Rethinking Waste: Walmart Style
Here are two Rethinking Waste stories that are worth sharing for their innovative efforts to close the loop and upcycle store waste. These were shown at the Global Sustainability Milestone Meeting – November 12, 2009
1) “The Secret Life of Walmart’s Deli Pizza Box”
2) Of Styrofoam, Workforce Rehabilitation, and Pictureframes:
A great story of CSR, waste rethinking, [...]
Rethinking Waste: Firehoses, Coffee Sacks, & CSR
Ran across another British firm rethinking industrial waste streams as supply streams. Eako is upcycling. They are taking condemned fire-hose and waste coffee sacks and creating belts (marrying them with reclaimed pewter), placemats, bags (lined with decommissioned office furniture textiles or scrap sail cloth), purses (made from hoses and optical bags), and wallets.
CSR / Sustainability Consulting
& Green Innovation Advocacy
Matthew Rochte, LEED AP
Experienced, operations- based sustainability
and corporate responsibility (CSR) consultant, working with company management to navigate and realize the
opportunities in taking their company green and growing sustainably.
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