Greening Our Schools
At Copernicus Educational Products Inc. environmental initiatives are taking root.
Copernicus Environmental Initiatives
The environment has always been an important consideration at Copernicus. From day one we have always strived to do the right thing when it comes to environmental responsibility. Some of our environmental initiatives include:
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Ecological Land Management
Since 1991 Copernicus has planted over 50,000 trees on approximately 90 acres of property with habitat restoration and wildlife habitat being the primary objective. This area consists of dense forest with open grasslands for bird and insect habitat.
This past spring with the help from Natural Landscapes, Copernicus had 150 sq. meters of lawn converted to a naturalization area for the purpose of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions and improving wildlife habitat. This area will be expanded each year until the entire lawn of 1/4 acre is converted into a naturalization area.
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Trees and Schools
For earth day 2009 Copernicus provided over 350 students with a sapling to take home and plant. In 2010 we will provide over 1000 saplings to various schools.
ECO Friendly Products
Our focus is on innovative, teacher driven and child safe educational products while working to shrink our ecological footprint. Re-usable products such as our Write & Wipe Overlay, which reduces paper waste and our Re-Write Labels, are a few of our eco-friendly products. Our steel is coated with a durable baked-on powder coat finish that is more environmentally responsible than conventional painting. |
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Waste Reduction
Through a waste reduction and recycling program over the last 2 years, Copernicus has reduced its landfill refuse from 8 dumpsters of garbage per month to 2 dumpsters per month.
Packaging Materials
To ensure that our packaging materials don’t end up in a landfill we engineer our packaging so that 85% can be easily recycled.
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