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In article <54841@sgi.sgi.com> vic@wookie.wpd.sgi.com (Victor Mitnick) writes:
>To your knowledge, does your company or university have any sort of policy
>regarding environmental issues, (including, for example, recycling, energy
>& water conservation, carpooling, etc.)?

The Grass Valley Group, Inc. does several things. First, all aluminum cans
are sorted-out by the janitor at each trash can. Everyone is asked not to
bury them in the bowels of the trash !

We use e-mail extensively to minimize paper work.

Paper recycling bins are located throughout the buildings.

Our main facility has no piped water, sewer, or natural gas. Waste water from
restrooms, etc is treated onsite and used for irrigation, and eventually
gets back into the aquifer. It is reputed to be cleaner than state/federal
requirements for drinkable water !

Waste from manufacturing is cleansed of soluble salts which are crystalized
for conventional burial (instead of aqueous solutions which must be dumped
at toxic waste sites). Metal scraps are recycled.

The cogeneration facility uses excess heat from electrical generation to heat
hot water, the buildings, and run plating equipment. A solar-powered cooling
system is (or soon will be) online.