—Find Earth Day Exclusive Items, Activities, and Recycling Opportunities —
Syracuse, NY (April 22, 2019) – Get grounded and celebrate Earth Day at Destiny USA! Did you know that Destiny USA is the world’s largest Leadership in Energy Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certified commercial building in the world?! In other words, we take the biggest steps to provide a healthy, highly efficient and cost-saving green facility for our guests and employees (see more greens steps we’ve taken below).
For this year’s theme, Protect Our Species, Destiny USA joins the initiative and announces our list of local Earth Day deals, activities, and sustainable shopping below:
Shop Exclusive Earth Day Items
- Disney Store Disney’s 2019 Exclusive Earth Day Pin can be found for $12.95 +tax. This year’s pin features Mickey Mouse with the phrase “It’s A Green World After All” and comes on a green backer card that resembles the recycling sign.
- Box Lunch Shop the Earth Day exclusive WALL-E Earth Day collection at Box Lunch in Destiny USA including the EVE Funko Pop.
- Lush Celebrate Earth Day every day at Lush in Destiny USA. Their Naked product line features zero packaging and is completely waste free. Plus, Lush’s black pots that they use are made with 100% post-consumer recycled plastic and can be recycled in store for a FREE face mask. Simply, bring back 5 empty, clean black LUSH pots to the Destiny USA store for recycling to receive a free Fresh Face Mask.
Earth Day Activities 2019
- Athleta Earth Day Clean Up – This Saturday, April 28th, help the folks from the NEW Athleta store in Destiny USA as they help Onondaga County clean up Syracuse’s urban trail, Onondaga CreekWalk. Events start at Central Rock Gym with coffee and doughnuts from Glazed and Confused and participants will clean up the creek on their way back to Destiny USA. Events will end at Athleta (located on the 2nd level in the Lord & Taylor wing) with some refreshments and a demo from Lush Cosmetics featuring their new zero waste products. Participants will recieve exclusive access to in-store deals at Athleta just for doing their part to take care of the planet.
- Microsoft – Kick off Earth Day by recycling your old devices with the Recycle for Rewards program at the Microsoft Store in Destiny USA. For each eligible device recycled, they will help TNC plant 25 trees. See store for details.
- Disney Store – Bring the kids to the Disney Store at Destiny USA on Earth Day for Earth Day trivia. Kids can test their knowledge while learning facts about our planet. Participants will be treated to a Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns book mark with a paper kite to plant. The seeded paper is embedded with annual and perennial wildflower seeds.
Sustainable Shopping Year Round at Destiny USA:
- The largest LEED Gold certified commercial building in the world
- Has 23,000 tons of 95% recycled steel used
- Saves 4 million gallons of water conserved annually through our rainwater harvesting system
- Has had More than 2 million pounds of wasted composted since 2012
- Expansion flooring is made of recycled rubber, cork and crushed walnut shells
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