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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT batteries are a close second. Each month the resort recycles about 100 double-AA batteries used in the wireless headsets and microphones needed to manage concerts and other events. Also, resort employees who meet and greet the public all wear badges that flash the monthly give-away promotion. When the small batteries needed to power the badges wear out, employees simply drop them into one of the buckets situated in the threestory gaming facility and four-story hotel. The buckets have inspired recycling questions and respect from guests. “It raises awareness, definitely. We have so many buckets out there, everyone knows we’re concerned with Meet intuitive technology. t BaySaver Technologies, our engineers are known for simplifying designs and throwing a little common sense into the mix to help solve your stormwater treatment problems. We call it “intuitive technology.” It’s the smartest people in the business using sound, practical judgment. It’s what makes our innovative new filter and our steady line of separators more efficient, economical, and easier to specify, install and maintain. A Maybe our BayFilter won’t be the prettiest piece of equipment on the truck, but when you learn more about what’s inside you’ll see exactly why we chose the word intuitive to describe it. Find out more about BayFilter and the entire line of BaySaver products. Go to baysaver.com to research, learn, specify, or just look around. recycling – employees and guests,” he said. “Before, there wasn’t any awareness that we were recycling. Now we place buckets where the end-user is going to see it and help us recycle. With 1,600 employees, that’s a lot of batteries,” he said. Air Cycle CEO Scott Beierwaltes said that when his firm began offering the pre-paid EasyPak™ Recycling Program a little more than a year ago, they serviced only a “handful” of clients. Now they have more than 4,000 facilities utilizing the program. “We weren’t sure how many would participate. Now demand is growing in the neighborhood of 15 percent per month. It’s become surprisingly popular,” he said. Beierwaltes said environmental laws are far more stable now than they were years ago. But some layers of complexity remain because the federal EPA has allowed states to write some of their own variations on environmental guidelines. To help prospective clients sort through the morass of state requirements, Air Cycle’s website links to EPA guidance documents. “We work with them to understand their facility and location. Some staffs are so overwhelmed, the thought of spending extra time on their spent bulbs is a major turnoff,” he said, adding, that while some people don’t care about illegal dumping, many others want to do the right thing. “They just haven’t been exposed to a good idea, something they can get behind.” Air Cycle has also created the Bulb Eater ™ for large firms that prefer crushing fluorescent lamps on site. The ingenious, airtight device stores lamp debris in a protective steel drum. When the drum is full, Air Cycle arranges for it to be taken to a local recycling plant. SLDT About the author: Douglas Glenn Clark is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles, California. VISIT BAYSAVER.COM OR CALL 800-BAYSAVER (800.229.7283) FOR MORE INFORMATION. Circle 159 • or www.SLDTonline.com/adinfo For more information about the Bulb Eater, contact Air Cycle at (800) 909-9709 or www.aircycle.com. For more information about the pre-paid EasyPak program, call (888)6406700 or go to www.LampRecycling.com. 40 October 2007 Sustainable Land Development Today http://baysaver.com http://baysaver.com http://baysaver.com http://www.aircycle.com http://www.SLDTonline.com/adinfo http://www.LampRecycling.com

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Sustainable Land Development Today - October 2007 Contents Our Voice Your Voice Editorial Board Mapping the Development Process Looking at a New Dimension The Environmental Liability Continuum GPS System Makes the Grade Regulations: Reactions Mixed Trends: Communications Easements Business Management: Recycling Sustainable Practices: LEED-ND Energy: Community Propane Systems Transportation: Mountain Solutions Recommended Reading Calendar Products/Services Showcase Classifieds Advertiser Index The Last Word

Sustainable Land Development Today - October 2007

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