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Wow. That was fun.
A few nights ago, we attended the Seattle Business Magazine Green 50 Awards event. ReBinder had been nominated in the Reuse category and made the top 50. Wednesday, Sept 21st was the event where they chose a winner in each category.
One thing that stood out to us was how each company nominated was not a green business, they were simply a business who's value return ...{ 0 comments }
Guilt is not sustainable...not as a marketing technique, a state of being or a political platform.
In the early days of environmental awareness and corporate responsibility there were leaders. These were folks with vision and the voice to be heard. While we cannot speak to the integrity of their motives, we can acknowledge them for creating awareness and demand for evolving practice and policy ...{ 6 comments }
You may have noticed that we added Google Plus One to our website this week. You'll find it on our homepage, our product pages, and our blog entries.
The +1 button is shorthand for "This is pretty cool!" or "Others should check this out!". As Google says, "Click +1 to publicly give something your stamp of approval. Your +1's can help friends, contacts, and others on the web find the best stuff ...{ 0 comments }
Besides the obvious ‘do you make this in plastic’ question that we occasionally field, the second most peculiar question we are asked is if we can ‘cover up the brown kraft’ and flood it with color or wrap it....and yes sometimes, we are asked if we can wrap it in plastic or vinyl.
So the short answer to these questions is - we make zero waste office products that do not end up in ...{ 4 comments }
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Congrats to Seventh Generation, the maker of awesome cleaning products and new CEO John Replogle (former CEO at Burt's Bees). We at ReBinder look forward to seeing their products on more shelves, giving even more people the chance to make the choice to buy responsible, as opposed to the often-toxic alternatives.
On the facebook comment thread about the announcement, many people are concerned ...{ 0 comments }
1800recycling.com has long been one of our go-to websites to figure out how to recycle certain objects. So we were delighted when we discovered that they had an app for both the iPhone and Android .
If you live in the US or Canada and own a smart phone, this app is an extremely useful one. Simply give it your current location or enter a zip code, enter in the type of thing you need to recycle ...{ 0 comments }
When you ask most entrepreneurs or aspiring business builders what books have influenced them most as leaders, you usually get the standard Built to Last, Good to Great, Winning, etc. While all these are great books that we can learn a lot from, I don’t think they translate well to early-stage business and specifically, what many others call the ‘green industry’ (while I think the term itself ...{ 0 comments }
The vultures are circling and they are looking to prey on your guilt and 'green' dollar. Long gone are the days of just looking for a recycle symbol and pushing the buy button. Today, this symbol is probably one of the most overly used / abused and diluted symbols in the market place and it has been rendered virtually meaningless.
Note to selves - don't trust a 'green' label by itself. For that ...{ 1 comment }
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