Harris Corporation Receives 2008 Most Valuable Pollution Prevention Award
Please send us information on how your business is going green at jearnold@quincyil.gov
Green Business Spotlight
ADM Oilseed and ADM Alliance Nutrition of Quincy recently held a electronic recycling event. During the event they collected over 140 televisions and filled a 24 ft van with other electronics. The portion of televisions ANI contributed received $910 at Best Buy in gift certificates, after individuals paid $10 to have them recycled. Of the 140 that were taken 91 were ANI's. This money was then contributed to the local United Way committee to use. This is just another great example of businesses in our area working on green improvements for the community.
Manchester Tank has a successful recycling program at their facility in Quincy. They recycle all that they can at the plant including, office paper, aluminum cans, oil absorbent pig mats, bad copper and brass valves, scrap steel computers, batteries, lamps and ballast as well as about 20 gallon per minute of rinse water that they recycle from the pickle line rinse tanks.
GreenTek is a new business located 20 minutes away in Hannibal, MO. that provides e-waste recycling, hard drive shredding, certificates of destruction, freight management and promises no foreign dumping. GreenTek has a local retail drop off site at Computer Works located at 405 Hampshire in Quincy. The fee for the disposal service GreenTek offers is based on the weight of the electronics, and can range anywhere from $1 per item to $18 per item. An industrial rate is available for larger volumes. You can call them at 1-573-795-1399 for a quote or check them out on-line at www.GreenTekEcycling.com
Green Smart Builders now specializes in insurance work, roofing jobs, decks, ground-up commercial construction, and residential rehab. However, having rehabilitated over 30 residential and commercial properties in the downtown districts of Quincy and Mt. Sterling, there is no job too small or project too big for Green Smart.
Properties constructed by Green Smart Builders are guaranteed energy-efficient and eco-friendly. Green Smart makes use of insulated concrete forms, a material that wastes no wood or metal, and is virtually sound-proof. Properties constructed with ICF materials see lower heating and cooling bills, and cost about the same to build. The choice is simple: for a cost-efficient property that's built with both current and future generations in-mind, contact Green Smart Builders. http://greensmartbuilders.net/index.php
Movius has collected 2953
pounds of paper since starting paper recycling on June 2, 2009!!
If you are a business, you PAY to throw away the paper, which you can now recycle for free.
Contact is Nancy Miller at Quincy Recycle 217-224-2754.
