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The Conference of Western Attorneys General is pleased to host GreenWorksGov, a blog devoted to helping public organizations to green their internal business practices. GreenWorksGov offers practical steps to a successful start-up, topical news and information, and resources to save you time and money. Your comments are important to us. Please join the conversation and share your experiences and recommendations.
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Stuff Happens--Where Batteries Go When They DieJuly 28, 2010Stuff happens. A couple weeks ago, our state Department of General Services informed the building managers in all the state-owned buildings that the battery recycling services contract was terminated, effective now. Most of our employees work in a state building, and they regularly fill the designated kiosks with office batteries and batteries from home. Groan. Now we have to figure out if we can set up a volunteer effort or if we can amend an existing arrangement in our leased buildings to include the other buildings. We will work through this, but it would have been really nice if this had not happened. We’ve shifted to rechargeable batteries for some of our needs, and I've discovered that we have some work to do to shift the balance to predominantly rechargeable batteries. And there are instances when the single-use batteries work best, such as a wall clock. So we still go through a lot of batteries. Also, we like being able to offer employees with an outlet for them to drop off dead batteries they bring from home. Consumers use an average of six wireless products in their day-to-day lives, and the average cell phone is replaced (or upgraded) every 18 to 24 months. In searching out possible solutions, there’s a nifty website that works for anywhere in the US, Ontario and British Columbia provinces. Call2Recycle reaches out to businesses and sets up free in-store recycling centers. Read more.
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