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Scapes Green Practices

Composting:

At Scapes Landscape being green is not only a choice it is a way of doing business. We compost and reuse all of our yard waste. This is plant material from clearing a jobsite to clippings from our maintenance work. It is not uncommon for our composted yard waste pile to reach 12 feet in height and 30 feet in width!



Recyled Materials

Recycled materials are good for the environment by reducing the landfill burden.

We currently used many recycled materials in our projects, the baserock we use under paving is ground up streets and old sidewalks. We use materials made of recycled plastics such as landscape edging, benches, picnic tables and curb stops. The ties we use for tree bracing are made from old tires. We also use "pro-chip" bark mulch available from recycle centers that is made from used wood pallets.

Bio-Fuels
We are also on the forefront of bio fuels - we have transitioned from burning over 500 gallons of diesel a month to as little as 100 gallons of diesel and the balance with bio-diesel. We also use bio-diesel to heat our shop in Half Moon Bay on cold mornings!

Our bio-diesel is made from vegetable oil collected from local restaurants.


Bio-diesel what's the big deal?

Biodiesel emits up to 100% less sulfur dioxide, a major component of acid rain, and 80-100% less carbon dioxide than traditional diesel.
Biodiesel reduces smoke particulates up to 75%.
Pure biodiesel is biodegradable and breaks down as fast as sugar.
Biodiesel breaks down four times faster than regular diesel, with most of a spill broken down only 28 days later.
Biodiesel is safer to transport and handle, because it has a higher flash point (greater than 150C) than traditional petroleum (77C), and is non-corrosive for human contact.
Since biodiesel can be used in conventional diesel engines, the renewable fuel can directly replace petroleum products; reducing the country's dependence on imported oil.