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Turning Waste into Savings Broken Sound Club, Florida, USA GEO Certified® 07/2014
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s part of their overall commitment to sustainability Broken Sound Club invested in a Central Composting Facility, to turn all available biodegradable waste into sterilized organic mulch. This is spread
on the fairways and used in the landscape beds. $12,000 was saved on fertilizer expenditure in year one and the money invested in the composting facility will be recouped within 4-5 years.
Cost-savings No Rough Task Hill Side Golf & Country Club, Vihti, Finland GEO Certified® 07/2012
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Looking to Locals for Supplies Cuts Costs and Footprint Highlands Country Club, Tennessee, USA GEO Certified® 09/2014
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ituated in a remote part of Tennessee, the new outlook Highlands Country Club took to make its supply chain more local has been very successful.
For example, the uniforms and sanitary products are now purchased from local suppliers who opened the door to negotiate a better deal for the club. While boosting the local economy and thereby strengthening the outside view of the golf club, it created a new point of pride in being part of lowering overall pollution from transport.
inland’s first private golf club considered the amount of rough being maintained and with a more efficient rough maintenance plan they achieved cost savings of €3,500 in 2012. 392 fewer hours were spent
mowing rough while fuel and machinery use was reduced. Savings in fuel were part of overall net savings of over €10k from the overall improvements in club resource and management efficiencies.
This appears courtesy of The Golf Environment Organisation (GEO).
GEO is the international not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping the golf community worldwide improve and credibly demonstrate leadership in sustainability. GEO Certified® is golf's assurance for environmental enhancement and community contribution, recognizing commitment, performance and continual improvement.
Find out more about GEO at
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