{"id":663,"date":"2015-08-05T09:31:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T09:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cityofkirklandblogs.com\/environmentalservices\/?p=663"},"modified":"2019-04-22T21:48:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T21:48:42","slug":"26-things-green-team-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityofkirklandblogs.com\/environmentalservices\/2015\/08\/26-things-green-team-can-do\/","title":{"rendered":"26 Things Your Green Team Can *Do*"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"3d<\/a>

Evergreen Health’s Green Team organized the creation of 3D recycling and composting guides for their cafeteria<\/p><\/div>\n

You have a Green Team at your office, now what?<\/a> Here are 26 activities that your Green Team could do (and feel free to contact us for help at your Kirkland workplace!):<\/p>\n

Cut Your Workplace’s Waste<\/h2>\n
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  1. Improve recycling at your work \u2013 implement new programs, improve recycling facilities, and teach your coworkers<\/li>\n
  2. Make meetings less wasteful<\/a> by encouraging people to change their behavior<\/li>\n
  3. Improve office supply selection<\/a> \u2013 coordinate with purchasing staff to choose greener options<\/li>\n
  4. Work with IT to coordinate electronics recycling, double-sided printing defaults, screensavers, and turning off computers at the end of the day<\/li>\n
  5. Set up collection stations for recyclables that can’t go in your curbside bin, like batteries<\/li>\n
  6. \n
  7. Pitch in at office parties and events to make sure that recycling is available, or even compostable plates and cups<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Work with management to reduce waste in your break room<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/p>\n

    Help Coworkers Get to Work without their Car<\/h2>\n
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    1. Organize a Bike Month<\/a> team<\/li>\n
    2. Work with management to promote flex schedules and telecommuting<\/li>\n
    3. Encourage management to provide bus passes<\/a> or bike reimbursement<\/li>\n
    4. Get bike racks or electric charging stations installed at your office<\/li>\n
    5. Coordinate office carpooling by connecting employees who live in the same neighborhood<\/li>\n
    6. Work with management to provide showers and lockers for bike- and walk- commuters<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Find tools to accomplish these on Kirkland Green Trip<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      \"commercial<\/a>Make Sure Your Office Doesn’t Pollute<\/h2>\n
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      1. Add a (City-provided) Puget Sound Starts Here tag to parking lot drains<\/li>\n
      2. Work with your building’s landscaping company to have them use natural yard care techniques<\/a> (pdf)<\/li>\n
      3. Get a spill kit to be prepared for accidents<\/li>\n
      4. Ensure chemicals at your workplace are stored properly in secondary containment (not sure if you have hazardous waste?<\/a>)<\/li>\n
      5. Get recognized as an EnviroStars business<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Host or Sponsor Sustainability Events<\/h2>\n
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        1. \n
        2. Organize a staff volunteer event or coordinate your business sponsoring a volunteer restoration event with Green Kirkland Partnership<\/a><\/li>\n
        3. Coordinate a staff field trip<\/a> to the Cedar Hills Landfill, Cascade Recycling Center, or Cedar Grove Compost<\/li>\n
        4. Host a third-party electronics recycling event for your coworkers (they’re often free!)<\/li>\n
        5. Organize and host a community recycling collection event<\/li>\n
        6. Coordinate a recycling brown bag \/ Q&A session for your coworkers – we can come give a brief lunchtime talk to Kirkland businesses!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Connect with the Green Community<\/h2>\n
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          1. Organize a tour of your business’ green improvements for other local businesses<\/li>\n
          2. Host a networking event with green teams from other local businesses<\/li>\n
          3. Team with other local businesses to form a Green Energy District<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Do you have a successful Green Team at your workplace? What other actions have you taken at your work?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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