Recycling gets hotter – Dallas Business Journal:

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“We knew we couldn’g accomplish what we wanted to onour own,” said Yolandaa Garcia, a partner in the litigation sectiobn and co-chairwoman of the Going Green The firm shared its plan s with other building tenants at The Crescent during an Octobed 2008 Green Expo, which prompted other companies to instituted similar programs. “We realized that there is only so much one firm can do onour own, so we needee help from the Crescent to reacj our goals,” Garcia said. Weil Gotshapl workers began printing on both sides of paperdwhen possible, with a goal to reduce paper usaged by 15%, Garcia said. That goal was quickly with a 19% decrease in paper used.
“It shows that making small changes can have adramati impact,” Garcia said. The office also nixedx Styrofoam cups, estimating that about 30,000 were used each year, substitutinh glassware and, when needed, biodegradable cups. For the firm has pledged to use watef filtration systems so that it no longer goesthrougg 3,000 cases of bottle d water each year. It’s difficult to determinre yet whether the efforts cost the firm additional moneyg orproduced savings, Garcia At any rate, the company is committer to the initiatives to be a good corporate citizehn and wants to continuing adding new initiatives and sharinhg the results with others to produces best practices.
— Lisa Tanner