GOING GREEN
“Going Green” as a way to take steps to
reduce negative effects on people and the
environment in which we live in. Although
we can not be perfect, we can certainly be
Five Senses Spa and Salon has defined
aware and pursue avenues to become
better.
Five Senses Spa and Salon finds it
extremely important to be socially
responsible. We must do our part in
reducing waste, recycling, preserving
energy, reusing appropriate items in
appropriate ways, etc. At Five Senses, we
are eager to help the world sustain its five
senses by helping the world look, smell,
taste, sound and feel better.
Five Senses is making efforts to
encourage our staff and guests to also
participate in Going Green. Our ideas are
always evolving as we continue to
consider new manageable ways to be
Green. The following are some of the
commitments Five Senses has made in
Going Green.:
AVEDA
We are proud to have aligned ourselves
with a very socially responsible vendor.
AVEDA'S RESPONSIBLE PACKAGING
Aveda is mindful of the need to reduce our
environmental footprint in every package
they develop. They achieve this by
minimizing the packaging, maximizing the
use of post-consumer recycled materials,
using materials that can be and are
recyclable, and by designing our
packaging so that the individual parts can
be separated for recycling. Aveda also
works with suppliers who manufacture
our packaging materials using renewable
energy.
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AVEDA RECYCLING CAPS PROGRAM
Bottle caps often end up as litter or trash, ending up in landfills
and beaches or migrating into our rivers and oceans. Birds and
other marine creatures mistake them for food with tragic results.
Aveda announced a new recycling initiative that helps extend the
current boundaries of recycling with their Recycle Caps with Aveda
initiative.
Five Senses has joined Aveda's effort, and have placed collection
bins at our facility for public and employee collection.
Ridgeview Elementary School has also joined us in the recycling
caps program. Ridgeview staff, students and families click to view
your school page!
What type of caps do we collect? The program accepts caps that
are rigid plastic, sometimes noted with a 5 in the chasing arrows
recycling symbol.
GOOD CAPS: This includes caps that twist on with a threaded
neck such as caps on shampoo, water, soda, milk and other
beverage bottles and pharmaceutical lids, flip top caps on tubes
and food product bottles (such as ketchup and mayonnaise),
laundry detergents and some jar lids such as peanut butter.
BAD CAPS: Excluded from collection are non rigid lids such as
yogurt lids, tub lids (margarine, cottage cheese), and screw on
lids that are not rigid. Please do not include any metal lids or
plastic pumps or sprayers. Unfortunately, too much of the wrong
types of materials can contaminate the recycling process.
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AVEDA WIND ENERGY
By committing to alternative
energy sources like Windsource®
Aveda can all have an impact on
the energy we consume and help
lower our carbon footprint. Wind
energy is produced without air
emissions like carbon dioxide and
sulfur dioxide, uses no water and
requires no water treatment
during production..
RECYCLING PROGRAM
We have designated areas for
recyclable plastics, paper, glass,
etc. for the products that we use
on our guests.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Five Senses had made the major
investment of becoming more
energy efficient. This is achieved
by our choices in our equipment,
and most importantly, light bulbs
and auto-shut off lights.
FACILITY EFFICIENCY
Fall 2008, we re-carpeted the spa
hallway with recyclable carpet tile
using recycled materials. Fall
2009, we installed a major
Heating Ventilation and Air
Conditioning unit to create zones
within our facility to become more
energy efficient and comfortable
with our temperature settings.
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