A Full Line of Eventware Recycled Products

Weisenbach Recycled Products recently launched a full line of recycled plastic items that are specifically designed for use at events. This line of plates, cups, saucers and trays is aptly called Eventware®.

The spirit of Eventware® is to promote more eco-friendly events by providing quality, re-usable products that are easy to transport, easy to clean and generate far less waste than disposable plates, cups & bowls.

Currently, the Eventware® line of products include social plates (pictured left), coffee mugs, beer steins, picnic plates, stadium cups, snack serving trays (pictured lower right) and bar caddies. Weisenbach is working to add even more items to the collection soon.


Eventware® is ideal for use at events such as tailgating, graduation parties, fundraisers, cocktail parties, holiday gatherings and more. Many of the sturdy, yet lightweight plastic items can easily be stacked and packed in your cooler, backpack, or picnic basket.

You can now find all of our Eventware® products for sale online at RecyclingIsCool.com or call us at 800-778-5420 and ask us how to  customize your Eventware® especially for your organization.

This Recycled Stuff is for the Birds

The Recycle-Bottle Bird Feeder helps put used plastic soda bottles to a good new use. Simply fill a clean, empty bottle with seed and twist on the recycled plastic feeder attachment.  Poke a couple of holes to attach the hanger and this feeder is good to go. Your custom imprint goes on a package insert, which also doubles as a bookmark, printed on 100% recycled paperboard using soy inks. 

Personally, I like this feeder because it helps to conserve birdseed, too. At our home, we purchased a large, expensive wooden feeder at the store. It seems like each time we fill it, we look outside and see a large bird (or sometimes a squirrel) tossing the seed about, looking for the particular ones that it wants and sending everything else to the ground. The feeder is emptied by the end of the day. By contrast, this feeder has a smaller seed reservoir, which helps keep the seed in the feeder for all of the birds to enjoy!  

   

Another great way to both recycle and to conserve your birdseed supply is by storing seed in empty plastic milk jugs. These jugs make filling feeders a lot easier, and since they have secure-fitting lids, they also keep unwanted pests like bugs & mice out of your seed. The FitFill® Birdseed Funnel is unique in its ability to attach directly onto the empty jug. This allows you to have both hands free while you are pouring, making seed transfer easier and cleaner.    

The FitFill® Birdseed funnel is also available at Wild Birds Unlimited stores and other specialty retailers.

Littering Stinks! and Anything Else You Want to Say

If you are looking for a more environmentally friendly way to promote your message, our buttons fit the bill.  Made from recycled steel, printed on recycled paper and available in a wide variety of sizes, we can make custom buttons for any event from political campaigns to hamburger specials to birth announcements.

Get creative with your own artwork, or add your own logo to one of our stock designs. One of our favorite designs is the "Littering Stinks" skunk button. This cute little guy is perfect for promoting your litter clean-up or community beautification campaign.

Button prices can vary greatly, depending on the size, quantity & colors, so please call 800-778-5420 or Email Us for a custom quote.

Dan Weisenbach Kicks-Off Ohio's State Roadway Cleanup in Youngstown

On Saturday March 26th, Dan Weisenbach, President of Weisenbach Recycled Products, was the emcee at the kickoff for Ohio's State Roadway Cleanup in Youngstown. Dan is Vice President on the board at Keep Ohio Beautiful and he is not afraid to get out there and get his hands dirty!

This event was a part of the Keep America Beautiful (KAB) Great American Cleanup. To find great events and volunteer opportunities in your area, please visit KAB and check out their Great American Cleanup. It's the nation's largest community improvement program, involving an estimated 3 million volunteers and attendees!

New Product Alert - Jewel ReAward® Recycled Glass Trophy

Do you have someone deserving of extra special recognition? These recycled glass awards will be deeply appreciated and proudly displayed, leaving a lasting impression.

A gorgeous, light-catching award that is hand-crafted by our local artist from 100% post-consumer recycled glass collected from Columbus, Ohio bars and restaurants.

This gem of an award has a wide, heavy base that allows it to stand alone. It's available in different sizes, ranging from 5-7" tall. All sizes are about 1" thick.

