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Seattle Business honors the 2011 Green Washington Winners and announces the Washington Green 50 List!

by admin on October 4, 2011

Green50SEATTLE (September 22, 2011) – Seattle Business magazine announced the winners of the 2011 Green Washington Awards at a dinner and awards ceremony Sept. 21, 2011, at the Fremont Studios in Seattle. Presented by sponsors MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions and the Seattle Steam Company, the event featured 350 attendees from across the state. Keynote speaker Ben Packard, Starbucks’ vice president of global responsibility, challenged Washington’s business community to “take your sustainability efforts to a new level” to meet rising environmental challenges.

Seattle Business magazine strongly endorses Packard’s call to action and will support the effort by continuing to identify and honor those companies that are demonstrating an extraordinary commitment to making their businesses sustainable,” said Seattle Business Editor Leslie Helm. “Our goal is to work toward a day when Washington business is synonymous with green business.”

The 2011 Washington Green 50 list of the most sustainably operated companies and organizations in Washington: Alaska Airlines, Seattle airline; Alchemy Goods, Seattle bag and accessory manufacturer; Animal Critical Care and Emergency Services, Seattle veterinary hospital; Bay Hay & Feed, Bainbridge Island nursery, feed store and clothing emporium; Canyon Creek Cabinet Company, Monroe manufacturer of custom cabinetry; Columbia Hospitality, Seattle hotel management and consulting company; Engineered Compost Systems, Seattle manufacturer of composting systems and equipment; Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle hotel named Fairmont’s global leader in sustainability; FSX Inc./FSX Reconditioning/FSX Equipment, Granite Falls manufacturer of diesel particulate filter cleaning equipment; General Biodiesel, Seattle producer of low-carbon fuel from recycled cooking oil;  Gordon Trucking Inc., Pacific trucking company, IslandWood, Bainbridge Island outdoor learning center; Itron, Liberty Lake utility monitoring and delivery firm; Kenworth Truck Company, Kirkland manufacturer of heavy and medium-duty trucks; Lake Washington School District, public school district for Kirkland, Redmond and part of Sammamish; McKinstry, Seattle full-service design/build/operate/maintain (DBOM) firm; Merriman, Seattle Investment adviser; Mt. Baker Bio, Everett life-sciences supply company; NanoICE, Bothell supplier of technology and machines for chilling and preserving food; Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Freeland shipbuilders; Northwest Energy Angels, Seattle clean technology investment organization; Pacific Market International, Seattle manufacturer of food and beverage containers; Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center, Seattle information nonprofit; PCC Natural Markets, Seattle certified organic grocery cooperative; The Port of Seattle, Seattle governing body for land, sea and air shipping; Transformative Wave Technologies, Kent HVAC technology firm; ReBinder, Seattle office supply manufacturer; Sage Environmental Services, Seattle facilities maintenance firm; Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle hospital; Seattle Mariners, Seattle major league baseball team; Sellen Construction, Seattle commercial general contractor; ShelterKraft Werks, Seattle designer/builder of innovative housing and structures; Skanska USA Building, Seattle construction company; Starbucks, Seattle beverage company; Starline Luxury Coaches, Seattle tour bus company; Stemilt Growers, Wenatchee tree-fruit grower, packer and shipper; Talyst, Bellevue provider of hardware and software for pharmacies; The Miller Hull Partnership, Seattle architecture and design firm Turner Construction Company, Seattle construction company; Unico Properties, Seattle real estate investment company; University of Washington, Seattle state university; Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle health care facility; Viva Farms, Burlington sustainable farming support organization; Walmart Washington, Bellevue-based retail chain; Washington State Convention Center, Seattle event facility; Washington State University, Pullman state university; Waste Management Northwest Region, Kirkland provider of garbage pickup and recycling services in Washington, Oregon and Idaho; Watson Furniture Group, Poulsbo office furniture manufacturer; Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way Forest products company; Wilridge Winery & Vineyard, Seattle & Yakima winery.

From among the Washington Green 50, judges chose companies to be presented with top honors in the following categories:

Special Leadership: Seattle Mariners

Retail: Starbucks Coffee Company

Services (tie): Alaska Airlines (large company) and Sage Environmental Services (small company)

Manufacturing: Watson Furniture

Nonprofit: Northwest Energy Angels

Health Care: Seattle Children’s Hospital

Technology (tie): Itron (large company) and Transformative Wave Technologies (small company)

Government/Academia: Port of Seattle

Natural Resources/Agriculture: Viva Farms

Building/Architecture: Unico Properties

Reuse: ReBinder

Hospitality: Fairmont Olympic Hotel

A panel of expert judges chose the winning organizations from a pool of more than 150 nominees. Judges were Charlie Cunniff, program director, Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environment; Marc Daudon, principal, Cascadia Consulting Group; John Gardner, dean of academic affairs, Bainbridge Graduate Institute; Nancy Hirsh, policy director, NW Energy

Coalition; Mo McBroom, policy director, Washington Environmental Council; Tom Ranken, executive director, Washington Cleantech Association, and Ross Macfarlane, senior adviser, Climate Solutions.

