The 3 R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Everyone around here strives to honour this golden rule of environmental stewardship.
Reduce
Our shop takes the initiative in many areas to reduce our impact on the earth and its resources including:
- Not using plastic bags, but offering customers the oppurtunity of bringing their own bags or buying a reusable jute bag from us.
- Implementing paperless ordering systems to reduce paper waste.
- Supporting carpooling and public transportation for team members.
- Implementing the use of power monitors and other technology to reduce our energy consumption.
- Using biodegradable supplies for food and wine sampling.
- Composting, which has reduced our landfill waste by up to 75% in some regions.
- Banning plastic grocery bags.
Reuse
We reuse material of all kinds whenever possible.
- We save packing peanuts and donate them to local shipping stores, plus we work with suppliers to eliminate Styrofoam use in shipping.
Recycle
Examples of recycling initiatives include:
- Replacing disposable batteries with rechargeable ones.
- Using recycled paper with a high percentage of post-consumer waste whenever possible.
Cleaning Supplies — Our shop uses Green Seal certified cleaning supplies and others are transitioning to the use of environmentally friendly cleaning and maintenance products.
Printing Standards — We carefully evaluate the need for everything we print, and when we do print, we insist on recycled paper, soy inks and solvent-free printing processes. |
