Courtenay starts "Green" Business
Posted 11:13 p.m., August 16, 2008
As I’ve said in the past, I like to help out former Stingray players especially when they’re trying to get a “new” business off the ground. These guys put their “lives” on hold to play minor-league hockey and don’t get paid very much to do it.
So when they step out into the “real world” I like to give them a little bit of a shout out!
This week it’s Stingrays Hall of Famer Ed Courtenay and Stingrays trainer DJ Church and their innovative new “green” business. For those of you who don’t know, a “green” business is an environmentally friendly business.
After spending the last three hockey seasons in Ireland as the head coach of the Belfast Giants, Ed Courtenay is finally going Green.
Courtenay and Church started a new “green” business in the Lowcountry to help battle the smelly and sometimes harmful residue left in your trash can.
Courtenay and D.J. Church (did you guys know his real name is Doyle, no wonder he goes by DJ) are the brains behind this operation – called Green “Can”itizer.
Basically, the Eagle (Courtenay’s nickname) and DJ have developed a new mobile cleaning system that will not only clean your trash can, but will also disinfect and deodorize it while protecting the environment.
Sounds great!
The Green “CAN’’itizer system is a self-contained unit which cleans your trash can then recycles the contaminated water through a filtering system. This allows the contaminated water to be disposed of at a local water treatment facility, thereby keeping the waste water full of bacteria and chemicals out of your local storm water drains.
“This is a huge business in Europe,” Courtenay told me recently. “It’s starting to catch on Australia and there are companies in California and Canada. It’s really big in the UK and I think it’s going to catch on here in the United States.”
In a nutshell, Eddy and DJ come by your house once a month after the garbage-men have hauled your trash away. If you’re like me, you never clean your trash can or do it only when your wife tells you to. Let me tell you the thing is filthy and smells up our garage. Eddy and DJ spray some “bio-friendly” stuff in your trash can and in a matter of minutes it’s clean and it doesn’t stink anymore. Eddy came by my house a couple of weeks ago and did his thing. It was like I had a brand new trash can.
“I think as you get older you start to think about the environment,” Courtenay said. “To be honest, I didn’t really start to think about the environment until I went over to Ireland and Europe and began to see how they conduct their business. A lot of people will just pour bleach into their trash cans and then that goes down into the storm drains. That’s bad for our drinking water and the environment. Our product is entirely eco-friendly and the waste water is being put back into a water treatment facility.”
Eddy and DJ started about a month ago and already have 50 clients. Trust me this stuff works and the cost, even in these financial times, is very reasonable.
The service runs $10 a month or $120 a year.
So, if you want to sign up for the service call Eddy at 270-4010, or DJ at 834-5628 or visit their website at www.greencanitizer.com.>
I did. See you at the Rink, APM
Comments
Posted by Hockeyfan2629 on August 17 at 9:53 p.m.
Andrew I know Matt Reid going over seas. So does he still have his pressure washing business with Dj anymore or did he shut it down? Just was curious since He going to be over seas and not being here to run business.
Thanks
Posted by apmiller24 ( Andrew Miller ) on August 18 at 10:13 a.m.
Hockey2629,
Matt is still doing the pressure washing. From what I was told, Matt bought out DJ and then DJ and Eddy hooked up for the "Green Canitizer".
APM
Posted by PDDuke85 on August 18 at 2:25 p.m.
Do the current players have a contract clause prohibiting power washing within 10 miles of known snake activity?
Posted by borohockey8 on August 20 at 10:54 a.m.
Just read on echl.com that Marty Guerin has signed to play with the Charlotte Checkers. Why didnt Bedsy try to resign Guerin? He was a huge part of the team and will be greatly missed. All I ask is for Marty not to put up too many points against us this season!
Posted by letdropEM on August 20 at 12:17 p.m.
i wonder what happen there?...i thought marty would come back because he had a good season here...so i guessing keith johnson is his replacement.. Andrew i was wondering if bedsy had any veterans in particular that he is going to bring in? with cail and matt gone the only vet player is nate kiser..
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