Green Resources and Emergency Supplies

Green Business Certification

We provide a receptacle for customers to properly dispose of their alkaline batteries and are working on a permanent, convenient program for the safe collection and disposal of fluorescent bulbs and tubes. If there is a green product a customer wants, we will do our best to find it.

Helpful Earth Choices

Part of the Helpful Earth Choices program is providing information to help you identify environmentally-friendly products and sustainable items. Learn about our Helpful Earth Choices program to see what we are doing to conserve resources.

Concerned About the Environment

This creates a better shopping experience by providing natural sunlight as the primary source if light during business hours. It also dramatically reduces our energy consumption and therefore, green house gas emissions. Read the complete article in CNN Money how Bill's Ace Hardware is reducing energy use.

PG&E's Daylighting Initiative

When searching for a new location, Bill's Ace Hardware wanted to dramatically improve the lighting quality in the store and save on operating costs.

Read the PG&E article about how Bill's Ace Hardware in Martinez installed an innovative lighting system built around an active skylight system and a dedicated daylighting controller.

Green Resource Links

The result is a FREE green natural light source during daylight hours, which will lower utility bills, save energy, improve customer and employee satisfaction and enhanced performance in schools, factories and businesses that use the system.

Since 1978, Feit Electric has been in the most innovative light bulb company in the world and a proven leader in the industry. They have revolutionized the Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) market with innovations such as the mini twist and ultra mini covered lamps.

Green Businesses conserve energy and water, recycle and reduce their waste, and make sure they don't pollute. They're certified according to set standards by a team from PG&E, the water company, solid waste, and agencies protecting storm water, wastewater, air, and soil.

We've always felt that being green was the right thing to do for our community, and in fact made this commitment years ago in the operations of our stores. Thanks to being certified in the Green Business Program, the public now knows of this commitment as well. Bill Wygal, Bill's Ace Hardware, Martinez, Pleasant Hill and Concord.

Greenlite Lighting corporation is one of the leading manufactures of energy efficient lighting products in the world.

Seventh Generation is the nation's leading brand of non-toxic and environmentally safe household products. Every time you use a Seventh Generation product you are making a difference by saving natural resources, reducing pollution, keeping toxic chemicals out of the environment and making the world a safer place for this and the next seven generations.

V-KOOL is your Ultimate Sun Barrier. Finally, a clear window coating that resolves the visibility and appearance problems of conventional window tints and reflective films while significantly reducing solar heat build up. When applied to glass, V-KOOL allows up to 70% of invisible light to pass while eliminating over 90% of the infrared and 99% of the ultraviolet light.

All our store managers as well as some of our staff are trained and certified as a Community Emergency Response Team.