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2012 Green Salem Business Challenge - This Saturday, May 19th

Green Salem Business Challenge  - The Green Business Recognition Celebration will be held on May 19th at Old Town Hall at 12:00 pm at the Living Green Fair. Mayor Kimberly Driscoll and Representative John Keenan will present certificates to GSBC businesses.

2012 Living Green Fair - This Saturday, May 19th

Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 10 am - 3 pm
Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA

 

The 5th Annual Living Green & Renewable Energy Fair, organized by the Salem Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Salem Renewable Energy Task Force will bring together green industry professionals and consumers from the Greater Boston & North Shore regions to discuss products, services and information that encourage healthier, more sustainable consumption and lifestyles for businesses and families.

Come say hello to SALEM/RECYCLES on Saturday! The first 25 of our Facebook fans to stop by our table will receive a water-conserving garden hose nozzle.

CLEAN SALEM GREEN SALEM

This event was a huge success thanks to the large turnout and the favorable weather.  For the first time ever, a clothing swap was held and proved to be very popular.  No doubt that this will be repeated again.  Thanks to everyone who participated. 

2012 Green Salem Business Challenge

Green Salem Business Challenge Extended Through Sunday May 6th

 

Calling all Salem businesses! – The Green Salem Business Challenge : Greater Shades of Green survey is now open on the GSBC website www.northshoretma.org/gsbc and has been extended to Sunday May 6th.

New this year, the GSBC has created a website with resource tools to help businesses save money and reduce their environmental impact. It is recommended that businesses review the PDF of this year’s survey prior to completing it online. Also new this year: a participant list on the GSBC website with live links to businesses that complete the survey.

“We moved the Green Salem Business Challenge to earlier in the year to coincide with Clean Salem Green Salem and the Living Green Fair, both of which are in May. We recognize that this is a very busy time of year for Salem businesses, and that this is a new timeline for participation. We don’t want those businesses who have expressed interest to miss out, so we are extending the survey” state Julie Rose, Business Manager with the City of Salem.

The green business recognition celebration will be held on May 19th at Old Town Hall at 12:00 pm at the Living Green Fair. Mayor Kimberly Driscoll and Representative John Keenan will present certificates to GSBC businesses.

Book Swap Update

Thanks to over 400 participants, and 20 extremely hard working volunteers, this was the biggest swap yet. We estimate we saved over 4 tons of books from the landfill! See you on Saturday, September 8 for the next book swap, location to be determined.

Recycle Large, Bulky Hard Plastics

You may now recycle large, bulky hard plastics* at the North Shore Recycled Fibers (NSRF) at 53 Jefferson Avenue in Salem. They will accept these plastics Monday - Friday, 7:00 am - 3:00 pm and select Saturdays. (*Examples of accepted items are plastic: lawn chairs, trash & recycle bins, storage bins, buckets, large children's toys. Items must be clean, with no residues, and any metal parts removed. These plastics are not recyclable with your weekly curbside pickup.)

 

OVERVIEW

The purpose of GreenSalem is to provide you with a broad spectrum of information that will help you to recycle, reuse, repurpose, and overall reduce what goes into the waste stream.  Further, it will also provide information so that you can reduce your use of energy, decrease water consumption, and find alternative means of transportation.

This website is to help you as a homeowner, apartment dweller, business owner, employee, educational facility, student, non-profit institution e.g. church, hospital, or as one of the tens of thousands of annual visitors to Salem.  This site is a work in progress.  Over the upcoming months, we will continue to add content and functionality to it.

The website is under the auspices of the Mayor Kimberley Driscoll and the City of Salem and is a result of collaboration among SalemRecycles, the Task Force on Energy Conservation, and the Green Salem Business Challenge.

We want to hear from you.

Please let us know if this site is useful to you and if you have any suggestions to enhance the mission of GreenSalem.  Please forward your comments to:  Julie Rose at 978-619-5679 or jrose@salem.com.