We Recycle

Reduce, Re-use, Recycle

During the course of doing business, a significant amount of waste is generated. Fortunately, most of it can be re-used or recycled. Here at the shop, we've taken several steps to reduce our environmental impact.

First, we recycle all of our paper and cardboard. That's hundreds and hundreds of bicycle boxes every year, and plenty of report paper and junk mail. We try to avoid printing emails and other documents in the first place. We re-use cardboard boxes whenever we have to ship bikes or parts.

Second, we recycle all the metal recovered in our service center. All of that aluminum, steel and titanium adds up to hundreds of pounds per year. Could you imagine throwing all of that metal in the trash? You've got to mine that stuff from deep in the ground!

Third, we accept old bikes and parts from the public and then donate the usable items to the God's Pedal Power Ministry, which takes the old parts and uses them to build and repair bikes for those who are less-fortunate.

Finally, we try to limit the amount of solvents and chemicals we use in the course of our business. We have citrus-based solvents for sale, and we use a bio-degradable solvent in our service center's parts washer.

Resource conservation makes sense for a lot of reasons, and we're committed to finding new ways to reduce, re-use and recycle.