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A dealer sought to raise breast cancer awareness with this specialty JLG Model 800S telescoping boom lift. Bil-Jax Green Initiative Releases Progress Report The Bil-Jax Go Green Committee has released its first report of progress for 2008. The report shows several positive improvements, including a reduction in solid waste and a substantial increase in materials recycled. In its first month, Bil-Jax employees recycled 3.67 tons of material, according to Go Green Committee member Cari Weidner. “This translates to an energy savings of nearly 12,000 kilowatt hours, and about 30 cubic yards of material kept out of landfills,” Weidner said. Weidner also estimates that the volume of cardboard recycled equates to more than 50 trees. Additionally, paper towel dispensers in all lavatories throughout the plant have been replaced by reusable cloth towels, and hand sanitizer is now widely available to employees as an environmentally friendly alternative to soap and water. Weidner estimates that the company’s expanded recycling program, a partnership with Defiance, Ohio based Werlor Recycling, will result in a 50-70% reduction in solid waste. BilJax’s Green Team is also working on ways to open the Bil-Jax recycling program to its employees’ families and possibly the community. Continued from page 45 While purchasing the 80-ft tall machines was nothing new, PeCoy and company had the machines painted a special pink color at the JLG factory and added custom decals to the boom with their company’s “Reach High For the Cure” slogan, and other decals promoting Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists. In addition to painting and decaling the booms to promote breast cancer awareness, Mid Country Machinery also signed an agreement with the Des Moines chapter of Susan G. Komen for the Cure to donate 10% of all income derived from the rental of the machines for the next 54 months, an amount that is expected to total between $25,000 and $30,000 during the life of the agreement. Because of the current volume of construction activity to build and enlarge existing hospital facilities throughout Iowa, PeCoy plans to send the 80-ft tall pink JLG boom lifts to those sites as often as possible. In fact says PeCoy, “If painting our booms pink and adding decals to support the cause can increase awareness of breast cancer, we may even order more pink booms. Hopefully, this is just the beginning of our contribution.” SIA Announces Launch of New Website The Scaffold Industry Association is proud to announce the launch of its new and improved website. Many features and upgrades have been made to the new site, so please be sure to visit www.scaffold.org to see what we’ve done! The new website is more user friendly and will offer an exclusive special events page to include the most current and up-to-date information on industry news, upcoming events, products, training tools, and so much more! Once again, be sure to visit www.scaffold.org and let us know what you think! 46 SEPTEMBER 2008 Scaffold Industry www.scaffold.org http://www.scaffold.org http://www.scaffold.org http://www.scaffold.org

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