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Making hay from scrappy ideas
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Before you throw out the Champagne bottle from your New Year’s Eve party or that carton your new iPad came in, ask yourself a question: What can you make out of this?
A lot of people are asking themselves that very same thing. 2011 will be the year of creative reuse of empty packages at so many levels, I’m sure of it!
Here’s proof: From our mail bag–Dr. Carson from Bar 7 Ranch found a way to advertise being green…
I have procured a bunch of old advertising billboard vinyls. I’m using them to cover my hay.My “green” question. Do you see any kind of application for these billboard vinyls in a possible packaging application? They are 3-ply, waterproof, and really heavy duty. It seems like that some manufacturing operation could utilize them to cover finished inventory or use them in packaging for shipping!?!
I thought you might have some insight into this possible recycle opportunity!?!
DR CARSON
Dr. Carson, meet TerraCycle, the king of upcycling! Anyone else care to share their ideas for what to do with these ads? Unitizing pallets? Sealing ship-bound cargo from salt spray?
Will 2011 be the year that municipalities eye flexible packaging materials for more than their BTU value? Recyclers don’t have to be so “rigid,” do they?
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