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Eco-Products stands firmly by our mission to “complete the recycling
loop.” Not only do we sell products made from recycled content or that
can be returned to nature through composting, but Eco-Products’ main
office is a zero waste facility. That means that we compost or recycle
all waste produced at our facility. In addition, we allow our customers
to drop off their compostables if they don’t have access to a compost
facility. Examples of items that we compost include all food waste, PLA
packaging scraps, food service ware, the waxed backing of UPS labels,
and more. Examples of items that we recycle include pallet wrap, scrap
wood, scrap metal, printer cartridges, paper, commingled containers,
cardboard, and more. |
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In an effort to help reduce global
warming and also help offset the "carbon" cost of doing
business, Eco-Products recently installed a 30kw solar array
system on top of our corporate headquarters in Boulder,
Colorado. Covering nearly 85% of daily energy needs,
Eco-Products is proud to use renewable energies to help run our
daily operations.
Click here to
see a live view of our energy product. |
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Ever looking at ways to offset our
carbon footprint, recently, Eco-Products partnered with CO2
Neutral to help reduce our carbon emissions. Through this
program, we invest in
projects that prevent the same amount of
greenhouse gases from entering the environment. We believe that
our products should have a minimal impact on the environment,
and to do this, we’ve made a commitment to offset our product
emissions. In addition, Eco-Products’ fleet of trucks run
either on clean-burning natural gas (compact natural gas) that
has minimal emissions output, or bi-diesel. By doing this,
we’ve saved thousands of gallons of gasoline and reduced the
amount of pollution created by our trucks. |
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Recently, the Colorado Department
of Public Health and Environment awarded Eco-Products with the
Bronze Environmental Achievement Award. Recognized out of
hundreds of nominees, this award was
given in recognition of the "voluntary and significant
environmental achievements" that Eco-Products has worked to
achieved, specifically as a zero waste facility. |
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Leading the pack for innovative
products, Eco-Products is proud to announce four very
exciting compostable products for the food service industry.
In April of 2007, Eco-Products introduced to the market place a
complete line of compostable cold cups, available in two unique
styles. The "unprinted" 9 to 24 oz line is a clear
compostable corn cup which can be used as is or can easily be
customed printed. The "Printed" 9 to 24 oz line, also
called the Green Stripe, has a green printed band around the cup
identifying it as a compostable product made from corn.
Both products have the "Made From Corn" identifier on the bottom of
the cup. In September of
2007, Eco-Products moved to fill a gap in the compostable
utensil market place. After much research and development,
Eco-Products introduced both a medium-weight and a
heavy-weight (PLA) line of compostable (disposable) high-heat, utensils.
Available as a Fork, Spoon, Knife and Wrapped Cutlery Kit, these compostable utensils
look and feel like as plastic but are
made using a renewable resource.
Hot cups are a mainstay in
coffee houses across the country. Unfortunately, most
paper hot cups in the market today are not compostable due to
the petroleum-based plastic inner lining. In November of
2007 Eco-Products introduced the new Eco Hot Cup. Made
using an inner lining derived from corn, the new Eco Hot Cup is
100% compostable. Available December 1st, 2007, the new
Eco Hot Cups will be available in two exciting designs - a "World Art"
design along with a "white" Green Stripe design. |
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