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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Eco-Friendly Dry Cleaning Service Reduces Waste with Electronic Recycling, Innovative Cleaning Methods and Green Office Supplies
Posted by: Brad Roderick
Green Results
Hangers Cleaners initially came to life when Owner Joe Runyan became dissatisfied with cleaning materials on the market and turned to a green concept, utilizing carbon that would revolutioize the industry. “I was hooked,” said Runyan. “So, I started a green dry cleaner.” Shortly thereafter, Runyan opened the first eco-friendly dry cleaning business in Kansas City of its kind.
Green Success
Although Runyan has not been able to measure specific green results, it is clear that grenk has played a vital role in his business and promotion of green initiatives. “It is just a part of our overall effort. Our employees and guests see that we are ‘walking the talk’ when it comes to green,” Runyan said.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Recycling Ink and Toner Cartridges to Help Eliminate E-Waste from Landfills
A big thanks to the Recycler, a trade magazine that focuses on toner and inkjet cartridge recycling, for recently featuring InkCycle for its use of YouTube to encourage cartridge recycling.
Brad Roderick, executive vice president of InkCycle in Lenexa, Kansas, reviews the process of recycling ink and toner cartridges at InkCycle to help eliminate e-waste from landfills.
Roderick explains that the first steps include taking the toners apart to see what’s inside of them, replacing the critical wear components, cleaning out excess toner and getting them back to a state where they are ready for repair and refurbishment.
Roderick discusses the final step of recycling an ink and toner cartridge after one is placed into a live printer and prints a series of pages to ensure that when it’s taken out of the box that the print performance at the end of the production process is up to the standards that will satisfy the consumer.
InkCycle produces a recycled ink and toner cartridge called grenk. Grenk is designed to leave the smallest environmental footprint possible.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Nike Reuses Plastic Bottles for 2010 World Cup Soccer Uniforms
Posted by: Brad Roderick
Teams from around the world have sported Nike uniforms this year at the 2010 World Cup, but what many people don’t know is what those uniforms were made from. I would like to share an article from greenopolis.com, by Trish Smith, about Nike’s eco-friendly World Cup uniforms made from recycled plastic.
Nike Creates 2010 World Cup Soccer Uniforms Made from Recycled Plastic Bottles
Whether you play soccer on a professional team or as part of an intramural sport, or even if you just watch your kids play the sport, you’ve got to appreciate Nike’s new green initiative for this year’s World Cup. The eco-friendly initiative: uniforms made from discarded plastic bottles!
That’s right all you David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo fans! This year will be the first time ever that World Cup players will be sporting these uniforms, which are all made from discarded plastic bottles found in landfills in Japan and Taiwan.
According to an article in Ecouterre: “Each shirt comprises up to eight recycled plastic bottles, a move that reduces energy consumption by up to 30 percent compared with manufacturing virgin polyester. Besides saving raw materials, Nike also diverted nearly 13 million plastic bottles (or nearly 560,000 pounds of polyester waste) from the landfill – enough to cover more than 29 football pitches.”
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Hollywood, Florida Citizens Launch Recycle Back Partnership with 1,500 Businesses
Posted by: Brad Roderick
It is always refreshing to see a community step up its recycling efforts in order to protect the environment. In Hollywood, Fla. residents have increased their recycling 130 percent in order to gain points through a company called the Recycle Back. The company allows participants to purchase goods from more than 1,500 local and national businesses by trading in points for coupons. Here is a video from the latimes.com about the Recycle Back program.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
E-Waste: How to Recycle Ink and Toner Cartridges
Brad Roderick, executive vice president of InkCycle in Lenexa, Kansas, reviews the process of recycling ink and toner cartridges at InkCycle to help eliminate e-waste from landfills.
Roderick explains that the first steps include taking the toners apart to see what’s inside of them, replacing the critical wear components, cleaning out excess toner and getting them back to a state where they are ready for repair and refurbishment.
Roderick discusses the final step of recycling an ink and toner cartridge after one is placed into a live printer and prints a series of pages to ensure that when it’s taken out of the box that the print performance at the end of the production process is up to the standards that will satisfy the consumer.
InkCycle produces a recycled ink and toner cartridge called grenk. Grenk is designed to leave the smallest environmental footprint possible.