Canadians are one of the biggest generators of waste in the world and, across the nation, offices contribute nearly 10% of all waste to our landfills. Our rate of consumption is unsustainable and our landfills are overflowing. Chemicals used to create office products made from vinyl, plastic and chlorine bleaching have enormously harmful impacts on us and our ecosystem.
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One of the ideas submitted to o·vert at our launch (by Jim Spiers) was to stop using disposable stir sticks for coffee and tea. We purchased more teaspoons for the kitchen and sent out an email letting employees know that we wouldn’t be ordering stir sticks anymore, as it’s not sustainable (or economical) to continually purchase and dispose of stir sticks when we could reuse spoons.
No Comments Jun 30, 2008 o·vert Initiatives
