Published December 2nd, 2010 at 10:06 pm in Our Wasteful Ways, Waste Not with 1 comments
Tagged with ACH Foam Technologies, AFPR, Dobbs, EPS, polystyrene, Styrofoam, Styrofoam recycling, sustainable packaging, walmart
Styrofoam can be recycled
In spite of what many recycling proponents think, Styrofoam now has a place in the recycling supply chain, reports Fort Collins artist, Nancy Dobbs, who has been storing Styrofoam junk in hopes her wait would lead to getting the material recycled. That was when she heard about one innovative company, ACH Foam Technologies, which ran a recycling operation from its corporate offices in Denver.
While Styrofoam may be regarded as a miracle substance for the packaging industry, it has long been considered a curse with no cure by recyclers and environmentalists due to an interminably long lifespan and its difficult fit in the recycling industry, where most regard it as nonrecyclable.
Thus Dobbs was happy to make the long drive south from Fort Collins with a carload of Styrofoam she had collected over the years. ACH indicated it was willing to receive the load, as long as it hadn’t been contaminated with food.
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Published March 2nd, 2010 at 11:59 am in Announcements, Growing Green Footprints with no comments
Tagged with safeway, sustainability consortium, systainability index, walmart, Waste Management
Safeway has become a founding member of the Sustainability Consortium, the group launched in support of Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Index.
The goal of the consortium is to develop guidelines and promote innovations as the supply chain seeks to reduce its energy use, emissions and packaging. The consortium made headlines in January when Wal-Mart and Best Buy, together with electronics suppliers Dell, HP, Intel and Toshiba, officially launched the effort.
The consortium is administered by Arizona State University and the University of Arkansas, with financial support from Wal-Mart.
The consortium has courted Safeway, in hopes that it would become involved in what could be an industry wide sustainability metric system.
Safeway made its involvement in the initiative public March 1, reports Supermarket News. Safeway is the first grocer to join the group, according to a press release.
The retailer will use life cycle assessment data to create a company-wide supply chain policy encouraging sustainable purchasing and manufacturing practices throughout the organization’s direct and indirect buying.
