Billboard at Lincoln Tunnel

We are proud to annouce that we will be running a billboard outside the Lincoln Tunnel NY bound. This billboard will run for four weeks on the electronic billboard that will rotate three Action ads at a time.

 

Below are some street images and close ups!

 

 

 

 

And a very happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

 

From all us at Action Environmental Group



Message from Action

To our valued customers,

            On behalf of Action Environmental Group and on my own behalf, we send our sincere condolences to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. The losses of this storm are unprecedented to New York City and the surrounding areas. This is the time to come together as a community and help one another get through this difficult time. We are making every effort to reach all of our customers. As many of you know getting around New York is proving to be challenging but we are utilizing all our resources to get the job done. If you wish to contact us regarding service we are here to help you. Please call 1-866-270-9900 and press 0.

Sincerely,

Ron Bergamini and the entire team at Action

Storm Warning and Route Schedules

10/31/12
1-866-270-9900

Please be advised that we are resuming our regular service schedules effective with tonights pickups.  If you are a customer who has missed their service day due to the storm, and are in dire need of service, please call

866-270-9900

press 0 and speak to a customer service representative. 

For the latest information and updates on #Sandy, follow@NYCMayorsOffice or visit http://NYC.gov 

 

Center for Employment Oppertunites: Action Environmental Group

 

  

 

If you have been following our blog you already know that recently the Wall Street Journal covered the story of one of our employees Hector Morales. Hector's journey from being incarcerated to joining the Center of Employment Opportunities (CEO) to becoming a model member of our Action team is inspirational to say the least.

The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) is dedicated to providing immediate, effective and comprehensive employment services to men and women with recent criminal convictions. The highly structured and tightly supervised programs help participants regain the skills and confidence needed for a successful transition to a stable, productive life.

We are so proud to be apart of this program and support those who want to work find a fulfilling career. Above is a video with members of the Action team including Head of Safety Ken Levine and CEO Ron Bergamini. Enjoy!

 

 

 

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant - Robert Louis Stevenson.

 

 

Credits: Bryan Tarnowski on Vimeo.

Recyclables in Pictures

  Just an interesting eye opening perspective on how many recyclables we use in the United States everyday.

Depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes.

 

 

Depicts 1.14 million brown paper supermarket bags, the number used in the US every hour.

 

Depicts 106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every thirty seconds.

 

Depicts 30,000 reams of office paper, or 15 million sheets, equal to the amount of office paper used in the US every five minutes.

 

Depicts 426,000 cell phones, equal to the number of cell phones retired in the US every day.

Action on the Streets

At Yankee Stadium Home Opener April 2012

Salesman, Umberto in SoHo

In Brooklyn

At the Susan G.Koman Walk in Central Park

Lou Gehrig Middle School

Recyling Contest at the Lou Gehrig Middle School

 

 

Action Environmental Group challenged four classes at the Lou Gehrig Middle School, IS 151 to develop innovative ways to teach other students and their community the value of recycling. The students created their own recycling “green machine”, a presentation to educate parents at parent teacher night, composed a song about recycling and even designated themselves to handle all recycling issues at the school.   Nicole Simon, ranked No.1 in her eight grade class, created the winning idea; a bake sale where recyclables were used as currency to purchase baked goods. Nicole won the contest for her class by designing this innovative recycling currency.

 

On September 18th, Action is taking 80 students to the Yankee Game where CEO Ron Bergamini, Principle Rivera and Nicole Simon will be apart of the opening ceremony.

 

 

September 11th Memorial Street Closures

In observance of the anniversary of September 11

th, street access will be

restricted near the area of memorial services on that day. The following

perimeter in lower Manhattan will have restricted access in order to

accommodate the memorial:

 

- Liberty St. bordering the west side of Trinity Pl. to Greenwich St.

- Cedar St. bordering the west side of Trinity Pl. to Greenwich St.

- Thames St. bordering the west side of Trinity Pl. to Greenwich St.

- Greenwich St. from Liberty St. to the north side of Carlisle St.

- Albany St. from Greenwich St. to the east side of West St.

- Washington St. from the WTC site, to the northern side of Carlisle St.

 

 

Accordingly, YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED to remove all waste on the

streets above

before 10:00 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012. No waste

may be collected between 10:00 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012 and 5:00

pm on Tuesday, September 11, 2012. Uniformed BIC officers will patrol the

area to ensure compliance with this Directive. A map of the affected area and a

copy of this Directive are available at

www.nyc.gov/bic.

 

 

Susan G. Komen

 

Action is proud to announce that we will be donating our services to the Komen Greater NYC Race for the Cure^®  event this Sunday, September 9th. To make this event more green, we set up designated stations for recycling, solid waste and composting. Action is no stranger to sponsoring events that help find the cure for breast cancer. In the past, Action has sponsored many events like A Celebration of Courage for the Octoberwoman Foundation. This is an issue close to the hearts of many of our employees and we are proud to support such a wonderful cause.

“Many of Action's family has been touched by breast cancer. Fortunately many though not all of the incidents have ended well thanks in large part to the efforts of the Susan G Koman organization. We are proud to help advance that agenda which also includes a commitment to our environment through a robust recycling program. “- Ceo, Ron Bergamini

 

Action will have a booth stationed at the event and employees will be participating in the walk.

 

OctoberWoman Foundation
Susan G. Komen


From Race Day:

designated trash cans to efficently recycle

Labor Day Schedule

We will be closed on Sunday night, September 2nd into Monday morning September 3rd. Regular schedules will resume on Monday night.

Have a happy and safe Labor Day Weekend!

Safety Alert!

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Global Green Award 2012

 

 

World Trade Week NYC 2012 International Trade Award Winner, Global Green Award: Action Environmental Group. A company in the NY region that is a leader in promoting environmental sustainability and economic development around the globe. Presented by Nancy Ploeger, President, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

Highlighting one of our employees

From Prision to Paycheck

This month one of our employees Hector Morales was featured in an article, "From Prision to a Paycheck" in the Wall Street Journal. Here at Action, we are proud to participate in a program sponsored by the Manhattan Institute which pushes ex-offenders toward "rapid attachment to work."

 

"This fast-track approach isn't typical. For the newly released,

the usual approach might be called services first—offering job training, drug treatment and help finding housing, all thought to necessarily precede job-seeking. The results often haven't been tracked and overall have been disappointing, based on recidivism data.

Now, programs that emphasize work first have begun to sprout up around the country, typically run by nonprofit groups." 

 

The Wall Street Journal

 

 

 

 

Hector is a wonderful employee and we are delighted to have him on our team.

 

For more on the coverage of this story please visit: From Prision to Paycheck 

Global Green visits our Recycling Facilites

Global Green Tour

August 10th 2012



We love to team up with organizations like Global Green who also see a greener future and value sustainability. On August 10th, Global Green's Coalition for Resource Recovery (CoRR) team took a tour of our material recovery facility (MRF) today in the Bronx. Also on the tour were representatives from CoRR members Design & Source, Transtech, and Pret A Manger, whose Head of Sustainability, Nicki Fisher, was in town visiting from the U.K.

Read GlobalGreen's Coverage of the Tour