RiverStar Incorporated

RiverStar receives the 2012 Alfred P. Sloan Award

Christi — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:10:12 +0000

RiverStar receives the 2012 Alfred P. Sloan award for business excellence in workplace flexibility. RiverStar’s General Manager Mark Patterson receives this award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at the Winona Chamber’s Business award luncheon May 15, 2012. RiverStar was selected to receive this award from a nationwide selection process.

RiverStar was first nominated by Sales/Marketing Director Christi Braun. The second step the the process was all employees were provided a questionnaire to complete. Congratulations to all employees of RiverStar!

RiverStar receives Diverse Supplier of the Year Award

Christi — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:08:36 +0000

RiverStar, Inc. was awarded the Diverse Supplier of the Year award from Carestream Health in Rochester New York.

Congratulations to the RiverStar team for this honorable recognition!

RiverStar receives Employer of the Year Award from Winona ORC

Christi — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:03:25 +0000

RiverStar’s Logistics Team receives IATA Certification

Christi — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:39:41 +0000

RiverStar’s Logistics team is now certified to ship dangerous goods and hazardous materials via air. This certification means our team is up to date on the newest and safest ways to transport these materials.

Learn more by visiting www.iata.org

RiverStar Recycling Program

Christi — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:04:22 +0000

RiverStar is proud of its sustainable management and recycling program. From November of 2010 thru July of 2011, RiverStar has recycled 103,580 combined pounds (51.79 ton’s) of cardboard and office paper. By recycling this material instead of throwing it away, RiverStar has kept this material out of landfill’s and put it to another use.

Fact 1: 1 ton of cardboard = 9 cubic yards of landfill space saved and 46 gallons of oil saved.

RiverStar recycled 43 tons of cardboard, which equates to 387 cubic yards of landfill space and 1978 gallons of oil saved.

Fact 2: 1 ton of recycled paper can save up to 17 trees.

RiverStar recycled 8 tons of paper which equates to the saving of 136 trees.

Fact 3: Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 682.5 gallons of oil.

RiverStar recycled 8 tons of paper which equates to 5,460 gallons of oil saved.

In total, by recycling cardboard and paper, RiverStar has saved a total of 7,438 gallons of oil, 136 trees and saved 387 cubic yards of landfill space. To put this in perspective, 387 cubic yards is equivalent to almost 3 full semi-trailers (48 ft).