Heute möchte ich euch auf die tolle Fa Initivative in Kooperation mit DM aufmerksam machen. Alle DM Kunden werden gebeten leere Plastikflaschen aus dem Dusch- und Köperpflegesegment in den österreichischen DM Filialen abzugeben. Die gesammelten Flaschen werden von DM an die Firma TerraCycle übergeben. Dieses Recyclingunternehmen habe ich bereits vor einiger Zeit kennenlernen dürfen und ich bin wirklich begeistert, was man aus “Müll” machen kann. Aus verschiedenen Verpackungen kann man tolle Produkte kreieren und in diesem Fall wird das Plastik zu Granulat für Rutschen gemacht.

Eine neue Bestimmung erhalten leere Plastikflaschen: dm drogerie markt und Fa statteten im Rahmen ihrer gemeinsamen Nachhaltigkeits-Kampagne alle dm-Filialen mit Sammelboxen für leere Flaschen aus dem Körperpflegesortiment aus.

Der dm-drogerie Markt ließ zusammen mit den Unternehmen TerraCycle und Unilever Kinderfahrräder aus Aluminiumdosen herstellen, welche an 200 verschiedene soziale Vereine und Institutionen gespendet werden. Zehn wurden in Karlsruhe offiziell übergeben.

IRONMAN and the Council for Responsible Sport have announced that, in collaboration with Waste Management (NYSE:WM), IRONMAN has earned the highest possible level of certification — Evergreen — ‘recognizing the successful implementation of socially and environmentally responsible practices at the 2016 IRONMAN Boulder triathlon’. The event earned credits across all five categories of standards including planning and communications, procurement, resource management, access and equity as well as community legacy. “The Council applauds IRONMAN on the achievement of Evergreen certification for 2016 IRONMAN Boulder,” said Shelley Villalobos, Managing Director of the Council for Responsible Sport. “Staging events in many places poses a challenge for genuine local cooperation, but IRONMAN has shown itself to be a willing partner in working to leave a positive impact on the Boulder community and steward borrowed venues as if they were home.” Since 2008, the Council for Responsible Sport has certified over 100 sporting events within four levels – Certified, Silver, Gold, and Evergreen. IRONMAN Boulder is in elite company being amongst only nine events to receive the highest (Evergreen) status, and is also the only triathlon to achieve this level of certification. “Achieving this certification is the result of a strong and strategic partnership with the team at Waste Management,” said Cameron O’Connell, Senior Director of Sales for IRONMAN. “With their guidance, we have been able to implement sustainable standards across our event series. Our success with IRONMAN Boulder can now serve as a best-practices example for our company and for race organizers everywhere.” IRONMAN worked with Waste Management, first, by capturing current environmental initiatives and then by identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation with a focus on IRONMAN Boulder. This led to green initiatives that have now been rolled out across the North American race series, such as utilizing compostable cups at all aid stations and donating leftover nutrition to local food pantries and shelters. “Waste Management is proud to support IRONMAN on a wide variety of sustainable event programs on its journey to achieve the highest level of certification from the Council for Responsible Sport for the Boulder race,” said Lee Spivak, Senior Associate with Waste Management’s Sustainability Services group. “We are excited to continue this relationship and help IRONMAN grow its sustainability initiatives across all five categories of standards. It was also great for our team to utilize our sustainable event management expertise to help another major event achieve Council certification.” Highlights from the IRONMAN Boulder triathlon sustainability initiatives included: Environmental

• Collected bike inner tubes and tyres for reuse through TerraCycle.
• Reduced waste generation by reusing fencing, flags, finish line materials, tents, signs, inflatable arches and the IRONMAN Village truss from previous IRONMAN events.
• Collected 64 carbon dioxide canisters from event activities to ensure they were reused instead of ending up in landfill.
• Provided a free shuttle service to and from major venues; IRONMAN shuttled close to 10,000 people between locations, reducing about 3,000 vehicle trips in each direction.
• Reduced the material sent to landfill by asking all vendors to sign a participation agreement so they only use materials for the event that were locally recyclable, compostable or reusable.
• Measured the total event water use at 14,925 gallons and purchased Water Restoration Certificates from Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) to restore 50,000 gallons to the Colorado River Basin.
• Offset 100% of the greenhouse gas emissions from event operations by purchasing 10 MTCO2e through the Colorado Carbon Fund.

