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Participating Businesses - Restaurant/Cafe/Lodging

Broadway Books & Roasting Global Cafe Neumeyer's Bed and Breakfast
     

Broadway Books and Roasting
        605 Broadway
        Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Current & Ongoing Efforts
  • Recyclable paper cups for our to-go cups.
  • Coffee bags are recyclable and customers receive 50 cents off when they bring their bag back to be refilled with coffee beans.
  • Collect and recycle all plastics, paper, and glass.
  • Replaced light bulbs with CFL bulbs where possible.
  • Buy consumables from local businesses.
  • We use air-conditioning during business hours only, and reduce the heat during hours when closed.
  • Old air-conditioners are being replaced with energy efficient ones and our boiler system has been replaced with a more efficient model.
  • Give away coffee grounds to local gardner.
  • Customers and employees are given covered parking for bikes.
  • Meetings are posted for the Missouri Climate Protection Initiative on our bulletin board, and we donate a room for those meetings.
  • We will continue to look for ways to reduce the impact we have on the environment.

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               Global Cafe
               1315 Broadway St
               Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

  • We recycle soda cans during our special events.

  • We reduce food waste by preparing and cooking items as needed. Most of the time, we wait for a customer's order before we cut vegetables and meat.

  • We donate our used frying oil to a community member for fuel generation.

  • We leave lights off unless needed (even in the gallery area).

  • We maintain air conditioning and heat for the comfort of our customers during business hours only.

  • We use cloth towels for most clean-up.

  • Most of our employees walk to work

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     Neumeyer's Bed and Breakfast      

     25 S Lorimer

     Cape Girardeau, MO 63703

Bed & Breakfast       

Tom Neumeyer        

tomneumeyer@sbcglobal.net         

(573) 335-0449       

 

o   Recycling metal, plastic, cardboard, glass, newspaper

o   reduce energy use,

o   installing energy efficient appliances and building improvements,

o   CFL light bulbs,

o   buy local items,

o   buy from local-family owned businesses,

o   heat and cool only rooms when needed   

Hit Counter Last Update:  February 26, 2009