Green policy

Our "Green" Policy

We work hard to conserve as many resources as possible, here at Brass Arts Unlimited. Both retail sales and instrument repair are activities that are traditionally very wasteful and harmful. We're lucky to be located in Baltimore County, which operates very comprehensive and progressive recycling and waste reduction programs. Here are some of the ways that we reduce waste, reuse products, and recycle materials:

Packing materials, such as "peanuts" and other void-fill, are almost infinity reusable. We save and reuse as many packing materials as possible.
Corrugated boxes are fairly durable and we can often get multiple uses out of a box, as long as it retains its integrity.
Used corrugated and other office paper waste are recycled.
Used electronics are e-cycled.
We judiciously use lights, heating, and air conditioning. Our lights are almost all fluorescent, which use less electricity than incandescent lights.
We've reduced the number and kinds of chemicals we use in our repair work.
It's a small thing, but our coffee-maker drips into an insulated carafe, eliminating the need to keep a warming element on.
We try to contact our customers using email as much as possible, rather than by more resource-intensive methods. We don't produce catalogs, again because the resources needed are great.

Reduce, reuse, recycle. We believe in it.

So, if you get a package from us and the box or the void-fill is re-used, remember that we do it for the environment. A green approach also helps us keep our costs down, which means keeping our prices down, too.

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