Did you know...?

The Hampshire House is committed to:

• Recycling cardboard, glass, plastics, metals, toner cartridges,
  cell phones, writing paper, computer printouts, colored paper, newspaper,
  magazines, fax paper, catalogs, & envelopes


• Using food waste for composting


• Environmentally friendly cleaning products


• Using sustainable and renewable food sources whenever possible and available from our local vendors


• Energy efficient equipment with programmable timers and thermostats


• Motion sensor lighting


• Using post-consumer recycled paper


• Using recycled stock for take-out packaging


• Using fluorescent energy saving light bulbs


• Reusing interoffice paper and envelopes


• Educating our staff on ecological sustainability, recycling, and
  energy/water conservation


• Use of two-way totes for delivery of merchandise in an effort to
  reduce the use of cardboard


• Recycling waste oil for renewable energy


• Use of foods, whenever possible, that are not treated with growth
  hormones, GMOs, antibiotics and never any trans fats

How can I help?

• Low-Flow shower heads can help reduce water use by 50% or more


• Turning off the water faucet when brushing your teeth can save up to 9 gallons of water every time you brush


• 40% of your house's pure water is flushed down the toilet


• 40% of the energy used in your home is for heat


• 1 ton of 100% non-recycled newsprint uses 12 trees


• At least 38.9% of the US waste stream is paper


• Americans throw away the equivalent to 500,000 trees each week


• Americans discard 4million tons of office paper every year-enough to
  build a 12ft high wall of paper from NY to California


• Americans throw away enough aluminum each month to rebuild our
  entire commercial air fleet


• Glass never wears out-it can be recycled forever