Thanks to its successful efforts to implement socially and environmentally responsible practices around race day in 2016, Ironman Boulder has earned the highest level certification, Evergreen, from the Council for Responsible Sport. Events are evaluated across five categories: planning and communications; procurement; resource management; access and equity; and community legacy. Since 2008, the Council for Responsible Sport has certified more than 100 sporting events with four levels: Certified, Silver, Gold and Evergreen. Ironman Boulder is only the ninth event to reach the highest status, and the only triathlon. “Boulder was a race market that already demanded unique environmental efforts and presented an opportunity to go further,” Keats McGonigal, senior regional director for Ironman, told Triathlete. “We are planning to take lessons learned from this race’s achievements to see what might be scalable at other events across the series.” Ironman worked with Waste Management to capture current environmental initiatives and then identified opportunities for improvement and innovation, starting with Boulder. This has led to green initiatives to be rolled our across the North American race series, such as utilizing compostable cups at all aid stations and donating leftover nutrition to local food pantries and shelters. Some highlights from the 2016 Ironman Boulder sustainability initiatives: Environmental:

• Collected bike inner tubes and tires for reuse through TerraCycle.
• Collected 64 carbon dioxide canisters from event activities to ensure they were reused instead of ending up in the landfill.
• Provided a free shuttle service to and from major venues—Ironman shuttled close to 10,000 people between locations, reducing about 3,000 vehicle trips in each direction.
• Reduced the material sent to landfill by asking all vendors to sign a participation agreement so they only use materials for the event that were locally recyclable, compostable or reusable.
• Measured the total event water use at 14,925 gallons and purchased Water Restoration Certificates from Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) to restore 50,000 gallons to the Colorado River Basin.
• Offset 100 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions from event operations by purchasing 10 MTCO2e through the Colorado Carbon Fund.

Nearly half of Americans do not recycle their beauty and personal care products, accounting for a significant amount of landfill waste. Garnier and DoSomething.org are hoping to change that with their new  Rinse, Recycle, Repeat campaign and college campus competition, which aims to educate consumers about the importance of recycling beauty product empties. The partners have tapped Youtuber Remi Cruz of MissRemiAshteneand RemiLife to serve as the face of the campaign, which includes a public service announcement about recycling her own beauty products. The goal of the campaign is to tap into the #empties social conversation and educate young people on the importance of bathroom recycling. The campaign will demonstrate how recycling can keep recycling beauty product packaging out of landfills and be used to create green gardens within local communities. Garnier hopes that the campaign will be able to divert 10 million empties from landfills by the end of 2017. “We’re excited to show young people the positive impact they can make on the planet and their community, simply by recycling their empties from the bathroom,” said Aria Finger, CEO at DoSomething.org. “We’re proud to be working with Garnier, a brand that continuously demonstrates its commitment to sustainable beauty, to give these products new purpose.” To participate in the national Rinse, Recycle, Repeat campaign, individuals can:

• Sign up online at DoSomething.org/rinse, decorate a bathroom recycling bin and share a picture with DoSomething.org on the “Prove It” page online or by texting RINSE to 38383 to be entered to win a $5,000 scholarship.
• Once the bin is filled with 10 pounds of beauty empties, participants can print a free shipping label to send their empties to TerraCycle — the world’s leader in the collection and repurposing of hard-to-recycle post-consumer waste — to be responsibly recycled.

On April 1, a college competition will kick off on 50 college campuses across the U.S. to collect the most empties. The college team that collects the most empties will be rewarded with a garden for their community, furnished by Garnier and TerraCycle. “DoSomething is an incredible organization that has made significant strides to impact social change through connecting young people who share a passion for making the world a better place. We are very proud to partner with DoSomething to raise awareness around the positive impact of bathroom recycling on the environment,” said Ali Goldstein, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Garnier. “We have been working with TerraCycle for six years and through this broader collaboration our hope is to significantly increase the amount of beauty product empties that are diverted from landfills and recycled into useful materials to build green gardens,” Goldstein added. The Garnier Beauty Recycling Program, in partnership with TerraCycle, is the world's first-ever beauty and personal care recycling program which facilitates the collection and recycling of beauty empties that otherwise cannot be recycled by providing complimentary shipping of empties to TerraCycle. Since its inception, the Garnier Beauty Recycling Program has diverted more than eight million empties out of landfills. These empties were turned into pelletized lumber for raised garden beds, benches, trash receptacles and other elements for community gardens. Garnier has donated five green gardens to organizations in New Orleans, Detroit and New York City, with three more planned in 2017. These gardens have engaged hundreds of thousands of individuals in the surrounding communities, and many of them grow fruit and vegetables for local schools in impoverished areas where children do not have access to nutritional lunches.

Thanks to its successful efforts to implement socially and environmentally responsible practices around race day in 2016, Ironman Boulder has earned the highest level certification, Evergreen, from the Council for Responsible Sport. Events are evaluated across five categories: planning and communications; procurement; resource management; access and equity; and community legacy. Since 2008, the Council for Responsible Sport has certified more than 100 sporting events with four levels: Certified, Silver, Gold and Evergreen. Ironman Boulder is only the ninth event to reach the highest status, and the only triathlon. “Boulder was a race market that already demanded unique environmental efforts and presented an opportunity to go further,” Keats McGonigal, senior regional director for Ironman, told Triathlete. “We are planning to take lessons learned from this race’s achievements to see what might be scalable at other events across the series.” Ironman worked with Waste Management to capture current environmental initiatives and then identified opportunities for improvement and innovation, starting with Boulder. This has led to green initiatives to be rolled our across the North American race series, such as utilizing compostable cups at all aid stations and donating leftover nutrition to local food pantries and shelters. Some highlights from the 2016 Ironman Boulder sustainability initiatives: Environmental: 

