May 16, 2008—OfficeMax, provider of office products and services, recently partnered with TerraCycle, an eco-capitalist company, to bring a new line of “green” office products to OfficeMax customers.
OfficeMax is featuring seven new TerraCycle products that TerraCycle manufactures and packages entirely from waste, thus reducing the amount of garbage going to landfills.
The new line with OfficeMax will be TerraCycle’s first line of office products, and features items for students and adults. The design of these products helps to reduce some of the country’s largest waste streams, notes OfficeMax.
The TerraCycle Natural Cleaner line will be OfficeMax’s first line of all-natural cleaners packaged directly in used one-liter soda bottles. The line includes the Natural All-Purpose, Natural Window, and Natural Degreaser. The cleaners are all plant based, non-toxic, and biodegradable. Certifications include the Canadian Government’s strict EcoLogo certification.
OfficeMax will also carry TerraCycle’s first lines of trashcans and recycling bins, made from 100 percent recycled plastic, as well as binders made from 100 percent recycled cardboard covers and 90 percent recycled steel rings. The binders also come with the world’s first return program for used binders.
TerraCycle runs several free recycling fundraisers for schools, including one that pays schools two cents for every used drink pouch they collect. TerraCycle uses these traditionally non-recyclable pouches to make, among other items, brightly colored, 100 percent recycled pencil cases for students. The program helps to challenge children to rethink what happens to the materials they discard and ways those materials can be reused.
