an e-invitation, Greenvelope preserves the hands-on feel by taking advantage of cutting-edge animation technology. Guests receive a virtual envelope – addressed with calligraphy – in their email inbox. After prompted to click, the envelope gracefully opens revealing the invitation components. Franklin states, “We want to imitate the real experience of opening a physical envelope.”

Greenvelope’s CEO, Sam Franklin states, “Greenvelope prides itself on a revolutionary experience. There is no other invitation company that combines technology, design, and environmental concern in such an efficient manner. Many couples are ready for the switch to digital!”

Until Greenvelope, couples had very few options for sending formal online invitations. Most online invitation services are free, but the advertisements overwhelm these invitations. Greenvelope charges a relatively small fee, but in exchange offers an advertisement free product. By providing customers an environmentally friendly service to customize and send formal electronic wedding invitations, Greenvelope strives to fill a current void in invitation technology.

Greenvelope “places a strong importance on recognizing and responding to each customer’s effort to help the environment.” For each invitation package ordered, Greenvelope donates ten dollars to Mountains To Sound Greenway, a local non-profit organization geared towards cleaning local trails. In the near future, customers will be able to read about and choose where they would like to donate, from several environmentally conscious non-profit organizations that share Greenvelope’s goals and values.

There are other advantages to sending electronic invitations instead of paper, aside from cost and the environment. For example, electronic invitations are far less time consuming. Compiling a guest list electronically is simple, as one can upload bulk contacts from an email server to get started. As guests RSVP, the guest list will automatically update with the lasted response information. To finish the wedding strong, the hosts even have the option of personalizing an electronic thank you note for each guest. The Greenvelope staff will be available to ensure their service is enjoyable from beginning to end.

Please contact sam@greenvelope with any questions and thoughts. The website is in BETA at the moment, so any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.
  

For more information, click on this link: Greenvelope, LLC  Greenvelope’s mission is to offer “A Personalized Approach to Paperless Invitations.”  

Website Updated

I am very excited to let everyone know that we have updated our website with many more features and now products that will help you begin or continue your recycling efforts - along with many fun items as well.

We have also made it much easier to become a "follower" or leave a comment - so please feel free!

Recycling works - but we have to work it!!