Recycle 2 Save

Coleese our "recycled pup" sharing holiday cheer.  CRI management and staff would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas &  blessed New Year filled with much love, many smiles and great success. It has been a pleasure working together with our staff to save our planet one customer at a time. We are thrilled at the growing environmental awareness and are honored to help play a role in positive, green changes made by local residents and businesses. Keep up the good work!!

I was honored to participate in an event with one of our clients that (with the help of CRI) utilized recycled milk jugs to produce picnic tables. These tables were than donated to non profits for use in their organizations. It was a great project all around, companies donated time, money and products. It involved volunteering, donation of recycled goods (for multiple great causes) and was all around a great use of resources. I don't claim to have completed in-depth research on the company(s) that we worked with and all the ins and outs of their business dealings throughout the last 5 years but I know that they did a great thing and it was an amazing event! I expected them to get a great deal of recognition, and they did, but not all in the form that I think they deserved. I understand that at times people (and companies) have hidden motives. I understand that sometimes people have more "extreme" views and want to see companies do more (understandable) but why criticize p...

It's been a little bit since I've added something fresh to our blog. I struggle with trying to provide new, educational content that people would like to read (hint: I'm always looking for reader suggestions/comments to point me in the right direction). I decided I'd ease back in with something fun to test your recycling knowledge. We are going to be "grading" some bales that are in our warehouse. Can you tell me what these are? They have been sorted at our facility and compacted (into bales) that are easier for storage and transport but what where they? Please, all guesses welcomed!        I used to be a :  ????                              this one isn't meant to stump you (there is some bleed from the item above - the brown ones) and a new product to the right. 

We lost one of our valued team members at the end of August. Ken (our head dispatcher) retired. He had been with our company for over 8 years. Ken managed our drivers and helped get our customers serviced as quickly and efficiently as possible. We wish Ken the best retirement filled with lots of Red Sox Games, grandchildren, and all the other experiences that will take his breath away! You will be missed. "May the road rise up to meet you.  May the wind be always at your back  May the sun shine warm upon your face  The rains fall soft upon your fields  And until we meet again may God hold you in the palm of his hand"  -An Irish Blessing-

A Recycled Basket (all items inside are made from recycled content) donated to a local customer for an employee event.  I find it absolutely amazing all the things that can be recycled and I love to point out items that are a product of recycling (I mean, it's pretty much my job to do that). Everyday new technology allows items previously destined to live decades in a landfill (or nearly forever) to become something new. I think that it's essential that people know what can be recycled and the actual impact that recycling has. To see that my water bottle, when thrown in the recycling bin (along with a few "friends") has now become a tee shirt encourages me to never take the easy road (and when required) walk a few extra steps to ensure that my items are recycled Lately I've read that cigarette butts, diapers, mattresses, carpet, waxed drink containers can all be recycled. Part of me gets really excited, we all need to use less items that end up in the la...

Whether this week or in a few days to come .. wishing all little ones and big ones alike a great start to a new school year! Keep it green! 

CRI Single Stream Operations. Here are some shots of our single stream system chuggin' away. The material is pouring in and the recycling process has begun. Single stream might seem like an easier recycling solution but just like when you were sorting it yourself, please keep out garbage! Nearly all items that were labeled trash in the past continue to be. While getting some quick shots to post here I saw a some obvious garbage that needed to be sorted out. As a general rule the following items are always considered non recyclable  during standard curbside collection or drop off (really, they were out there) Mattresses (although I've heard they can be recycled it has to be a special collection item and if mixed in with the recycled will be trashed) Diapers (clean or especially dirty) Food Waste (Again, we compost but it cannot be mixed in with your recycling it just makes garbage) Doggie & Kitty "Bi-products" (I know that no one wants to han...