Call us at 800-778-5420 to order yours. Our talented artists will custom etch each award with special care to make sure it is just right for you.

Want to see more of our recycled glass collection? Click Here

Please Vote to Make a Giant Difference - Recycle Plastic Caps

We humbly ask our readers to help us spread awareness about the big problems that little pieces of plastic can cause.

2.5 million plastic bottles are discarded every hour. The bottle may get recycled, but the plastic caps are a giant problem for marine life, birds, and for the environment. Weisenbach just received a patent for a pollution prevention product that we make from plastic bottle caps. Our program involves public collection sites for the caps that will provide wildlife protection and litter prevention awareness while inviting community involvement in the collection and recycling process.

The Green Giant ‘Green Award’ will help us divert and recycle plastic caps by creating very cool, useful green products – a giant solution for a giant problem. Watch the Video and Vote!

Weisenbach Recycled Products Makes Big Play for Green Football Fans

Exclusive football shaped recycling bin delivers a winning combination. It's easy to spot, easy to access, and helps keep the stadium Green. Made of recycled plastic and ready to customize with team logos; fans won't pass the chance to recycle bottles and cans.

The always innovative Weisenbach Recycled Products scores with a new recycling bin that is sure to make big plays in cleaning up at sporting events, on campuses, and anywhere that football fans gather to watch a game and enjoy a beverage from a bottle or a can.

The new bottle and can recycling bin looks just like a football and stands at an eye-catching 43 x 24 inches. Themed design and sturdy construction make it easy for fans to take care of their empties and get back to the action on the field.

Just like the game of football, it's made in the USA. And with true American ingenuity, it's crafted of recycled HDPE (High Density Polyethylene - #2). So while it makes recycling accessible to fans, it also demonstrates what can be made from recycled plastic.

"Football is fun. Drinking a cold beverage is fun. And recycling is fun." Says Dan Weisenbach, president and founder of the 30 year-old Columbus company that is the exclusive source for the football shaped recycle bin. "Recycling is mostly about changing human behavior from a Throw it out and get more mindset to a Toss it towards making something useful mindset. When we make that behavior easy for folks; when we make it accessible and fun, it becomes a habit - a new behavioral norm."

Colleges, sports venues, and public facilities of all kinds are working hard to make recycling a habit for students, fans, and visitors. The new football bin offers features that facilitate collecting bottles and cans in these large facilities. The surface is easy to customize with team logos and decals. They come clearly marked with the chasing arrows recycling symbol and have cutouts encircled with the words "Recycle bottles and cans" around an opening that is sized to accept just those containers. The pointed top also prevents trash and garbage from being placed on top of the bins; a common problem with flat-topped recycling containers.

See this winning product and many more ways to promote recycling awareness at RecycledProducts.com  

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RecycleMania Promotional Items

From The Recyclemania® Team email newsletter, sent January 13, 2011

The RecycleMania® store is open for 2011 with an updated selection of branded promotional materials. The store features a range of items including shirts, Frisbees, hats, pens, mugs, refillable water bottles, drawstring bags, markers and pencils.

New for this year the store has expanded the offering to include lanyards, notepad, "sporks", and temporary tattoos among other offerings. Now is the time to purchase your RecycleMania® promotional items for this year's tournament from RecyclingIsCool.com! Be sure to get your orders in as soon as possible, so that they can be shipped to your campus before the start of the tournament.

Most items are available with simple RecycleMania® branding or they can be customized with a school's logo and messaging. The online store is operated under license by Weisenbach Recycled Products and a portion of all sales go to support the RecycleMania® Steering Committee that organizes the tournament.

‘Lighten Up’ Theme Selected for Central Ohio Earth Day 2011

Green Columbus November 3, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Erin Chacey
(913) 909-9838
erin@greencbus.org

‘Lighten Up’ Theme Selected for Central Ohio Earth Day 2011

Columbus, Ohio – November 3, 2010 – Green Columbus, the local nonprofit responsible for coordinating and mobilizing the largest volunteer turnout for Earth Day service projects in the country, has selected “Lighten Up” as the theme for Earth Day 2011. “Lighten Up” will be the fifth observance of Earth Day organized by Green Columbus (and the 41st observance globally). Last year's event, The Update, involved nearly 4,000 volunteers and 129 worksites across Central Ohio, the largest coordinated event of its kind in the country.

