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Naef Recycling -
A “Green Business”
Syracuse, NY -
March 23: Naef Recycling has been approved for membership as a
“Green Business” for 2005 in the Co-op America Business network and
pledges to conduct business according to standards that reach beyond
contemporary practices in addressing the needs of:Jaime Albee, a Member Information Specialist for Co-op America mentioned a number of examples why Naef Recycling was approved for membership. The company has hired “at risk” youth through the CNY Works/Green Team program. They pay a “Living Wage” which is above the minimum wage and open up their plant to tours from schools and community organizations to educate the public about recycling. Naef Recycling is one of four businesses in the county that are a “Green Business” and the only industrial plant. This is the 3rd year that Naef Recycling has been approved as a “Green Business.” For more information on being approved as a Green Business contact Amanda Chehrezad, Public Information Officer for Co-op America, 202-872-5314 or visit the new Co-op America web site, www.coopamerica.org which is being launched on Earth Day, April 22 Naef Recycling is locally owned and operated. Mark Naef, President of Naef Recycling has a long history of involvement with recycling. He was canvas director with Recycle First, a local advocacy recycling group founded in 1988; a Recycling Specialist with RRT /Empire Returns, a company that built the first recycling center in Onondaga County and Marketing Manager for Daystar Recycling, a private paper brokerage company serving municipalities and private recyclers in NY state. Mark is a past president and current board member of the New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling. |
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