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Environmentally
friendly
water
bottle
filling
stations
come to
Coleman
A. Young
Municipal
Center
The
Mission
Statement
of the
Detroit-Wayne
Joint
Building
Authority
calls in
part for
providing
for the
health
and
welfare
of the
employees
and
visitors
of the
Coleman
A. Young
Municipal
Center
in an
economic
and
environmental
appropriate
manner.
DETROIT
- In
2017,
Detroit-Wayne
Joint
Building
Authority
Commissioners
approved
a pilot
program
to test
the
utilization
of water
bottle
filling
stations
in the
Coleman
A. Young
Municipal
Center
(CAYMC)
and
installed
several
on
various
floors.
Recognizing
that
hydration
is very
important
for good
health
the
DWJBA
noticed
many
people
in the
municipal
center
still
drinking
from
disposable
plastic
water
bottles.
In an
effort
to
eliminate
this
waste,
the
Authority
created
an
incentive
for
employees
to sign
a pledge
to stop
using
disposable
plastic
bottles.
CAYMC
employees
are
encouraged
to join
the TAKE
THE
PLEDGE
program
and
receive
free
water
bottles.
The
water
bottle
filling
stations
pilot
program
proved
successful
with
more
than
fifty-percent
of
CAYMC’s
1,600
employees
participating
with the
goal to
achieve
one-hundred
percent
in 2019.
“The
DWJBA
has
distributed
more
than 800
water
bottles
and
based on
the
counters
located
on the
filling
stations
have
recorded
over
515,000
water
bottle
fill-ups.
This has
eliminated
515,000
plastic
bottles
and at
the
average
cost of
$1.00
per
plastic
water
bottle,
the
program
has
saved
our
tenants
over
$500,000.
Other
facilities
are
interested
in our
initiative,”
states
DWJBA
chairperson
Sharon
Madison.
CAYMC
tenants
are
given a
sports
water
bottle
which
goes
perfectly
with the
filtered
water
filling
stations.
Currently
water
filling
stations
are
located
on the
lower
level
office
tower
and
floors
two
through
thirteen
and by
the end
of 2019
all
floors
in both
towers
will
have
water
bottle
filing
stations.
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