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Building With Tires

Lori Brown, July 29th, 2009

Each year, nearly 300 million tires are disposed of in the U.S. alone. The EPA estimates that markets exist for approximately 80 percent of those tires, leaving an estimated 60 million scrap tires to be stockpiled or landfilled. Luckily, the market for scrap tires continues to increase. Whether used as fuel, ground and recycled into new products, retreaded or used in ... read more

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T-Mobile Cuts Packaging Plastic Use in Half

Trey Granger, July 29th, 2009

The T-Mobile pay-as-you-go phone has new packaging that will cut plastic use by 45 percent, which also equates to a 40 percent reduction in transport materials. The packaging is manufactured by Alloyd Brands, a division of Tegrant Corporation. The company specializes in packaging that reduces material use and weight, in addition to reusable packaging. T-Mobile is using the Natralock® blister cards, ... read more

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