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OfficeMax to Sell "Made From Waste" Products
May 08, 2008

Naperville, Ill.-based OfficeMax Inc. has partnered with TerraCycle Inc., an eco-capitalist company, to bring a new line of green office products to customers. OfficeMax is featuring seven new TerraCycle products, including binders, pencil cases, trashcans and cleaners. TerraCycle manufactures and packages products entirely from waste and reduces 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 kids and adults. The TerraCycle Natural Cleaner 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. The cleaners are all plant-based, non-toxic and biodegradable. OfficeMax will also carry TerraCycle's first lines of trashcans and recycling bins that are made from 100 percent recycled plastic. Binders in the line have 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 2 cents for every used drink pouch they collect. TerraCycle uses these traditionally non-recyclable pouches to make, among other items, pencil cases, which OfficeMax will also sell. OfficeMax and TerraCycle plan to develop more recycled and environmentally preferable products together.

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