Going Green Program
"The easiest pollution to deal with, is the pollution that you don't create."
What is Green?
Green is using the fewest, most sustainable resources, to produce an outcome with no waste or by product. Green initiatives that produce this outcome is using green to its fullest capability. Green is also assessing your waste. Waste is often described as anything that goes into the dumpster, down a drain, or up a chimney. The reduction, reuse, recycling and converting waste to a resource is green. There are two starting points: look at what comes into your facility and look at what goes out.The concept of "Going Green" may be easy, the practice is the challenge. MVATC can help.
What is Sustainability?
Sustainability is a process that can be carried out over and over without negative environmental effects, such as air and water pollution, solid waste, and biodegradation which lead to larger, global problems including climate change and destruction of natural resources.
MVATC Named Partner in New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (P2I)
MVATC is very proud to offer our Green and Waste Minimization Program and equally proud to announce our partnership with the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Pollution Prevention Institute (P2I). The P2I is centered at RIT and is a partnership among Clarkson University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, SUNY at Buffalo and MVATC. Specific activities undertaken by the P2I and MVATC partnership will focus on alternative cleaning technologies, remanufacturing and recycling process development, sustainable design and green product assessment. Together, we will help Mohawk Valley businesses take their green initiatives and provide the green technologies and programs to make a change. This change will enable businesses to use less material, limit toxicity, limit the amount of waste, and reduce costs all while making an environmentally friendly decision. To learn more about the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, please visit www.sustainability.rit.edu/p2i.html.
MVATC's Green Program can provide your company with assistance in the following areas:
- Green Methodologies
- Waste Assessment
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Energy Assessment
- Alternative Sources
- Lean and Green Manufacturing
- Remanufacturing and Sustainable Product Design
- Industry Competition
- Green Marketing
- Green Benchmarking
We would like the opportunity to tell you more about how you can become "Green". For more information about MVATC's Green Program or to access the RIT P2I service please feel free to call Paul MacEnroe at 315-793-8050 or email him at paulm@mvatc.com with any questions.
The Mohawk Valley Applied Technology Corporation is your partner in progress and your solution provider is positioning your company towards a successful, sustainable future.