Email: Virginia Green
Orkin Commercial Services
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Orkin Exterminating offers Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs that emphasize non-chemical control techniques like sanitation and structural maintenance to help prevent infestations before they start. Orkin offers a full line of environmentally friendly treatments and a selection of products designated by the EPA as “minimum-risk”. Orkin is committed to managing all pests with the least threat to humans, non-target organisms, and the environment.
Core activities for partner organizations:
- Support Virginia Green
- Green meetings and conferences
- Recycling
- Water efficiency
- Energy conservation
Details:
- Sending out an email or mailer about Virginia Green
- Making an official Virginia Green endorsement through the Board or other committee to support Virginia Green
- Setting a goal for recruiting Virginia Green members
- Including a Virginia Green feature to the newsletter or other publication
- Displaying the Virginia Green certificate prominently and using window decals
- Using the Virginia Green logo on signage signaling recycling and other “green” practices
- Highlighting your involvement in Virginia Green on your website and including a link to your Virginia Green facility profile
- Holding conference at a Virginia Green Lodging facility
- Minimizing copying and making two-sided copies
- Eliminating the use of Styrofoam cups and plates and using reusable mugs and plates instead
- Using silverware instead of plastic utensils
- Using non-bleached or cloth napkins
- Serving water in pitchers and glassware instead of in bottles
- Avoiding boxed lunches
- Recycling glass, aluminum cans, plastic, office paper, toner cartridges, newspaper, cardboard, packing supplies, Fluorescent lamps, batteries, electronic equipment and tires
- Tracking overall waste bills
- Encouraging suppliers to minimize packaging and other waste materials
- Purchasing recycled-content paper towels and toilet paper
- Purchasing from vendors and service providers with a commitment to the environment
- Copying and printing on both sides
- Using electronic correspondence and forms
- Purchasing recycled content paper
- Using “green” cleaners dispensed in bulk
- Installation of high-efficiency hand-dryers
- Purchasing durable equipment and furniture
- Using reused building materials or those from sustainable sources
- Using latex paint and reuse of paint thinners
- Proper recycling or disposal of thinners and solvents
- Preventative maintenance on all appliances, HVAC systems, plumbing and vehicles
- Effective labeling system and last in/first out inventory
- Using least toxic materials
- Minimizing use of pesticides and herbicides (Orkin Green Program)
- Use Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Tracking overall water usage and wastewater
- Preventative maintenance of drips and leaks
- Metering water flow to discover drips and leaks
- High efficiency dishwashers
- Using dry clean-up methods first over water based methods
- Low flow toilets and low flow restrictors on faucets and showerheads
- Effective landscape management plan
- Effective storm water management plan
- Minimization of impervious areas
- Vegetative buffers around streams and ponds
- Tracking overall energy bills and set a numeric goal to reduce
- Consider the pollution factor of your energy usage by using a pollution calculator
- Installing high efficiency compact fluorescent bulbs in rooms and spotlights
- High efficiency fluorescent ballasts and lamps
- Installing LED Exit signs
- High Efficiency Heating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and individual thermostats
- Using natural lighting and ceiling fans
- Solar panels and thermal rated windows and insulation
- Lighting sensors and directional lighting
- Purchasing EnergyStar computers and appliances
- Had a meeting with the landlord to discuss environmental issues
Virginia Green is a partnership program supported by
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