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      CONSERVATION
 CORNER    
   MAY 12, 2016
 
 
FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEW WITH
GREEN BUSINESS OF THE MONTH ….
FARAWAY INN!
 

In a brief interview with Doreen and Oliver Bauer on Thursday, May 12, the two shared their thanks for being selected as the Green Business of the Month.  They have been at the Faraway Inn for 15 years and are “Still going strong,” said Doreen with a broad, fine smile.

The Faraway Inn, at 847 Third Street here in Cedar Key, is located on the property that was once the Eagle Pencil Company Cedar Mill in the late 1800s; when it was destroyed by a hurricane.BAUER 5075xe

When asked how the Bauer’s got into the “green” habit, they replied that they have always thought in that mode and always recycled and conserved. “ What made it easier here in Cedar Key,” Oliver explained, “is that “there was already a program in place.”  In other times and places, one could try to recycle but often, no pick-up system was in place; resultantly, recyclable items went into the landfill. 

The Bauers explained that their inn’s garbage and recycling cans are clearly colored differently and labeled to eliminate guests’ potential confusion.  They report that their recycling and their trash disposal are nearly equal, 50/50%.  

The Bauers were the first to place dog “poopy” bags about their property and beyond.  Doreen said, “I did not want anyone to have an excuse not to do the right thing and use the bag; so we put them all around.”  “It worked, she said, “now we see them all about town.”  

Pictured here is Oliver Bauer near the bag dispenser he and Doreen installed acrosss the sttreet from the Faraway Inn. 

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