While it is true email cuts down on the use of paper, email takes electricity to
run. If the electricity is generated by water, wind and sun – great – very green!
It helps to use electronic equipment with an Energy Star rating to save electricity.
ISS uses electronic equipment, like copy machines, with the Energy Star to save
electricity. The copy machine has an energy saver feature that engages when the
machine is not in use.
What are we doing? The three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. As a corporate entity
we are actively recycling paper, magazines, cardboard, plastic, aluminum, steel,
and glass. We continue to recycle electronics such as monitors, floppy discs, hard
drives, power back up units, batteries, microwaves, printers, fax machines, telephones,
etc., previously at annual electronics recycling days, and going forward at the
facility on Hitchcock Road. We take burned out fluorescent bulbs to hazardous waste
collection days. It helps to use electronic equipment with an Energy Star rating
to save electricity.