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PHILLIPS GROUP REMOVES EQUIVALENT OF
33 CARS FROM AREA ROADS WITH 'GREEN' EFFORTS

The Phillips Group didn't reduce the size of its auto fleet in 2007. Yet central Pennsylvania's leading independent office products company essentially removed 33 cars from area roads while expanding its "green" activities in 2007.

Phillips Group today shared the results of its 2007 Green Report, an internal audit of its efforts to expand recycling and save energy. The company retrofitted its 60,000-square-foot corporate office and warehouse at 501 Fulling Mill Road, Middletown, with energy-efficient four-foot fluorescent bulbs.

The move will reduce electricity use by 223,400 kilowatt hours annually while improving overall lighting quality. At the same time, the retrofit eliminated 175 tons of carbon dioxide that otherwise would have entered the atmosphere.

It's the equivalent of removing 33 cars from area roads or saving 21,000 gallons of gas, according to Richards Energy Group Inc., a Landisville energy consultant that works with Phillips.

"At Phillips Group, we try to be good corporate citizens and stewards of the planet," said Peter Phillips, the company's president. "We've found that reduced energy use and increased recycling don't just make us feel good, but they're really integral to the efficient and successful operation of our businesses."

The audit also found that Phillips:

  1. Saved 12,200 gallons of fuel by upgrading all of its one-dozen supply and copier delivery vehicles to diesel engines, which resulted in an overall 44 percent increase in miles per gallon
  2. Recycled 217 tons of cardboard packaging
  3. Recycled 65 tons of scrap metal from retired copiers
  4. Recycled 8,000 toner cartridges
  5. Recycled 16 tons of paper, including three tons of old catalogs and six tons of old records
  6. Recycled one ton of plastic, glass and aluminum bottles and cans collected in its corporate office/warehouse lunchroom
  7. Recycled 1,400 used copiers

Based in Middletown, The Phillips Group (www.buyphillips.com) is a provider of office supplies, office furniture and document management products, serving central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Phillips also includes Overnight Office, an office furniture installation and moving company at 800 Paxton St., Harrisburg, and Full Circle Copier Outlet at 100 Market St., Lemoyne.