Our Environmental Practices

	Eco-Products stands firmly by our mission to “complete the recycling loop.” Not only do we sell products made from recycled content or that can be returned to nature through composting, but Eco-Products’ main office is a zero waste facility. That means that we compost or recycle all waste produced at our facility. In addition, we allow our customers to drop off their compostables if they don’t have access to a compost facility. Examples of items that we compost include all food waste, PLA packaging scraps, food service ware, the waxed backing of UPS labels, and more. Examples of items that we recycle include pallet wrap, scrap wood, scrap metal, printer cartridges, paper, commingled containers, cardboard, and more.

	In an effort to help reduce global warming and also help offset the "carbon" cost of doing business, Eco-Products recently installed a 30kw solar array system on top of our corporate headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. Covering nearly 85% of daily energy needs, Eco-Products is proud to use renewable energies to help run our daily operations. Click here to see a live view of our energy product.

	Ever looking at ways to offset our carbon footprint, recently, Eco-Products partnered with CO2 Neutral to help reduce our carbon emissions. Through this program, we invest in projects that prevent the same amount of greenhouse gases from entering the environment. We believe that our products should have a minimal impact on the environment, and to do this, we’ve made a commitment to offset our product emissions. In addition, Eco-Products’ fleet of trucks run either on clean-burning natural gas (compact natural gas) that has minimal emissions output, or bi-diesel. By doing this, we’ve saved thousands of gallons of gasoline and reduced the amount of pollution created by our trucks.

	Recently, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment awarded Eco-Products with the Bronze Environmental Achievement Award. Recognized out of hundreds of nominees, this award was given in recognition of the "voluntary and significant environmental achievements" that Eco-Products has worked to achieved, specifically as a zero waste facility.

	Leading the pack for innovative products, Eco-Products is proud to announce four very exciting compostable products for the food service industry. In April of 2007, Eco-Products introduced to the market place a complete line of compostable cold cups, available in two unique styles. The "unprinted" 9 to 24 oz line is a clear compostable corn cup which can be used as is or can easily be customed printed. The "Printed" 9 to 24 oz line, also called the Green Stripe, has a green printed band around the cup identifying it as a compostable product made from corn. Both products have the "Made From Corn" identifier on the bottom of the cup. In September of 2007, Eco-Products moved to fill a gap in the compostable utensil market place. After much research and development, Eco-Products introduced both a medium-weight (PSM) and a heavy-weight (PLA) line of compostable (disposable) high-heat, utensils. Available as a Fork, Spoon, Knife and Wrapped Cutlery Kit, these compostable utensils look and feel like as plastic but are made using a renewable resource. Hot cups are a mainstay in coffee houses across the country. Unfortunately, most paper hot cups in the market today are not compostable due to the petroleum-based plastic inner lining. In November of 2007 Eco-Products introduced the new Eco Hot Cup. Made using an inner lining derived from corn, the new Eco Hot Cup is 100% compostable. Available December 1st, 2007, the new Eco Hot Cups will be available in two exciting designs - a "World Art" design along with a "white" Green Stripe design.