The Not-So-Green Group
So there’s this company in Reno, NV that’s pretending to be green by doing pointless things like using quality “green” wood that splits when you blow on it and “green” soybean concrete floor sealer that comes off with electrical tape. We’ll call this company The “Green” Group. Normally part of being “green” is to recycle. Hooray planet and all that. Like cardboard. It’s easy to recycle. I’ve recycled countless cardboard boxes the servers and other gear I’ve purchased came in and even get [tiny amounts of] money for bringing them in. But enough about me.
Here’s an example of these geniuses being “green” and getting LEED points:
What you’re not seeing in this picture is the three construction guys filling it up and jumping on it to compact even more cardboard in there before it was hauled away. (My cell phone video sucked so bad you couldn’t tell what was going on.) But wait! It gets better: this was only one dumpster out of three filled with cardboard (mixed in with other general trash) – straight to the Lockwood landfill.
I’m no expert on “green” like they claim to be, but I’m pretty sure this isn’t it. I guess at least the dumpster is painted green.
(Picture was taken on 5/2/2008 from a second floor window of some three story building somewhere on Washington by Riverside Drive in area code 89503.)
UPDATE:
Green also apparently means letting mice live in the building because you can’t get rid of them unless it’s a “green” way. Good luck with the decaying mice in the walls. Can you say health hazard?
UPDATE 2: They tried to lawyer-silence an employee they laid off because he apparently said “please help me find a job, I was just laid off” on the internet. Luckily for him telling the truth is a good defense.
UPDATE 3: I know you’re reading this. Yes, you. I see you.