Aveda goes Full Circle

Boro-Wide Recycling Corp.

Maspeth, NY 718-416-1656

www.BoroWideRecycling.com

 Many cosmetic consumers purchase makeup and shampoo that has traditionally been wrapped in packaging that can not be recycled properly like the rest. Aveda is known for its organic and plant-derived ingredients and as of now its debut of Aveda's Full Circle program this month. All of Aveda's 107 Experience Center retail stores in the U.S will accept any Aveda packaging that isn't usually accepted by local recycling services; packaging like bottle caps, makeup brushes, tubes, pumps and certain bottles and jars.

What does this mean exactly?

Aveda will now recycle material that would otherwise be thrown away, material that ca be repeatedly recycled into their own packaging.
This is not the first time Aveda lent a hand with waste recycling. In 2008, they started a bottle cap recycling program which allowed anyone to bring in bottle caps from any store, not only cosmetic stores, into Aveda stores. The program was a great way to obtain raw material that can be repeatedly recycled without degradation. Aveda recycles the caps into new ones and sample tubes and also is one of the few programs that provides the means to recycle makeup brushes. Aveda, part of Estee Lauder Companies, plans to work with G2 Revolution, the companies recycler; together they plan to give recycled materials back to suppliers so they can be used in Aveda's new packaging. Most of Aveda's packaging contain 100% recycled material, a few even hold Cradle to Cradle certification.

 “ We thought that it was time now to make a greater focus on our own packaging,”  Dave Rappaport explained, vice president of earth and community care for Aveda.
 “ We try to turn things back into usable products,” said G2's CEO John Graham.
To learn more about Aveda's recycled product please visit http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2013/07/16/avedfull-circle-recycle-cosmetics-packaging
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Cardboard Theft on the Rise in NYC

Boro-Wide Recycling Corp. 

Maspeth, NY 718-416-1656 

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Cardboard theft or "cardboard poaching" as it’s not being referred to as, has become a huge issue. It is a multimillion dollar recycling crime and is being seen more and more frequently because for many, stealing 

cardboard means quick cash.

The way it is supposed to work in New York City is that approximately 150,000 commercial establishments have contracts with waste removal companies who are licensed with the Business Integrity Commission. They are authorized haulers who have scheduled pick-up times with these businesses who pick up waste with professional trucks. However, New York is not the only city this is occurring in. There have been reports of cardboard theft in California, Virginia, Connecticut, Georgia and Miami.

Cardboard thieves are renting trucks from U-Haul and Penske or unmarked vehicles and are driving down streets and quickly picking up as many bales of cardboard as they can find. They are also going to large stores such as Costco or shopping areas and scaling dumpsters left outside to retrieve cardboard.

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