Coverage of the 2011 Green Washington Awards appears in the October issue of Seattle Business and at seattlebusinessmag.com. A short multimedia piece recognizing the attendees can be seen here.

ABOUT SEATTLE BUSINESS: Seattle Business is a monthly magazine that is read by more than 70,000 business executives across the state. Annual events tied to its editorial coverage include Leaders in Health Care, Washington Manufacturing Awards, 100 Best Companies to Work For, Green Washington Awards, IT Awards and Washington Family Business Awards. Seattle Business is owned by Minneapolis-based Tiger Oak Publications, which also publishes Seattle magazine, Seattle Bride magazine and more than 20 other leading regional magazines. Visit Seattle Business online at seattlebusinessmag.com.

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ReBinder in Washington Manufacturer Alert

by admin on February 21, 2011

Washington Manufacturer Alert did a great article on ReBinder recently. The article is reprinted in its entirety below with permission from Washington Manufacturer Alert.

Our Favorite Quote:

“We would argue that no company is a green company. They are simply a company. The only way a difference will ever really be made by responsible products is when they sit on the same shelves, for the same price as the other choices. It’s time to stop crying foul at industry and (realize that) industry is the catalyst to change. Get good at it, or get comfortable at the kids table, where you’ll have little impact on what’s served for dinner. Responsible companies choose ReBinder to align message, mission and budget. If one of those is missing, then it’s going to be a long road for makers of responsible products.”

ReBinder Offers A Replacement For Plastic CD Cases

A Seattle company that makes office products – ranging from three-ring binders to presentation folders and notebooks – out of recycled and recyclable materials has landed a distribution agreement with a major office-supplies wholesaler.

The agreement is for a line of cardboard cases and sleeves to hold CDs, DVDs and computer disks.

ReSleeve and RePlay are part of the product portfolio at ReBinder, a company formally known as Sustainable Group LLC but more commonly referred to by the name of the product with which the company started seven years ago. The ReBinder features a detachable metal ring-binder system, so that when the old cover wears out, a new one can be attached.

The distribution contract is with United Stationers Inc., which lists 100,000 items it supplies to resellers and retailers through 64 warehouses serving 25,000 customers.

Just as ReBinder is designed to replace non-recyclable vinyl binders that wind up in landfills, RePlay and ReSleeve (a two-disk folder) are designed to replace non-recyclable plastic jewel cases and clamshell containers.

Brant Williams, ReBinder’s chief marketing officer, says the company sees big opportunities in both existing and new markets and applications for RePlay and ReSleeve.

“The existing markets consist of everything from large media companies and multinationals using these for internal purposes to photographers and bands distributing their work, to wedding celebrations and personal effects,” Williams says. “More than anything, the common thread is that these are used by groups large and small who have a sustainability commitment of some form and want to demonstrate that through their materials. Because our cases communicate that message instantly and powerfully, they are a good fit for those customers.

“Growth markets are retail and disk duplicators. If you walk down the aisle of any big box store, you’ll see a massive amount of plastic CD cases … and no option for a responsible choice. That same store may offer ‘green’ solutions in every other category of products, but not in jewel cases. Now they can and we’re excited about helping them do that.”

United has the exclusive distribution agreement for ReSleeve and RePlay, and this is the first line of products ReBinder has placed with the company.

The company has also been building retail sales, through its own website (www.rebinder.com) and through retail channels including Amazon.com and OfficeMax.com. Local retailers carrying ReBinder products include Goods for the Planet, Paperhaus, UW Bookstore and NuBe Green.

ReBinder sources the materials for its products from Northwest mills. Packing and shipping is handled by Northwest Center, a Seattle-based non-profit providing services, training and employment to the disabled. While China’s appetite for American recycled paper has driven up the price for that commodity, Williams says increased sales volumes have helped offset that, and prices for ReBinder’s products at retail are comparable to those for products that can’t be recycled.

The privately held company has 20 employees. While it doesn’t disclose financials, Williams said Re-Binder is profitable and growing.