Earth Day 2011: Lighten Up will continue the two-part, Columbus-style, model with volunteer opportunities over the weekend of April 16 & 17, and a celebration on Saturday, April 23. These events straddle the calendar Earth Day, which falls on April 22 every year. As in years past, volunteers will work together to create a more sustainable region by planting trees, installing rain gardens, restoring local ecosystems, and creating or reviving community food gardens. The entire event – the worksite weekend and the celebration – is designed to raise awareness of environmental issues and encourage implementation of solutions. The service projects provide tangible benefits to local communities and the celebration includes educational components as well as entertainment and cultural events to gratify a wide audience.

When asked about this year's theme, Erin Chacey, Green Columbus's new Director said that “The 'Lighten Up' was chosen for two reasons. First, to invite people to calculate their environmental footprint and encourage them to lighten their impact by taking any number of fairly simple, often cash conserving, and Earth respecting actions. Second, it reflects a new approach to discussing environmental issues, a break from the 'gloom and doom' message that has proved unsuccessful at encouraging a wider audience to engage in sustainable practices.” The theme also continues the tradition of naming central Ohio Earth Day events after Beastie Boys songs.

Area businesses, organizations and individuals wishing to realize an environmental service project, volunteer, sponsor the event, or promote their environmentally friendly business or product at the celebration are encouraged to contact the director, Erin Chacey, at erin@greencbus.org

About Green Columbus
Green Columbus exists to promote sustainable living in Central Ohio and globally by 1) providing forums for environmental groups, citizens and others to interact. 2) raising awareness about environmental issues and what can be done to address them, and 3) encouraging participation in action oriented green events. More information is available at www.greencbus.org .

Recycle Glass Week

The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is hosting Recycle Glass Week 2010, which will be held September 12-18.  The festivities will include a variety of activities and special events across the country.

Please visit their website gpi.org to learn more, to see their list of the top 5 ways you can celebrate Recycle Glass Week, and to find special events taking place at a location near you. 

Choose Glass.  Recycle Glass. Tell your friends about glass!  Every time you recycle a glass bottle, you save energy and our planet." The Glass Packaging Institute

Watch our video: 10TV Glass Recycling on YouTube

100% Post-Consumer Recycled Glass Awards at Weisenbach Recycled Products

At Weisenbach, we collect empty beer, wine and spirits bottles from several area bars & restaurants on a weekly basis.  The glass is brought back to our Columbus, Ohio workshop where it is cleaned, color-sorted and crushed in our industrial glass crusher.  The crushed glass is called "cullet".  The cullet is then melted down in the furnaces of our glass artist, who creates a variety of shapes and sculptures that become our exclusive line of ReAward® 100% post-consumer recycled glass awards. 

The photo here shows one of our top sellers, the Round Disk ReAward®.  These awards are available in 3 sizes (small 5-6", medium 7-8", large 9-10") and three colors (clear, cobalt blue, emerald green).  Each award can be ordered with custom sand-blast etching.  Our artists carefully etch each award by hand, ensuring a unique quality and incomparable beauty that is hard to top. 

From start to finish - the whole process is done in Columbus, Ohio.  Made in the USA.  Now that is something to cheer about, so raise your glasses to sustainability!

Watch our New ReAward® Video on YouTube.

Recycled Glass Sculptures 100% post-consumer

Made with the same local-minded recycling process as our ReAwards®, our recycled glass sculptures make for one-of-a-kind gifts that combine common sense and sustainability with artistic beauty.

100% post-consumer spirits bottles give these little aqua blue fish that WOW factor...the great story that comes with any recycled product that is worth it's weight in cullet.  

At Weisenbach, we offer a variety of beautiful recycled glass sculptures, from pumpkins, apples and fish to classy artistic goblets, mugs and candle sticks.  All pieces are hand-crafted in Columbus, Ohio. 

Please contact us to order yours today:  1-800-778-5420

Watch our Recycling Glass into Gifts video on YouTube.