• Collected bike inner tubes and tires for reuse through TerraCycle.
• Collected 64 carbon dioxide canisters from event activities to ensure they were reused instead of ending up in the landfill.
• Provided a free shuttle service to and from major venues—Ironman shuttled close to 10,000 people between locations, reducing about 3,000 vehicle trips in each direction.
• Reduced the material sent to landfill by asking all vendors to sign a participation agreement so they only use materials for the event that were locally recyclable, compostable or reusable.
• Measured the total event water use at 14,925 gallons and purchased Water Restoration Certificates from Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) to restore 50,000 gallons to the Colorado River Basin.
• Offset 100 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions from event operations by purchasing 10 MTCO2e through the Colorado Carbon Fund.

IRONMAN and the Council for Responsible Sport have announced that, in collaboration with Waste Management (NYSE:WM), IRONMAN has earned the highest possible level of certification — Evergreen — ‘recognizing the successful implementation of socially and environmentally responsible practices at the 2016 IRONMAN Boulder triathlon’. The event earned credits across all five categories of standards including planning and communications, procurement, resource management, access and equity as well as community legacy. “The Council applauds IRONMAN on the achievement of Evergreen certification for 2016 IRONMAN Boulder,” said Shelley Villalobos, Managing Director of the Council for Responsible Sport. “Staging events in many places poses a challenge for genuine local cooperation, but IRONMAN has shown itself to be a willing partner in working to leave a positive impact on the Boulder community and steward borrowed venues as if they were home.” Since 2008, the Council for Responsible Sport has certified over 100 sporting events within four levels – Certified, Silver, Gold, and Evergreen. IRONMAN Boulder is in elite company being amongst only nine events to receive the highest (Evergreen) status, and is also the only triathlon to achieve this level of certification. “Achieving this certification is the result of a strong and strategic partnership with the team at Waste Management,” said Cameron O’Connell, Senior Director of Sales for IRONMAN. “With their guidance, we have been able to implement sustainable standards across our event series. Our success with IRONMAN Boulder can now serve as a best-practices example for our company and for race organizers everywhere.” IRONMAN worked with Waste Management, first, by capturing current environmental initiatives and then by identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation with a focus on IRONMAN Boulder. This led to green initiatives that have now been rolled out across the North American race series, such as utilizing compostable cups at all aid stations and donating leftover nutrition to local food pantries and shelters. “Waste Management is proud to support IRONMAN on a wide variety of sustainable event programs on its journey to achieve the highest level of certification from the Council for Responsible Sport for the Boulder race,” said Lee Spivak, Senior Associate with Waste Management’s Sustainability Services group. “We are excited to continue this relationship and help IRONMAN grow its sustainability initiatives across all five categories of standards. It was also great for our team to utilize our sustainable event management expertise to help another major event achieve Council certification.” Highlights from the IRONMAN Boulder triathlon sustainability initiatives included: Environmental

• Collected bike inner tubes and tyres for reuse through TerraCycle.
• Reduced waste generation by reusing fencing, flags, finish line materials, tents, signs, inflatable arches and the IRONMAN Village truss from previous IRONMAN events.
• Collected 64 carbon dioxide canisters from event activities to ensure they were reused instead of ending up in landfill.
• Provided a free shuttle service to and from major venues; IRONMAN shuttled close to 10,000 people between locations, reducing about 3,000 vehicle trips in each direction.
• Reduced the material sent to landfill by asking all vendors to sign a participation agreement so they only use materials for the event that were locally recyclable, compostable or reusable.
• Measured the total event water use at 14,925 gallons and purchased Water Restoration Certificates from Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) to restore 50,000 gallons to the Colorado River Basin.
• Offset 100% of the greenhouse gas emissions from event operations by purchasing 10 MTCO2e through the Colorado Carbon Fund.

Mess-free countertop juicer brand Juicero has seen a five-fold increase in consumer adoption after dropping its price tag from $699 to $399, and is now working on a second iteration that will have a “more attractive” price point, says CEO Jeff Dunn after teaming up with Whole Foods to test Juicero in 11 stores. Consumers can mail the juice packs back to Juicero who sends them to TerraCycle for recycling.  

Le collège Marc-Jeanjean de Matha s’est lancé dans la collecte des instruments d’écriture usagers en partenariat avec Terra Cycle. En deux mois, 12 kg de stylos, feutres, correcteurs, marqueurs, surligneurs ont été récoltés. Une nouvelle vie va être donnée à ces objets qui deviendront alors de mobiliers de jardins, arrosoirs, corbeilles à papiers ou pots à crayons…