Zoo
Med Labs, Inc. looks at our green values as a journey and not a
destination. As a company we are never satisfied with the "status
quo" and this applies to our green values as well. We hope that
what we do as a company will influence other pet companies to look at
this ever changing fragile planet in a different light.
Currently, this is what we do as a company as our small part of “Going Green”
Green Products!
With every new and
existing Zoo Med product, we are doing our best to Go Green! Take a
moment and view our current Green Products!
Aggressive Recycling Program
We recycle over 100 tons of cardboard and paper per
year.
No Carpet
Zoo
Med uses no petrochemical based carpet in our offices but instead uses
bamboo flooring as well as bamboo bookcases. (Bamboo is a grass,
a huge “green product” and a renewable resource!)
Carpooling
We encourage all our employees to carpool and we will install employee incentives in 2008 for carpooling.
Outdoor Furniture
All our lunchroom outdoor furniture is made from recycled milk cartons.
Our Green Values – The FutureZero-Emission Electric Car
The
president of Zoo Med plans to purchase one of the first production
electric cars off the assembly line in January 2010; a Phoenix Electric
SUV (www.phoenixmotorcars.com). This fully electric car (Yes,
uses NO gasoline) is capable of going 95 mph with a range of 130 miles
on a single charge. The car can fully charge its battery system
in 10 minutes! Check out their website listed above! In the
meantime, the Zoo Med president drives a hybrid.
Solar / Geothermal
Zoo
Med is aggressively looking to go solar or geothermal within the next 5
years. This is an expensive proposition considering the payback
is not for 20+ years but we want to ultimately reduce our carbon
footprint by a minimum of 50%. We will keep you updated!
Carbon Neutral / Carbon Credits
We
have looked into reducing our “travel” carbon foot print to zero but we
are not convinced the companies currently out there offering “carbon
credits” have a third party check system in place that we as a company
can embrace or understand. In the end we may end up purchasing
land for our own “tree farm” to offset our travel carbon
footprint.
More on this later…
We support conservation! Zoo Med proudly subscribes to and sponsors
the following organizations: