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| RENEWABLE ENERGY | | | Christie Lites Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton locations are powered from wind and low-impact hydro generators that meet or exceed the federal government's Environmental Choice Program EcoLogo standard for renewable electricity.
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| We look forward to converting more Christie Lites shops in the future.
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website: Bullfrog |
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| LAMP RECYCLING | | | Christie Lites is pleased to announce that all of its mercury based lamps (MSR, HMI and MSD), fluorescent lamps and tungsten or incandescent lamps are now part of a lamp recycling program. Our Canadian operations are currently using Flurorescent Lamp Recyclers in Ayr Ontario. Our US operations use Luminaire Recyclers in St. Paul, MN. For details speak to your Operations or Warehouse Manager or call Allyson at 519-740-3334 ext.36 at Fluorescent Lamp Recyclers or Luminaire Recyclers at 651-649-0079.
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website: Fluorescent Lamp Recyclers |
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| RECYCLED PAPER | | | • | All of Christie Lites US offices are now using Staples® 100% Recycled Copy Paper, 8 1/2" x 11", LETTER-size, 90/100 US/Euro Brightness, 20 lb, 5,000 Sheets/Carton
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| • | Recycled without using chlorine or chlorine compounds (Elemental Chlorine Free)
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| • | Acid free for archival quality documents
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| • | Recommended for black & white copiers
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| • | Certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
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| • | Contains 100% recycled post-consumer content |
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| CHRISTIE LITES VANCOUVER LEADS THE WAY | | | In 2006 Christie Lites Vancouver diverted 115 cubic yards of recyclable material from landfill (57 full sized pick-up trucks worth).
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| Through a simple but effective system of material separation, Christie Lites Vancouver separates office paper, bottles, cans, scrap metal, cable and cardboard. We are about to embark on a plan that will even recycle shrink wrap.
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website: Our recycling vendor partner - Urban Impact |
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| CHRISTIE LITES E-WASTE | | | Christie Lites Vancouver’s computer equipment is recycled through Free Geek. They accept all hardware in any condition.
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| Unfortunately, a lot of computer equipment is dumped outside and then stripped for copper and other metals. This is not only a waste but releases toxins into our environment. For more information on Free Geek please visit their website.
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website: Free Geek |
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| OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES | | | Office printers and copiers have been replaced over the past two years to allow the installation of the most energy efficient units only. Duplex printing, Toner-saver, and standby mode settings are encouraged whenever viable, thru an ongoing employee awareness program.
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| Distribution of financial and administrative information, reports, documents, etc. has been reduced thru our growing IT infrastructure and centralized data storage facilities. The goal of the ‘paperless’ office is still a long way off, but we have seen a relative decrease in paper usage which will continue to ramp up over time.
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| CHRISTIE LITES FLIES GREEN | | | Christie Lites has initiated a Green Flier program. For every mile that a Christie Lites staff member flies, Christie Lites purchases the corresponding number of Green House Gas credits. For more information contact our travel coordinator. |
website: Travel Offset Calculator |
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| ALL CHRISTIE LITES LOCATIONS - E-CYCLING | | | Christie Lites is on the move to send its electronic waste to Noranda Recycling. Old computers, monitors, phone systems, and anything electronic can be sent to Noranda, who have an exceptionally high standard for recycling. None of what Noranda receives ends up in landfills. For more information please visit the Noranda web site or read the attached PDF.
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| Note: Noranda will take anything with a plug on it, with the exception of "white goods" (stoves and fridges). |
website: Noranda Recycling |
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| CHRISTIE LITES ORLANDO | | | Christie Lites Orlando is pleased to utilize the services of Orlando Waste Paper Recycling in Central Florida. In a quest to find a suitable recycler Dan Souwand and Huntly Christie toured OWP's facilities and were impressed by their ability to separate and recycle virtually every product we dispose of in our Orlando shop (the only exception being styrofoam).
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website: Our Recycling Vendor of choice - Orlando Waste Paper Company |
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| CHRISTIE LITES CALGARY | | | In May of 2006 Christie Lites Calgary initiated the services of BFI's recycling program. In the first year alone over 84 cubic yards of recyclable materials were diverted from area land fills. Utilizing the rather simple process of materials separation Calgary’s cardboard, paper, shrink wrapping, bottles, cans, newspaper, all lamps and bulb types head to appropriate destinations for recycling.
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| PURCHASING / VENDOR INITIATIVES | | | Many of our rental equipment products have traditionally been shipped from the manufacturer in non-reusable cardboard containers with foam or plastic shock protection. We have commenced a plan whereby rather than shipping these products (primarily lighting fixtures and accessories) in consumer packaging, we now send our traveling cases direct to the vendor’s factory, where the new units are loaded directly into them there. This not only cuts down on wasted single-use packaging, but it also reduces transport space and therefore fuel usage.
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| Our central purchasing strategies allow for much higher delivery efficiencies, with many products being ordered and delivered to central locations, less often, and distributed through our internal transport methods on an as-needed basis. This reduces freight and fuel usage significantly.
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| PLASTIC RECYCLING | | | Christie Lites is now using West Coast Plastic Recycling Inc. to recycle its soft plastics. This includes shrink wrap, bubble wrap, bags, packaging foam, strapping etc. |
website: West Coast Plastic Recycling Inc. |
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| CABLE RECYCLING | | | Christie Lites has an in-house cable assembly depot at the Vancouver location. This facility produces in excess of 2500 separate new cable assemblies per year, in addition to handling all repairs for the national cable inventory of over 25,000 units. As a result, there is a regular need for recycling of the PVC/rubber/copper product of any unusable products. Our Vancouver and Toronto locations both have recycling vendors who recapture usable copper and recycle all insulating materials thru approved methods. |
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| FLR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | | view slideshow | | In 2007 Christie Lites Toronto recycled 1,100 fluorescent lamps producing a total of 322kg of glass, 4.36kg of aluminum and 0.335 kg of mercury that were diverted from landfill. |
website: www.aevitas.ca |
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