If you own real estate around Commercial Drive, you are no doubt familiar with the colourful street banners that hang gracefully all year long.
The Commercial Drive Business Society prints about 300 32? x 60? nylon street banners which help create a festive, colourful atmosphere for this unique shopping neighbourhood.
Eventually each edition of these unique designs must be retired, so rather than sending them to the landfill they?ve come up with a very green idea ? transform them into reusable nylon shopping bags and umbrellas!
As of December, 2011, converting our old banners into reusable nylon shopping bags and umbrellas rather than using new fabric, we have:
Avoided 28,607 pounds or 14.3 tons of CO2 emissions
Avoided sending 336 kg (805 lb) of nylon to the landfill
Saved 72,790,080 BTUs of energy ? enough to provide electricity to an average Vancouver home for over 2.5 years
Freed up 1,552 trees to capture and store CO2 from other sources for a full year
When the most recent edition of bags is sold out, we will have over $14,000 in our green space fund. The latest edition of bags was produced by the Kettle Friendship Society ? a neighbourhood non-profit society that provides employment opportunities for people living with mental illness.
?This green initiative even goes one step further?, explains Ian McSorley, marketing chair for Commercial Drive. ?ALL proceeds from the sale of these shopping bags & umbrellas will be donated to the development of new green spaces in the neighbourhood.?
You can find all the information about how to order your umbrella or bag here.
If you?d like more information about buying and selling real estate around Commercial Drive, please contact Vancouver Realtor Justin Leigh.
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