Congratulations are in order for Jack Nadel, Intl’s valued client, ARCA.
They were just recognized in the NY Times for their 100,000th refrigerator that was recycled, it’s parts reused, and kept out of landfills!
Recent Posts
ARCA Recycles 100,000th Refrigerator!
September 11th, 2012Ingenious Process to Recycle Plastic
October 11th, 2011Here is a great talk by Mike Biddle at the TED Conference regarding recycling plastics.
http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_biddle.html#.TpPCVLOL47U.facebook
“…not just environmental savings but also economic savings…”.
More and more of our factories will and should employ such plastics in their manufacturing process.
-Your eco-director, Paul
Coca-Cola’s Odwalla Brand Switching to Plant Based Bottles
October 23rd, 2010
RECYLING Clothing and Shoes
August 6th, 2010
Let’s admit it, clothes and shoes don’t last forever; they become old, worn out, and for some, out of “style“.
So, what do we do? Even as they are worn out, they are still articles of clothing that will unfortunately end up in landfills, right?
Well, not necessarily if you are leading outdoor apparel manufacturer PATAGONIA or leading shoe recycling site www.recycledrunner.com.
Patagonia’s incredible mission is called the Common Threads Recycling Program: “… recyclable garments to include worn out Patagonia® fleece, Polartec® fleece clothing (from any maker), Patagonia cotton T-shirts, and now some additional polyester and nylon 6 products that come with a Common Threads tag. Through Common Threads we can transform your unusable garments into new clothing, which gets us closer to a long-standing company goal of taking full responsibility for every product we make.”
Here is how it works: http://www.patagonia.com/web/us/popup/common_threads/index.jsp
And for your worn out running shoes, it has never been easier to make sure they are recycled through a site called www.recycledrunner.com
“You can easily spare your sneakers from a landfill burial. Recycled Runners is a fantastic national shoe recycling and donation directory. And best of all, each month Recycled Runners donates 50% of the proceeds of purchases made through Zappos.com to a featured Charity of the Month. Founder Dorian Quispe, an experienced marathoner, started the site after running the Inca Trail Marathon in Peru. As Quispe puts it, “After training and dedicating yourself to be a marathon runner, finding a green place for your shoes should be the easy part. Running is hard, giving is easy.”
Your Eco-Director,
Paul Navabpour
Happy 40th Earth Day!
April 22nd, 2010
It’s a fantastic day to celebrate Earth Day; to make more commitments to better the planet we live on and to make small changes that have larger effects in the long-run.
All media outlets are carrying events from around the world to celebrate this day. I am also happy to see that more and more corporations are adding conservation and ecological ideals to their corporate culture.
We ALL need to realize and embrace that change starts with each and every one of us and that we vote with our dollars and we make changes with our voices. Corporations, too, are seeing a myriad of reasons to make necessary changes to better the world we live in. Perhaps no reason bigger than a commitment to environmentally conscious decisions that ultimately makes for very good business practices -financially and ecologically!
So, with that, let’s all make an effort to make Earth Day, EVERY day! - Paul Navabpour
Shirts from Recycled Plastic Bottles
March 30th, 2010
Photo courtesy of Ecouterre
Whether you are a fan of soccer or not, the World Cup of Soccer is a world-wide spectacle for soccer fans around the globe. This year, Nike takes center stage by providing official uniforms for many of the national teams made from plastic bottles collected in landfills!
It takes 8-10 plastic bottles for each jersey they make and these jerseys are adorned by some of the world’s best athletes, so they need to perform as well as the stars wearing them. Just imagine, Nike is saving 30% energy in the manufacturing process by using recycled bottles, and are diverting 13 MILLION bottles from landfills (almost 560,000 pounds of waste).
We at Jack Nadel, Intl are very fortunate to be able to offer the same types of fabrics/garments from many of our manufacturing partners. Whether it is jackets, shirts, or bags, we can all help advertise/promote our client’s branding messages while keeping the Earth a greener place for all! -Paul Navabpour
“Green Font” You Say?
