| Going Green??
Join Dr. Ostroth…he’s way ahead!
Did you know…that Dr. Ostroth has been a leader
in “green” techniques for decades?
Here’s
what Dr. Ostroth and his office have been doing for
our environment:
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 Businesses
are exempt from recycling. Yet seventeen years ago when
the City of Royal first began curbside
recycling, Dr. Ostroth, went downtown and purchased
a recycling bin. He’s been carrying it back and
forth to the side street each week for pick up ever
since.
In
the 1980’s, one of the very first houses
in Royal Oak to have solar panels was Dr. Ostroth’s
home.
In
1998, after many years of generously donating both
time and money to make the Upland
Hills Ecological Awareness Center autonomous, Dr. Ostroth was gifted
a lifetime
membership.
Dr.
Ostroth has not used amalgam (mercury fillings) in over
25 years…even though the American Dental
Association currently allows amalgams because they
are a less expensive procedure.
For
the past 5 years, shredded paper and cardboard
have been taken to SOCRRA (an Oakland County recycling
center) for recycling.
Scrap metals are recycled at a local Royal Oak metal
recycler.
For
almost a decade, recycled paper has been used for
printers and faxes.
All
toner and ink jet cartridges are recycled back
to the manufacturers.
Pure
Reverse Osmosis water is used in the coffee and tea
served you in the waiting room each day.
Fluorescent
tubes are taken to SOCRRA to be recycled. Almost
100% of the lights in Dr. Ostroth’s office
are color-corrected fluorescents or compact fluorescents.
The sunlight (color-corrected) fluorescents give
you the benefit of being in the sun during your visit
while
the compact fluorescents reduce electrical consumption.
Ten
years ago a recycler was installed on the
suction water system (water used to prime the
suction
pumps), reducing that water consumption by 70%!
For
18 years, Dr. Ostroth’s office
has donated magazines to local elementary schools to
be used by students
for school projects.
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