Growth will come from adding new products. ReBinder currently lists 85 SKUs in the categories of recycled binders, CD cases, notebooks, folders and labels, and Williams says the company will add products in the existing categories and venture into new categories.

Growth will also come from expanding availability of ReBinder products. “We think of distribution in a simple way: people should be able to buy the products they want, from the place they want,” Williams says. “To us, that means being available in the channels through which money is spent today. That means every corner of distribution in office products, retail and natural products.”

The company uses 100 percent recycled materials (the chipboard is made with 85 percent post-consumer recycled content), certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative or Forest Stewardship Council, and says its products, including name badges, are 100 percent recyclable.

For all that, and even though it markets what it calls green products, Williams says ReBinder doesn’t hold itself out as a green company. “While we do make things responsibly, and we do give back to the people in our communities, and none of our products require a landfill, we are not a green company,” he says.

“We would argue that no company is a green company. They are simply a company. The only way a difference will ever really be made by responsible products is when they sit on the same shelves, for the same price as the other choices. It’s time to stop crying foul at industry and (realize that) industry is the catalyst to change. Get good at it, or get comfortable at the kids table, where you’ll have little impact on what’s served for dinner. Responsible companies choose ReBinder to align message, mission and budget. If one of those is missing, then it’s going to be a long road for makers of responsible products.”

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ReBinder Works With United Stationers To Add First Green Alternatives To Jewel Case

January 25, 2011

ReBinder’s zero waste media storage products now available to technology and office product resellers exclusively through United Stationers
SEATTLE, Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — ReBinder™, the maker of zero waste office products, announced that its innovative, recycled media storage products, ReSleeve™ and RePlay™, are now available to technology and office products resellers exclusively from United Stationers [...]

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ReBinder Zero Waste Office Products See Rapid Growth on Amazon.com

January 25, 2011

Consumer Interest in Zero Waste Office Products Grows as ReBinder Products Saw Incredible Growth During Back To School Season on World’s Largest Online Retailer
SEATTLE, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ — ReBinder™, the maker of zero waste office products, today reported that the Back to School season helped drive rapid, sustained growth of its products on Amazon.com.  Since debuting [...]

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ReBinder Nominated for Best Office Products in North America

June 15, 2010

Office Products International Recognizes ReBinder for More Than Sustainability
SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwire - June 15, 2010) -  ReBinder™, the maker of zero waste office products, has been nominated by Office Products International (OPI) for the 2010 Best Core Office Product award. OPI selected ReBinder products for their innovation, design, and functionality. The [...]

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ReBinder and OfficeMax unite to help companies adhere to sustainability goals

May 24, 2010

Seattle, WA – May 24, 2010 – ReBinderTM, the only true zero waste office supply manufacturer, today announced that its line of sustainable, recycled office supplies are now available at OfficeMax.com and through the OfficeMax catalog. Constructed with materials sourced from responsibly managed forests and verified recycled sources, ReBinder products are made in the US and designed to be zero waste. The addition of ReBinder products allows OfficeMax to provide customers with a unique opportunity to easily reduce their impact on the environment at no extra cost or sacrifice of quality.

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ReBinder Featured on KOMO 4 News

February 26, 2010
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EcoScene reviews the ReBinder line of products

January 5, 2010

Ecoscene, a company that provides authentic and honest reviews about eco-friendly products and services, has spent some time with the Rebinder line of office supplies. Their bottom line? “ReBinder is not too good to be true. If you can get your hands on office supplies from this innovative company, you’ll be [...]

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ReBinder Unveils Its 100% FSC Certified 3-Ring ReBinder

June 1, 2009

Seattle, WA . - June 1, 2009 - Rebinder, a company that offers an innovative line of recycled sales, training, and event supplies such as eco-friendly binders, notebooks and folders, pens and presentation materials, is excited to announce that each of its products made from bending chipboard is now certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). This includes the company’s flagship product, the ReBinder(TM), a recycled 3-ring binder.

The FSC sets forth principles, criteria, and standards that span economic, social, and environmental concerns. Being certified means that Rebinder now guarantees that these products can be traced back to a certified source, such as a well-managed sustainable forest, and that it supports the practice of sustainable forestry worldwide.

“Rebinder enables responsible organizations…

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Green Office Makeover with ReBinder

March 2, 2009

EARTH911.com - “ReBinder, [makes] a variety of everyday office accessories such as files, folders and notebooks that are recyclable or take advantage of recycled-content materials. These little additions of organization may be enough to clean up the place and give it a new feel.”

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