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Improve Environmental Performance, Reduce Costs
With over 20 years of experience, Great Forest is a leader in sustainability consulting, providing project management expertise to clients nationwide. Services include:
Learn How to Cut Waste Removal Costs by 20% to 50%
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GREAT FOREST GIVES BACK
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Great Forest is a proud supporter of the nonprofit Blacksmith Institute, which works to clean up life-threatening pollution problems in low and middle income countries.
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Great Forest, Inc.
2014 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10035
212-779-4757 Phone
212-779-8044 Fax
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Get Ready for America Recycles Day
It's time to start planning now for America Recycles Day on November 15. It's the one day when everyone's focus will be on recycling.
In previous years, Great Forest has generated buzz with large, attention-grabbing structures made out of recyclables, organized recycling games, and conducted employee education sessions. We can create and customize events large and small to highlight your building's recycling programs, showcase your achievements and increase your success rate. Call us now.
- The Great Forest Team
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Great Forest Strikes Gold Twice in Top LEED City
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Great Forest has struck gold twice in the nation's capital,
helping to add two more LEED certified buildings to the city's already impressive roster. Washington, D.C. tops the country in LEED green buildings.
"We are seeing more and more LEED projects coming our way as our clients are aggressively pursuing LEED certification for their buildings in Maryland, Virginia, and especially in D.C. Developers and real estate companies seem to be increasingly focused on developing tenant spaces that are as sustainable as possible," says David Troust, VP of Business Development at Great Forest.
Great Forest was part of the team that helped 2325 Dulles Corner Boulevard in Herndon, VA, and 64 New York Avenue in NE Washington, D.C., achieve LEED Gold certifications. Great Forest's work on these projects included the development of a fast track recycling program and a universal waste program, tenant education, janitorial training, and waste audit and metrics reporting.
Congratulations to everyone.
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New Consultant Brings International Experience (and Six Languages) to Team
 When you meet Great Forest's new consultant Casey Troy, say hi to her in English, French, Spanish, German, Moroccan Arabic or Tachelhit Berber, a North African language Casey picked up during her stint in the Peace Corps. Formerly based in Washington, D.C. Casey has worked in government and for international corporations, even serving as assistant to the Moroccan ambassador. Her experience includes international trade and environmental management consulting positions at the World Bank and the U.S. Agency for International Development. At Great Forest, Casey will lead sustainability management accounts for commercial property and university clients. She is certified in Green Globe sustainable building standards and is approaching LEED accreditation. Casey holds an M.A. in corporate environmental management from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. |
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Q&A: Should I set up a Building-Wide Recycling Program or can each Tenant Follow Their Own Rules?
 To have an effective and successful recycling effort, you need a cohesive building-wide recycling strategy that all tenants should follow.
The building-wide recycling program should include guidelines for tenant separation of mixed paper, and bottles and cans from non-recyclable materials. The guidelines should also include basic instructions on how tenants should manage spent bulbs and e-waste. All tenants should be provided with standard signage with these guidelines to post in common areas.
Standardizing a building-wide program for all tenants will make it easier to educate tenant employees and less confusing for the cleaning staff when they collect waste and recyclables.
Of course there will be tenants who have specific material streams unique to their business. Media companies may have large quantities of tapes and CDs. Clothing companies may have large quantities of textile waste. In these cases tenants should have a recovery plan in place for the recycling of these additional waste materials, however they should still follow the building recycling guidelines.
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