March 28th, 2010
Arial vs Century Gothic
We all know that hybrid vehicles are more fuel efficient- use less fuel than their counterparts. But now, what about fonts? Yes, the same “fonts” we choose to use in our emails, and electronic correspondence.
Jack Nadel, Intl has switched to electronic purchase orders and invoicing to help reduce our environmental impact, but what about on the receiving end if the recipient chooses to print the invoice/purchase order, or even the email?
Well, the University of Wisconsin, has just determined and announced it is switching it’s official font for emails from Arial to Century Gothic. According to Diane Blohowiak, the school’s director of computing, the new font uses 30% less ink than the previous one! Considering the cost of printer ink is about $10,000/gallon, that is quite a significant savings for resources and finances!
Many Jack Nadel, Intl employees already use the phrase “consider the environment before printing this email” on their email signatures, but now we have proof that it doesn’t just makes sense for the environment, but also budgets.
Not printing is better than printing, but if you have to print, consider the font - Paul Navabpour
Making Financial/Ecological Sense with Reusable Drinkware…
October 8th, 2009Bamboo Clothing Facts
September 4th, 2009I often get asked about the eco-benefits of bamboo clothing. The statement below from the Federal Trade Commission gives a solid summary that we all should be aware of as consumers, and presenters of eco-friendly solutions. For this reason, I still prefer, 100% organic cotton, recycled fabrics, Recycled PET (RPET), and utilizing local manufacturers. -Paul Navabpour
Posted: 09/01/2009 In Category: General Non-profit / Association
Posted By: Federal Trade Commission
“Marketers looking to provide more environmentally friendly choices to consumers may have heard about bamboo, which has been recognized for its ability to grow quickly with little or no need for pesticides. But when it comes to textile products made from bamboo, that’s not the whole story.
The truth is, most “bamboo” textile products, if not all, really are rayon, which typically is made using environmentally toxic chemicals in a process that emits hazardous pollutants into the air. While different plants, including bamboo, can be used as a source material to create rayon, there’s no trace of the original plant in the finished rayon product.
If you make, advertise or sell bamboo-based textiles, the Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, wants you to know that unless a product is made directly with bamboo fiber — often called “mechanically processed bamboo” — it can’t be called bamboo. Indeed, to advertise or label a product as “bamboo,” you need competent and reliable evidence, such as scientific tests and analyses, to show that it’s made of actual bamboo fiber. Relying on other people’s claims isn’t substantiation. The same standard applies to other claims, like a claim that rayon fibers retain natural antimicrobial properties from the bamboo plant.
If you sell clothing, linens, or other textile products, you’re responsible for making truthful disclosures about the fiber content. If your product isn’t made directly of bamboo fiber — but is a manufactured fiber for which bamboo was the plant source — it should be labeled and advertised using the proper generic name for the fiber, such as rayon, or “rayon made from bamboo.”
Any claims you make about your textile products have to be true and cannot be misleading. As the seller, you must have substantiation for each and every claim — express and implied — that you make.”
Driving Home (and to Work) a Green Message!
April 25th, 2009It is one thing to sell and promote “Eco-Friendly Solutions” in terms of the merchandise we offer to our clients, but it is entirely another to practice what we promote.
Our Mission Statement (http://www.eco.nadel.com/mission.php) actually is put into play on a daily basis through our business practices. Many of our employees, a sampling pictured below, have even opted for driving highly efficient hybrid vehicles:
Craig Reese, Dennis Philips, and Katy Regan
Paul Serapio
These examples coupled with our conscientious approach to recycling, reusing shipping materials, reducing catalog waste, paperless order writing system, e-billing, and our continuing education to learn more about being “greener” truly show that Jack Nadel, International is an Eco-Friendly partner in the promotional industry.
Your Eco-Director,
Paul Navabpour
