Not unlike others, Vancouver is a great city for promoting "going green." We have a curbside composting where you can throw all your compost scraps in with your yard trimmings and the city picks it up and takes care of them. We have recycling for most things so in theory, your garbage consumption can be next to nil.
Lies, Kermit, lies! haha
If you want to see a rad film about zero garbage consumption, check out
The Clean Bin Project, created right here in Van City! It's pretty neat.
At Mighty and OtR, we also try to do our bit. Most of us walk, take the bus or ride our bikes to work whenever possible. In Vancouver, it's almost faster to dodge traffic than be traffic to get anywhere even with all those Cat-6 racers. Plus, it's a nice limbo between home and work that I personally enjoy having.
We've also got the
Eco Rangers dropping by to take care of our metal, paper, cardboard, and plastic recycling. They're a nice resource to have because alot of our packing stuff is either cardboard, plastic, or paper. They also pick up Mighty's metal scraps, which is nice.
Like a lot of other stores around town, we've decided to go without bags, instead using the bags that our products get shipped to us in. I get some weird looks but most people are okay with it or just opt out at that point. Most of the time, people either don't want a bag or have brought one of their own so there's no real reason to have extra bags kicking around.
