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the ReNews Spring 2008

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Some interesting stories about Urban Impact's growth and our commitment to the environment.

HIGHLIGHTS

 

NEW AT URBAN IMPACT

Urban Impact’s look gets a Spring makeover!

Urban Impact is refreshing its look by updating the logos of the parent company and three service divisions. A new Urban Impact website will be launched later this Spring to provide a single, easily accessible clearinghouse of information about Urban Impact and its family of services:

  • Urban Recycling customizes recycling programs to meet all your paper, cardboard, mixed containers, and other waste management needs.
  • Urban Shredding provides document destruction services regardless of the size of your business and storage space, the type of material generated, schedule, or level of privacy required.
  • Urban Solutions is the company’s educational and green business consulting arm, providing educational, zero waste auditing and consulting services to clients looking to start and expand office recycling programs and reduce their carbon footprint.


Urban Impact is a family-owned and operated business committed to its global responsibility and environmental ethic, providing cost-effective, secure, personalized service to clients throughout the Lower Mainland. The company was launched in 1989 as a university project for founder Nicole Stefenelli.

 

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2008 tree planting campaign to launch Saturday, April 26th

Urban Impact is celebrating Earth Day by launching its 2008 tree planting campaign this week.  In partnership with the Corporation of Delta, 50 Urban Impact volunteers will plant 600 trees at Wellington Park in West Ladner on Saturday, April 26th. 

Urban Impact will prepare the 0.6 acre site by clearing all invasive non-native species (primarily broom and blackberries) and covering land with 20 cm’s of Nutrifor, a compost-like soil developed from treated and recycled biosolids.

Tree-planting will continue throughout the year, with additional planting sites to be announced later this spring. Staff and volunteers will water the trees throughout the summer months of 2008 and 2009 to make sure they are well-established and on their way to growing and sequestering as much carbon as possible.

For more information about Urban Impact’s tree-planting campaign, how to start a campaign of your own, or to witness a free tree-planting demonstration, the public is welcome to come meet the Urban “green team” at the Wellington Park planting. Email info@urbanimpact.ca for further details.

 

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Urban Impact seeks nominations for 2008 charity program

Nominations are now being accepted for Urban Impact’s 2008 charity program. Each year Urban commits 1% of annual pre-tax profit to assist Lower Mainland charities by providing free recycling services as an in-kind contribution. This reduces waste disposal and operating costs of participating charities, allowing them to use their scarce funds to do what they do best – help others.

To nominate a deserving charity email info@urbanimpact.com.

 

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Urban Solutions

URBAN RECYCLING

CASE STUDY: Tim Hortons launches new recycling program with Urban Impact

Did you know that in the Greater Vancouver Regional District 3.6 million tones of garbage is sent to landfill?  A full 60% of this waste comes from businesses.

Tim Hortons is taking its environmental responsibility seriously, introducing its first coffee cup recycling programs in BC this week. Urban Impact will be assisting Tim Hortons in a three-month recycling test for the following materials:  paper coffee cups and plastic lids, plastic cups, refundable drink containers. The test will help assess how public area collection bins work at a retail location.

Urban Impact and Tim Hortons expect that the new initiative will be a great success and that this type of collection service can be expanded to other Tim Hortons locations throughout the Lower Mainland. Future expansion of the program may also include additional materials, such as compostable food items.

Tim Hortons already recycles all cardboard materials at store locations.  In addition Tim Hortons supports a variety of community clean-up events and anti-litter programs in more than 120 regions across Canada, educating and creating anti-litter awareness through messages on in-store LCD screens, tray liners and drive-thru exit signs. 

 

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Urban Solutions

URBAN SHREDDING

Spring Clean-Out raises public awareness of fraud & identity theft – FREE shredding 1 day only!

Urban Shredding will be holding a Spring Clean-Out, providing free shredding services on-site at Richmond’s Landsdowne Mall on Sunday, May 4, 2008. The special event is being held as a community service to help spread public awareness about the dangers of fraud and identity theft. 

Free shredding services will be provided to families bringing a maximum of 5 banker’s boxes of materials to our temporary location in North West Corner of the Mall's parking lot at No.3 Road and Alderbridge. Urban Shredding shares Urban Impact’s zero waste philosophy – shredded materials and any banker’s boxes your confidential documents come in will all be recycled.

Don’t risk your personal or financial security – bring your confidential documents, old cheques or tax information to Landsdowne Mall and watch us destroy them, quickly and securely in our state of the mobile shredding truck!

Listen to News1130 for details – they will be providing live coverage of the event on-site from their Community Cruiser.

Event details

Date: Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Time: 11am – 3pm
Location: Lansdowne Mall,
5300 # 3 Road, Richmond, BC
Restrictions: Max. 5 banker’s boxes of materials will be shredded, per family

 

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Simple tips can keep your private information confidential

  • Change your bank account and debit card PINs on occasion.
  • Review your banking and Visa statements on line to make sure the transactions are yours, report any suspicious activity right away to your bank or credit card company.
  • Don’t share your PIN with anyone.
  • When purchasing items over the telephone and someone asks you for information that does not seem relevant to the transaction, ask why they need to know – never divulge the information if it does not seem relevant or appropriate.

 

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Urban Solutions

URBAN SOLUTIONS

Employee incentives can reduce your carbon footprint

Tree-planting campaigns, such as the ones undertaken annually by Urban Impact, help sequester carbon, and ultimately reduce our carbon footprint. Although these sequestering initiatives are important, it is also very important to limit your reliance on fossil fuels, reducing your need for carbon in the first place. 

Urban Impact provides the following incentives to encourage employees to help reduce our carbon footprint by limiting the time and frequency of their commutes:

  • All staff are given the option of working four, rather than five, days per week – this means longer shifts but fewer commutes.
  • All staff that use alternate forms of transportation to and from work – biking, busing, walking or sharing a car pool – are paid an additional carbon credit each month.

 

Use our Urban Solutions to reduce your company’s carbon footprint!

Learn more by scheduling a consultation with one of our zero waste specialists.

 

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Green News & Notes

  • Urban Impact’s President & Founder Nicole Stefenelli shares some Urban Solutions with the Christy Clark show on CKNW. Listen to her advice on protecting against fraud and identity theft, the GVRD’s new recycling rules, and more. Listen here.
  • Urban Impact Green Tips can still be heard every day on News1130 between 5:21 pm. Check out the latest tips online at News1130.com.

 

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