Did you just move into a new home? Or have you been there for a few years? Maybe you have lived there for many. Regardless of how long you have lived at the residence, assessing the trees on your property is required on a regular basis. While beautiful large old trees are charm, shade,...
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We’ve Got Solar!
We officially have solar power set up in our yard! The road to reaching our solar goals was definitely worth the effort, as we now have a source of endless free power that requires minimal maintenance! Our Solar Vision Our original solar vision was to mount panels on the roof of our storage containers...
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Lot Clearing: Reclaim Your Land!
Are you a homeowner or contractor wanting to clear land for a project? Whether it’s a small or large area, you can trust MapleGreen to remove all vegetation with our forestry mulcher, allowing you to move forward with the next step in your project! Lot clearing is the process of removing any and all...
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Spring Deep Root Fertilizing
It’s that time of year again! Birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and your trees and shrubs are becoming active again with buds beginning to bloom. Think of Deep Root Fertilizing as giving your trees and shrubs their much needed morning coffee and boost of energy as they wake up from their long...
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MapleGreen’s Sustainability Report
What is a Sustainability Report? A Sustainability Report is a tool to observe and publish a company’s overall sustainability performance. With this information, internal and external stakeholders are able to make observations based on the information available. MapleGreen understands the importance of protecting the environment through providing arborist services across all regions that we...
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Sustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land
How MapleGreen Helps Achieve the Goal To wrap up our blog series on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), let us finish with #15: Life on Land. SDG #15 is on our list of top 5 goals that are material to MapleGreen. The material goals were determined through assessing each goal’s ability to impact our...
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Sustainability Boards
Generating Employee Awareness To promote awareness and transparency of environmental initiatives taking place at MapleGreen, the Sustainability Department has been developing monthly Sustainability Boards since September 2020. Shifting to Working From Home As this initiative was established during Covid-19, with most of MapleGreen’s office personnel working from home, the Sustainability Boards were made in...
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Writing Utensil Recycling
Waste reduction at MapleGreen is one of the top priorities for the Sustainability Department. In order to fulfill this goal, we are constantly evaluating the current waste practices at MapleGreen’s main office and fleet yard and searching for opportunities of waste sorting improvement. Similar to our recently introduced battery recycling program, which handles an...
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Optimized Routing + Low Emissions = Happy Customers
MapleGreen relies on precise logistics and routing practices to satisfy our customers. Not only do we aspire to serve as many customers as possible through our line of work, the way we do this also supports our goal of reducing our transportation-related emissions. Our current behind-the-scenes routing practices apply to all company vehicles including...
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New Waste Initiative – MapleGreen Tree Services
On top of providing expert tree services across the Greater Toronto Area, MapleGreen has implemented a 7 Green Wastes Audit which has tremendously improved the company’s waste diversion practices. The goal of the audit was to measure current output, develop and implement improvement initiatives, and evaluate results. Initial Findings After auditing the garbage generated...
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