OfficeMax to Offer TerraCycle's First-Ever 'Made From Waste' School and
Office Products
NAPERVILLE, Ill., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- OfficeMax(R) Incorporated, a
leader in office products and services, announced today that it has
partnered with TerraCycle(TM), Inc., an eco-capitalist company, to bring a
new line of "green" office products to OfficeMax customers. OfficeMax is
featuring seven new TerraCycle products, including innovative binders,
pencil cases, trashcans and cleaners. TerraCycle manufactures and packages
products entirely from waste and reduces the amount of garbage going to
landfills.
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The new line with OfficeMax will be TerraCycle's first line of office
products and features items for kids and adults. The design of these
products helps to reduce some of the country's largest waste streams.
"OfficeMax is pleased to provide our customers with the environmentally
responsible products that TerraCycle is pioneering. TerraCycle's
unconventional manufacturing methods have led to some of the most
progressive products on the market today," said Ryan Vero, Executive Vice
President and Chief Merchandising Officer for OfficeMax. "We are happy to
be a part of TerraCycle's efforts to make a greener workspace."
"At TerraCycle, we believe that OfficeMax is the ideal retailer for our
products," said Tom Szaky CEO and Founder of TerraCycle. "They share our
vision of making products from waste and supplying them to a mass audience
without charging a premium. We are excited to help achieve that goal with
the help of an industry leader like OfficeMax."
The TerraCycle Natural Cleaner(TM) line will be OfficeMax's first line
of all-natural cleaners packaged directly in used soda bottles. The line
includes the Natural All-Purpose, Natural Window and Natural Degreaser
packaged directly in used 1 liter bottles. Over 80 billion plastic bottles
are discarded and end up in landfills every year. The cleaners are all
plant based, non-toxic and biodegradable. Certifications include the
Canadian Government's EcoLogo, one the strictest certifications given by
the Canadian Government.
OfficeMax will also carry TerraCycle's first lines of trashcans and
recycling bins that are made from 100 percent recycled plastic. Millions of
tons of plastic are discarded every year in America. TerraCycle salvages
thousands of tons of plastic from a variety of applications and turns this
mixed plastic waste into these environmentally preferable and affordable
bins.
OfficeMax and TerraCycle will offer 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, pencil cases for kids. OfficeMax will support this
free fundraising program by selling these brightly colored, 100 percent
recycled pencil cases. The program helps to challenge kids to rethink what
happens to the materials they discard and ways those materials can be
re-used.
OfficeMax and TerraCycle plan to develop more recycled and
environmentally preferable products together. OfficeMax is also working
with TerraCycle to increase awareness about the need for more eco-friendly
products and practices in homes, offices and classrooms, and by supporting
recycling programs that make such changes possible.
For more information on TerraCycle's recycling programs visit:
http://www.terracycle.net/brigades.
For samples, images or more information on this new partnership or
these unique, innovation products, please contact Albe Zakes at
609.393.4252 x233.
About TerraCycle, Inc.
Tom Szaky, a 25-year old entrepreneur and Princeton University dropout,
founded TerraCycle (http://www.terracycle.net) his freshman year. The company
debuted its revolutionary worm poop plant food packages in reused soda
bottles at Wal*Mart and The Home Depot in 2005. TerraCycle products are the
first consumer products to earn the right to carry the Zerofootprint(TM)
seal. The seal signifies that the materials and manufacturing process used
to produce its products have virtually no negative environmental
repercussions. In July 2006, Inc. Magazine named TerraCycle, "The Coolest
Little Start-Up in America."
About OfficeMax
OfficeMax Incorporated (NYSE: OMX) is a leader in both
business-to-business office products solutions and retail office products.
The OfficeMax mission is simple. We help our customers do their best work.
The company provides office supplies and paper, in-store print and document
services through OfficeMax ImPress(R), technology products and solutions,
and furniture to consumers and to large, medium and small businesses.
OfficeMax customers are served by approximately 36,000 associates through
direct sales, catalogs, e-commerce and more than 900 stores. To find the
nearest OfficeMax, call 1-877-OFFICEMAX. For more information, visit
http://www.officemax.com/ .
Contacts:
TerraCycle, Inc. OfficeMax
Albe Zakes William Bonner
609-393-4252 ext 233 630.864.6066
Albe@terracycle.net WilliamBonner@officemax.com
Jennifer Rook
630.864.6057
JenniferRook@officemax.com
SOURCE OfficeMax; TerraCycle
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Related links:
http://www.officemax.com/
http://www.terracycle.net/brigades
CONTACT:
Albe Zakes of TerraCycle, Inc.,
+1-609-393-4252 ext. 233, Albe@terracycle.net; or William Bonner,
+1-630-864-6066, WilliamBonner@officemax.com, or Jennifer Rook,
+1-630-864-6057, JenniferRook@officemax.com, both of OfficeMax
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