El Wednesday, December 16, 2020 The awards ceremony began for participating businesses on Loíza Street, recognizing their commitment to the environment and water resources. These businesses are part of the project. It shouldn't touch the ground or reach the water; an initiative to improve solid waste management organized by the Estuary in close collaboration with Goyco Community Workshop and the Clean Machuchal Committee.
This recognition highlights environmentally friendly actions taken by businesses located along Loíza Street in their daily operations. These actions include: educating the public, providing filtered water, diverting and/or managing waste materials, avoiding disposable items, using compostable tableware and/or materials, recycling oil, using eco-friendly products, and practicing responsible cleaning.
The Estuary thanks artist and resident Yolanda Velazquez for the artwork and visual design of this campaign, and resident, cultural manager, and community liaison for the project, Iliana García, for her commitment and work in the Machuchal community and on Loíza Street. Thanks are also extended to the following businesses for their support in hosting this initiative:
We invite all residents, collaborators and visitors to look for these awards at participating establishments.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank additional collaborators along Loíza Street, including the Goyco security guards. (Nilda, Carmen and Wanda), neighbor and collaborator keeping the streets and sewers clean and free of solid waste (Shorty), to the neighbor and collaborator in the initiative for the diversion and proper handling of used cooking oil in the Madrid Hardware Store (Benny Benítez) and the Segarra Boerman Foundation for your support in this project.
We will continue making deliveries throughout this week. We invite you to follow our updates on this page and on social media to learn about the participating merchants who are committed to the environment and water resources.
On Thursday, December 17, 2020, We continued presenting awards along Loíza Street. The businesses visited were the following:
- Gostosos/Mercado Machuchal
- Flying Low
- panucho
- Healing Juice Bar
- EggJoint
- Leisurely
- The Pregnant Woman
We continue to receive positive and welcoming responses, along with a desire to continue taking actions that will help improve the environmental management of each business. This commitment will create a more conscious, responsible, and environmentally conscious sector.
El viernes, 18 de diciembre de 2020 We visited two more businesses as part of our tour on Loíza Street:
We recognize Toasted by undertaking the seven actions described in this initiative:
- Public education
- Filtered water
- Diversion and/or proper handling of materials
- Diversion of disposable materials
- Use of compostable materials
- Used oil recycling
- Use of eco-friendly products and responsible cleaning
We continue the awarding of project recognitions It should not touch the floor or reach the water!
El Wednesday, 3 of February of 2021We visited the store Old Floor on Loíza Street.
We thank the management of this establishment for their efforts and interest in supporting and continuing initiatives that benefit the environment and their community. With this business, we reach a total of 16 establishments integrated into this initiative.
