Zagreb Helps Eliminate a Scourge

Paper recycling – all of the paper recycled in the mission is taken to a recycling center, where we receive credits for each kilo of paper. Those credits translate into cash for a local demining NGO, Recobot, which uses the funds to demine around refugee’s homes, enabling them to return to their houses. So far their contributions have helped demine over 9,500 square meters.

Embassy Jordan Leads the Way

Despite the lack of a formal recycling framework in Jordan, the Embassy contracted the services of a start-up private sector vendor (Entity Green) to collect the Embassy's recyclable materials. FM procured and placed large containers as well as individual recycling bins at different offices throughout the Embassy and encourages employees to bring items from their homes as well. Since the recycling program began, Embassy Amman has gathered 30 tons of paper and cardboard, 4 tons of plastic, 2.5 tons of cans, and 3 tons of glass. Other materials also being recycled include oil, printer cartridges, vehicle batteries, tires, pipes, and carpet tiles. Post's support for Entity Green is also helping create new small andmedium enterprise employment opportunities in Jordan, providing vocational training for Jordanian and Iraqi youth employed by Entity Green, and increasing environmental activism - all key mission priorities.

Embassy Amman Leads the Way

Post launched the Green Embassy initiative in September 2008 to reduce the Embassy's environmental, water, and energy footprint and to lower operational costs. The positive results have included estimated annual savings of $55,000 in electricity costs, $25,000 in water costs, and $40,000 in diesel fuel bills. The Embassy also recycled 30 tons of paper and cardboard, 4 tons of plastic, 2.5 tons of cans, and 3 tons of glass. Embassy Amman has set an ambitious target of working towards LEED certification as one of the first Green Buildings in Jordan and is working on a LEED audit with a vendor.

Embassy Lusaka Uses Greening to Help Others

—The Embassy donates much of its rubbish to upcyclers, people and charities who create useful or artistic items from waste materials. These include:
ØPlastic Grocery Bags
ØWine BottlesSoda Bottle Tops
ØCardboard, Paper and Shredded Paper

For example:
—Transforming cardboard and paper into paper-mâché chairs for disabled children, and into other decorative items to subsidize the chairs