Household EcoTeams help individuals or families have a positive impact on the environment by teaching participants to reduce garbage and consumption of energy, water, and toxic products. Teams of 5 to 8 meet seven times, about every three weeks, and are guided by a Global Action Plan workbook and a coach. You can join an international network of neighborhood and workplace teams working to adopt earth-friendly and money-saving lifestyle practices.
If you are interested in joining an EcoTeam, contact the Green Decade's Eco-Team organizer, Jen Kaplan, at 617-795-2822 or at info@greendecade.org
REFERENCED WEBSITE:
http://www.greendecade.org/ecoteams.html#5
FRITO LAY:
As taken from their website, it states, "To grow the best snacks on earth, we have to strive to help protect the earth. That's why, since 1999, we have reduced our use of water by 39%, natural gas by 30%, and electricity by 22% for each bag of snacks we make. We also have dedicated Green Teams at all of our manufacturing facilities who are focused on finding ways to optimize our operations and reduce our consumption of resources. And by making change to our overall facilities and fleet, we were able to prevent over 96 million pounds of CO2 emissions from reaching the atmosphere last year. Since implementing water recycling and conservation efforts in 1999, we’ve reduced the amount of water we need to make our product by more than 1 billion gallons of water per year. Efforts like recycling the water used in making our potato and corn snacks have reduced the amount of fresh water used in these processes by 35% to 50%.
Our Commitment to Waste Reduction Frito-Lay also has a variety of programs in place to reduce solid waste. For example, we reuse the cartons that transport bags of chips an average of five times before they are recycled, reducing the demand for paperboard by nearly 120,000 tons a year. This recycling effort saves 5 million trees from being harvested for our needs alone and diverts about 56 million pounds of cardboard away from landfills each year.
In addition, each year, we recycle close to 20 million pounds of potato and corn solids, such as potato peelings and cracked corn, to America's livestock and dairy farms. This program greatly reduces the waste load to local wastewater treatment plants."
REFERENCED WEBSITE:
http://www.fritolay.com/fl/flstore/cgi-bin/ProdSubEV_Cat_572359_NavRoot_633003.htm
TOYOTA:
As stated on their website, "When people think of Toyota being a "green" company, very often they think of Prius and our other hybrid vehicles. But we do a lot more than build and sell great hybrids.
For instance, our new 350,000 sq-ft Toyota Technical Center in Michigan is being built to minimize our environmental footprint in construction of this facility, to the point of sourcing building materials locally, using recycled materials, achieving a 40% reduction in water use, and, in the facility’s interior, employing low-emitting paints and adhesives. The facility’s design limits runoff of silt and storm water, and its roads are paved with crushed materials sourced from buildings that previously occupied the site.
We’re taking other steps, as well. For example, we’ve recently achieved a breakthrough in painting our vehicles that basically eliminates one of several oven-drying steps, thereby reducing the energy used in the paint process by 15%.
Meanwhile, the solar panels at our plant in Tsutsumi, Japan produce enough electricity to power 500 homes and reduce the plant’s carbon dioxide emissions by about 740 tons per year – that’s the equivalent of saving about 1,500 barrels of oil. Our new warehouse facility here in Southern California also is getting a rooftop filled with solar panels that will supply much of its electrical power, and a number of our plants, including our new Tundra plant in San Antonio, are so-called "zero landfill" facilities – that means those plants recycle almost all their waste.
Additionally, we’ve recently entered into an agreement with The Pew Center on Global Climate Change to launch a project to document and communicate best practices in corporate energy efficiency strategies. The project's goal is to educate corporations on the most effective methods to reduce energy use and related greenhouse gas emissions. The three-year project will be financed by a $1.4 million grant."
REFERENCED WEBSITE:
http://blog.toyota.com/2008/07/on-being-green.html#more
HP:
In 2007, Hewlett-Packard (HP) became the world’s largest technology company, with $91.7 billion in revenue. But the Palo Alto, Calif.-based giant seems just as determined to gain recognition as one of the greenest companies around. The company set a bold goal to cut its energy consumption by 20 percent in the next few years, and plans to expand its extensive equipment recycling and reuse programs. No wonder Fortune magazine named it one of “10 green giants.” Recycling is a huge part of HP’s green story. In 2007, the company reached an important milestone in the U.S., processing its one-billionth pound of recycled materials. It took roughly a decade to get there, but HP expects to process another billion by 2010.
REFERENCED WEBSITE:
http://www.mbtmag.com/article/CA6480625.html
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