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One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032
Contact: Nancy Heck
E-Mail: nheck@carmel.in.gov
Phone: (317) 571-2494
Nancy Heck
The
Department of Community Relations
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City of Carmel
One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032
News Release
Date: February
21, 2008
Contact:
Nancy Heck
(317) 571-2494
Release:
Immediate
City Hall takes part in
the City of Carmel’s Green Initiatives
Carmel, IN – City Hall chooses to use
environmentally preferred products to make less impact on
the community which we live in. Many of the products used at
City Hall, which are provided by Kimberly-Clark
Professionals and HP Products, are approved by the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA approves
products by evaluating a product’s overall environmental
value and its level of post consumer waste. A product’s
overall environmental value takes into account the amount of
recyclable material in the product as well as how the
product affects the environment as it is made and after it
is used .
City Hall currently uses several environmentally preferred
products. Some of those products include hand soap, toilet
paper, trash bags, reduced mercury light bulbs, and paper
hand towels.
Hand Soap
For the past year City Hall had used foam soap, which is
better for the environment due to increased efficiency.
The foam soap allows employees to use less soap for each
use, and thus one box of soap lasts longer. Since fewer
boxes of soap are used, packing for soap decreases and
therefore creates less material waste.
Toilet Paper
City Hall uses coreless rolls of toilet paper. Since the
rolls do not have the cardboard center, it is more
environmental because it saves more trees by using less
packaging material. The coreless rolls of toilet paper
also have twice as much paper on them, which means fewer
orders are needed resulting in less packaging materials.
Trash Bags
City Hall’s trash bags are made from recycled plastic,
which allows for decreases in plastic waste.
Light Bulbs
The light bulbs used in City Hall are made with reduced
amounts of mercury and thus allow for smaller amounts of
mercury to end up in the environment when disposed of
properly.
Paper Hand Towels
Currently the paper towels used in city hall are
partially made from recycled material. It is actually
more environmentally friendly that the paper towels are
not made from 100 percent of recycled materials since
that would lead to less absorbency and an increase in
the amount used which would increase the number of paper
towels produced and disposed.
City Hall is also in the process of changing
its toilet bowl and window cleaner to more environmentally
friendly products. Both of the cleaners will be
environmentally preferred products because their chemical
elements are easier to be broken down by nature. The new
toilet bowl cleaner will be made of natural acid instead of
hydrochloric acid, and the glass cleaner will not contain
ammonia.
Mayor Brainard stated, “If we can make changes both big and
small in our daily lives, we can positively impact the
environment. Carmel works toward that goal in many ways,
from using alternative fuel vehicles, to using
environmentally friendly products at City Hall.”
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