Luz Gonzalez recently put a brick in her office toilet.
She did it with two goals in mind: cut costs and help protect the planet.
The brick sits in the tank of the old toilet. Its presence means a little less water is wasted with every flush.
Ms. Gonzalez, a broker who owns Community Realty in Worcester, also replaced her printer paper with recycled paper, started switching the old ceiling lights with more efficient LEDs, and got rid of the plastic cups that used to sit next to the water cooler. Instead, a sign on the water cooler directs thirsty visitors to ask for a reusable mug. Sigue leyendo