Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Ideas from yesterday's announcement

As you all know, we announced yesterday the existence of our previously low-profile organization. I solicited ideas, and here is what we have so far:

  • Scrap the red plastic cups altogether (Roz, Peggy, and Juliet)
  • Use coffee cups or dixie cups for water instead of red plastic cups (Peggy and Juliet)
  • Employees should only use one paper plate and not two at a time (Peggy)
  • Can we put plastic forks, spoons, etc. in the diswasher and then recycle them? (Peggy)
  • Use the one-third length paper towels instead of the full-length towels (Roz)
  • Waterless urinals for the men's room upstairs (Darius)
  • A four-day work week (Anonymous)
  • Plastic and glass recycling containers for the upstairs break room (Fanchon)
  • Raise money through the EcoPhones Recycling Fundraiser: http://www.green-recycling-fundraiser.org/ (Tam)
  • Incentives for carpooling and riding bicycles, including a bike rack in front of the building(Elba)
  • Composting coffee grounds and tea leaves, etc. (Elba/Mark)

These points can form the basis for our next meeting, which will have to wait until after the national finals.

2 comments:

ERN said...

Carpooling could be encouraged if we provided a way to announce interested drivers on a weekly basis. (I am imagining a message board of some type - perhaps on PAW.) That way a carpooler has options and the ability to participate at a moment's notice.

Mark said...

I hate to say it, but that's a good idea, Erin. PAW would be the perfect place.