Green Initiatives

(Recent News)

GSI Kicks Off Trash Separation Process at GSA Regional Office Building (ROB) --
In conjunction with Earth Day 2010, Guest Services unveiled a new trash separation process at ROB’s NRC Café. Much of the trash from the café that had gone straight to a landfill now is being composted or recycled.

This bold, new initiative, which is a piece of the partnership between GSA and GSI to “green” the NCR Café, was made possible by GSA’s purchase of an Orca composting machine for the kitchen. The Orca takes food waste and compostable wares and, with the help of certain enzymes, turns them into grey water in an amazingly short period of time. There are still materials that need to be recycled, and we can’t completely eliminate trash; however, we have come a long way towards lightening the burden on our landfills with this new and exciting initiative.

Additional bins have been placed in the café, and educational displays let customers know which wares should go into the various containers. Guest Services employees also have been trained to answer customers’ questions about the new procedures.

This important step has been taken to help GSA comply with a federal mandate. Everyone who eats and works at the NCR Café is an important participant in the process and we are proud to be helping GSA’s Regional Office Building lead the way towards a greener government.

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