Goal For The Green

Editor’s Note:  I am bringing this post forward to my front page, because of its relevance and importance.  It is my hope and desire that you will make recycling, and your own personal waste management, a top priority.

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It is the third R in the term reduce, reuse, and recycle. It is the re-making of old materials into useful new products.  The goal of recycling is to reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials and energy usage, which then reduces green house gas emissions. By  recycling, we also lower the  amount of raw waste that would otherwise end up in our landfills. Recycling is the key component in waste management as we know it today.

The convenience of recycling at your curb-side now serves half of the U.S. population.  The top five most recycled items are paper, plastic, glass, aluminum and steel/tin cans.

In 2007, my area implemented the use of single stream recycling.  The company provides 65 to 94 gallon carts in which all materials are commingled.  This means that households no longer have to separate their materials into recycling bins.  Evidence has already proven that this method has increased the quantity of household recyclables.

My area also has a recycle depot.  I have not had garbage service for years, because of an altercation with the company.  I set up my own system in my garage.  It consists of two 32 gallon trash cans, one for plastic and one for trash,and 4 blue recylce bins for newspaper, magazines/junk mail, glass, and cans. We also have an area to break down and stack cardboard. When my children were still home we went to the dump every other Saturday.  Now, my husband goes once every 4-6 weeks, with one 32 gallon bag.  They know him at the dump, and the most they ever charge him is $3.00.  Many times they let him go for free because they know he is a disabled vet.  The average rate for disposal in my area is about $35 a month.  That’s a pretty good savings for not very much work.

Written in association with waste management experts

For those of us that have signed up already, the launch of Web Prosperity is filled with excitement.  As you may have heard, the pre-launch was supposed to take place on Tuesday, January 6th.  Well it didn’t.  Why?…. Because finally, there is a company that listened. They have given YOU more time to get involved…so, don’t waste it.  Here is what they had to say on January 6th:

Over the last 24 hours we have received a flood of emails asking, begging and pleading with us to extend the Web Prosperity Pre-Launch and continue to accept FREE sign-ups that are coming in like a flood.

You asked, we listened and responded!

We’ve made a decision to extend the Pre-launch by one week. The Web Prosperity Founders’ Launch will begin on Tuesday, January 13th at 12 Noon EST (9 AM Pacific, 5 PM UK, 6 PM Europe). Please mark this final date in your calendar.

As I am writing this, Web Prosperity has over 62,000 users with new sign-ups joining every few seconds. Yesterday we signed up a record of over 10,000 new Members and it looks like we’ll be breaking another record today! Our goal and my expectation is for us to reach 100,000 Members by our Founders’ Launch next Tuesday!

We realize that by listening to your emails and making the decision to extend the FREE Pre-launch by one week, Web Prosperity will grow by tens of thousands of Members. This will create more momentum for our launch on January 13th.

More sign-ups equals bigger commission checks for you and your entire team!

Please note that as of January 13th (12 Noon EST) *no* more free sign-ups will be allowed into the system. You will be able to lock-in and secure your free pre-launch position with a credit card purchase until Friday, January 30th the next phase will begin (WebProsperity Global Launch) when all unpaid positions will be flushed out and the matrix will be finalized.

Thank you for making WebProsperity such an enormous success!

Please use this link to claim your position   http://barbararae.webprosperity.com

Start the New Year right by becoming part of this great opportunity before it’s too late!

On September 10, 2008, World Wildlife Fund announced that Johnson Diversey, which is one of the world’s largest providers of commercial cleaning products and services, had joined their Climate Savers Program.

Johnson Diversey announced their plan to invest $19 million over the next five years, to achieve their commitments, but they anticipate an operational savings of about $31 million over the same time period.  This proves that sustainability is the right approach for both the environment and the bottom line.

Recently, I was given the opportunity to speak with Jon Matthews, of Johnson Diversey.  Given the recent award by WWF, and all the accomplishments Johnson Diversey has achieved, I could only come up with these three questions.

1. Where do you go from here when,  you are already at the top?

2. What plans does Johnson Diversey have for further and future sustainability?

3. Did you know that you were being considered for such a prestigious award?

During the interview, Jon Matthews, stressed that ” Our objective has always extended beyond financial growth to promoting the health and well being of our planet and the people who share it. We are excited about helping customers and our clients to become more sustainable, by helping them provide a cleaner and healthier environment.  It is our goal and commitment to reduce our individual carbon footprint and CO2 emissions.  On the path of sustainability, we are never done.”

Johnson Diversey was called upon to help fight the MRSA scare last year, that showed up in several high school sports locker rooms.  There was a high demand for sustainable solutions to eradicate the viral and bacterial germs.  Johnson Diversey makes a solution that contains excellerated hydrogen peroxide. During this time they found that they could not keep the product on the shelf. They discovered that they needed to treat the schools like a health care facility. They took on the job, and were successful in treating the spread of MRSA in the affected schools.  It has also been proven that the use of toxic free solutions in a school environment, enhances student performance and over all health and well being.

Johnson Diversey, was one of 18 companies world wide, to be considered for the award from the WWF. The entire process was two years in the making.  WWF hired an analytical firm to review the applications, collect and validate data, set a baseline, and test emissions. The entire process required meeting certain criteria and third party approval.