Resource Conservation Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2010 02 17

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CITY OF lOUISVlllE CURRENT SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES Listed are the top sustainable practices identified by department. Sustainabilitv WWTP and WTP 1. Composting Biosolids, WWTP, lowers operating costs and minimizes land used for disposal (land fills). 2. Reclaimed water, re-use to help offset costs to the city for production of irrigation water. 3. Control electrical costs with staggering start up times of large equipment to help keep peak demands lower, maximizing efficiencies and run times. 4. Trying to set up a localized drop off point for CFls' & UV bulb recycling. 5. Set up recycling through Western. 6. Reusable ice packs for samples. City ManaQer's Office (HR. City Clerk. City ManaQer's Staffl. 1. Recycle Records Boxes 2. Utilize composting and recycling bins in break rooms 3. Office recycling bins used 4. Use natural light as often as possible.. ..not turning on conference room lights when not needed and same with office lights 5. Often HR staff is last ones out of the building at night so we turn off hall lights upstairs, down stairs and in the employee lounge 6. In our offices, most of us have only 2 of the 3 lights bulbs turned on so we are using less energy 7. We double side items when possible for printing purposes thus reducing the number of sheets of paper needed 8. We use mugs for coffee and water rather than paper cups 9. We carpool to outside meetings when possible which is about 95% of the time 10. We use electronic media to post jobs more often than ever before 11 . Recycle used paper into scratch pads 12. Request compostable plates, bowls, cups, silverware, for use at City Hall 13. When we head off to another city facility for a meeting, we often bring the mail in the City Hall mailboxes with us to that facility to cut down on someone making an extra trip for the mail