A brochure for Tropical Smoothie Cafe suggesting environmentally sustainable improvements for the franchise, and a flyer sponsored by Tropical Smoothie Cafe with tips on "going green" for the surrounding community.
Tropical Smoothie Into the GREEN Scene Tropical Smoothie Cafe 625 6 th Ave. South #150 St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 (727) 894 0405 There are many ways to upkeep a store in an environmentally sustainable way. Keeping up the store’s cleanliness and appearance can require environmentally harmful chemicals, which can be washed down drains and be exposed to the surrounding community’s waterways and air. Changing the cleaning products such as toilet bowl cleaners, odor control systems, surface disinfectants, and specialty cleaners to environmentally safe products can reduce the effects to the environment while giving your company a competitive edge. Store Maintenance The Green Beans Angel Solomon Jourdin Reece Michaela Tolbert Stephanie Schlau Going organic is a new movement within local communities. Tropical Smoothie offers an alternative for unhealthy meals. Local organic products avoid chemicals present in commercially grown food. Local organic grown foods have more nutrients than commercially grown foods because the soil is managed and nourished with sustainable practices by responsible standards. Organic farming supports ecosustenance. Preservation of soil and crop rotation keep farmland healthy, and chemical abstinence preserves the ecosystem. Agricultural chemical pesticides and fertilizers contaminate our environment; poison our water supply, and destroy valuable fertile land. Buying organic food is an investment in a costeffective future. Buying locally supports local economies and supports viability of local farms while ensuring safe and nutritious food. Buy Local Organic Food
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Tropical Smoothie
Into the GREEN Scene
Tropical Smoothie Cafe 625 6th Ave. South #150
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
(727) 894 0405
There are many ways to upkeep a store in an environmentally sustainable way. Keeping up the store’s cleanliness and appearance can require environmentally harmful chemicals, which can be washed down drains and be exposed to the surrounding community’s waterways and air. Changing the cleaning products such as toilet bowl cleaners, odor control systems, surface disinfectants, and specialty cleaners to environmentally safe products can reduce the effects to the environment while giving your company a competitive edge.
Store Maintenance
The Green Beans Angel Solomon Jourdin Reece
Michaela Tolbert Stephanie Schlau
Going organic is a new movement within local communities. Tropical Smoothie offers an alternative for unhealthy meals. Local organic products avoid chemicals present in commercially grown food. Local organic grown foods have more nutrients than commercially grown foods because the soil is managed and nourished with sustainable practices by responsible standards. Organic farming supports eco-‐sustenance. Preservation of soil and crop rotation keep farmland healthy, and chemical abstinence preserves the ecosystem. Agricultural chemical pesticides and fertilizers contaminate our environment; poison our water supply, and destroy valuable fertile land. Buying organic food is an investment in a cost-‐effective future. Buying locally supports local economies and supports viability of local farms while ensuring safe and nutritious food.
Buy Local Organic Food
Tropical Smoothie uses Styrofoam cups, which are made from plastic polystyrene. Polystyrene is based on the building blocks called styrene monomers, so small doses of chemicals leach from it and then migrate into the drink. Styrene is classified as a possible human carcinogen by the EPA and by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. In addition to the health effects, the use of hydrocarbons by the polystyrene foam manufacturer releases the hydrocarbons into the air at ground level; there, combined with nitrogen oxides in the presence of sunlight, they form tropospheric ozone. Polystyrene foam is often dumped into the environment as litter. This material is notorious for breaking up into pieces that choke animals and clog their digestive systems. Polystyrene recycling isn’t “closed loop” – collected polystyrene cups are not remanufactured into cups, but into other products, such as packing filler and cafeteria trays. This means that more resources will have to be used, and more pollution created, to produce more polystyrene cups. Alternatives for Styrofoam cups are post-‐consumer recycled paper, which are renewable resources. The paper cups are biodegradable when composted and can be recycled at most people’s door. A better alternative to paper cups is reusable cups. Although Tropical Smoothie already has reusable cups, an improvement could be made such as a larger decrease in the price of the reusable cups or the price of the smoothie when bought with a reusable cup. Paper and reusable cups are not only safer for costumer consumption, but also environmentally friendly.
A new recycling program would improve the energy consumption of Tropical Smoothie and it’s costumers. Placing recycle containers throughout the restaurant makes it convient to cycle all common materials. The recycling bins should look different from each other and be clearly marked. The recycling bins should not only be throughout the restaurant but in the kitchen as well, so that it is easier for employees to use them. Signs should be posted to encourage costumers to recycle and should include “Do’s and Don’ts” for recycling. Recycling reduces extracting, refining, and processing raw materials all of which create sustantial air and water pollution. As recycling saves energy it also reduces greenhouse gas emissions and helps sustain the enviroment for future generations.
Recycle. Reduce. Reuse.
GOING GREEN FROM TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE
1. Change at least one light bulb to LED 2. Don’t pre-heat the oven 3. Hang dry clothes 4. Recycle newspaper 5. Give up bottled water 6. Brush without running water 7. Take a shorter shower 8. Adjust your thermostat 9. Turn off lights 10. Choose matches over lighters
