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Become an EnviroStar Business
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Assistance
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Added customers/clients |
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I put the EnviroStars logo on my truck, a couple of new clients saw it and went to the EnviroStars website to get my phone number. I recommend this to everyone! They ask me about EnviroStars too. We owe it to the county for the privilege of all the resources you make available to us.
- Linda Sires, Ridgeway Gardens
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Some new patients mentioned finding their practice through the EnviroStars website and repeat patients have asked about the program materials.
- Dr Loren Davis DDS more ›
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Dr Les Seelye has enjoyed the benefits of the program such as free advertising, and says that his EnviroStar status has attracted an average of three new clients per month.
- Les Seelye, Barklay Boulevard Dental Care
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Financial assistance |
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We greatly reduced our use of solvents and installed a detergent parts washer. Our hands would be in it several times a day. The county provided a $500 grant toward the purchase of the $9,000 machine, but it has more than paid for itself. I don't have to spend $2,300 a year to have the solvents hauled out as hazardous waste, and I don't have to pay someone to stand there and scrub the parts.
- Rick Slater, Rick's Diagnostic & Repair Service
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Free advertising/promotions |
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People at all of my stores have commented on us being EnviroStars; most said they found our shops on the EnviroStars website. I plan to add the logo to my business cards and letterhead.
- Laurie Taylor, One Price Cleaners
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Thank you for the great ad in the PCC newsletter - it looks great, thank you EnviroStars for doing that!
- Nancy Tom, Down-to-Earth Gardens, Inc.
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It is obvious that we have gained benefit from participation, major points are as follows: recognition, accountability, advertisement, resource identification, enhanced workplace safety, focused cost management, team building, waste reduction, committed recycling practices, cultural integration of environmental sensitivity.
- Silence Inc. dba Midas Auto Systems Experts
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Reinforced repeat customers/loyalty |
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I received a personal letter from Dr. Davis thanking me and King County EnviroStars for the encouragement and support. He wast he perfect Estar dentist. I want to thank you for helping me get my personal dentist in compliance and visible as an EnviroStar.
- Donna Galstad, Hazardous Waste field inspector
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A lot of our customers are concerned about the environment. We do our very best to serve them by running a clean, environmentally friendly shop.
- Tamara Lindstrand, LM Body Shop
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We take pride in the unique efforts and achievement of our dental office. And our patients appreciate that we are making efforts to be environmentally conscious.
- Dr Paul Rubin DDS more ›
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We reuse or recycle plastic bags from customers; reuse all hangers; only use enough spot remover as required. I'm happy to be an EnviroStar, customers ask about it and people who live or work in area ask about it too.
- Hak Soo Min, Owner, 24th Ave NW Dry Cleaners
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Saved disposal costs |
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Dr Seelye purchased an intraoral digital radiography machine which has reduced the amount of photographic fixer, developer and x-ray cleaner used by 80% and saved the practice approximately $100 per month.
- Dr Les Seelye, Barklay Boulevard Dental Care
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By installing water-saving devices in its photo processors, Ivey Seright has reduced water use by approximately 3,000 gallons a day. In doing so, water and sewer expenses have been reduced by 17%.
Other improvements have also saved Ivey Seright both money and waste. At one point, a photo-processing chemical was on back order and the staff was forced to operate without it. As a result, the chemistry in the processor became more active, requiring staff to reduce the replenishment rate of raw chemicals. Careful testing, and consultation with the chemical manufacturer, revealed a flaw in the blanket chemical formula used for the processor. The discovery allowed Ivey Seright to reduce raw chemical costs by 37%, saving $10,000 per year.
On a daily basis, Ivey Seright recovers silver from fixer used in its development process -- and accepts fixer waste for silver recovery from customers and small businesses. These changes have allowed the business to remain a "small quantity generator" of hazardous waste.
- John Valiton, Ivey Seright/Imaging
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Once you get started on the process of being an EnviroStar, one thing leads to another. It gets people involved in finding new ways to handle waste. The cost savings are a real benefit.
- Alan Casebeer, Safety Environmental Manager, Young Corporation, Meltec Nordick
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Saved raw material costs |
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Moores Body Shop cut the cost of new thinner by 93 percent. The difference was a solvent recycling still which lowers the amount of raw materials needed as well as disposal costs of used solvent. The still, which cost $4,500, paid for itself in less than one year. As a result, hazardous waste disposal quantities dropped by more than 4,000 pounds, or 89 percent. Using the still, Moores reduced its waste generator status from large quantity generator to small.
- Ann Peacock
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Now the business buys fluid in bulk at a considerable savings and uses refillable spray bottles, reducing the need to recycle all of those aerosol cans.
- Paul Loomis, Humboldt Automotive
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Over the last 10 to 12 years, staff estimate theyve reduced pesticide use by 75 percent and cut pesticide costs by 50 percent.
- Duane Pentilla, Seattle Parks, Citywide Horticulture Center
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Technical assistance/resources |
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Your outstanding achievements can be attributed to the extensive technical assistance you have provided to small businesses, the ways in which you have marketed your program to increase public awarenesss, and the momentum created as the program spread throughout western Washington.
- Governor Gary Locke
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Yearly visits help keep me up-to-date on the latest procedures for continued improvement for my company's waste concerns.
- Mike Ness, Legend Sports Photography
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You have been great to work with, educating us about our hazardous waste and having patience as we move through our changes of operations with the EnviroStars. There is now a bit of a competition between some areas to get to 4 and 5 star and improve on what they can do to be really green.
- Joel Gregory, King County Housing Authority
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Environmental awareness is everyone's responsibility; if we don't do it, who will? Working with EnviroStars is a very good place to get started.
- Jim Kurle, Auto Body Experts
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EnviroStars auditor (and patient), Donna Galstad, introduced the office to the program and helped locate the amalgam separator equipment used to recover mercury from wastewater.
- Dr Loren Davis DDS more ›
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