Now in it’s 21st year!

June 6, 2010 – June 8, 2010

We would like to thank CAFR staff, board and sponsors for putting on an excellent opportunity for the recycling industry to learn, connect and evolve.  BolderPath was proud to launch the Municipal DiversionWorks Partnership at this year’s summit.  We met with municipalities, businesses and individuals and offered cutting edge waste-to-product solutions.  Together, we can upcycle hard-to-recycle, discarded resources into private labeled products for promotional, comercial and resale uses. People were amazed at the innovation BolderPath offered in waste diversion, product design and real time diversion metrics and LCA footprint reports that are extremely comprehensive and transparent.

We look forward to increasing our scope of materials we work with while stimulating all sectors to divert select wasted textiles from entering the landfill. Equally, we are excited to  becoming a staple for the industry to repurpose hard-to-recycle textiles and turn them into value-added second-use products that replace the use of virgin and conventional raw materials.  By connecting the dots within our communities, we will reduce waste, benefit local economies, create new jobs and ultimately protect the planet.

More about CAFR Annual Summit

The Colorado Association for Recycling’s annual recycling Summit, in its 21st year, is a dynamic conference and exhibition that brings together the state’s recycling professionals including recycling and waste processors, manufacturers, government agencies, non-profit organizations, academic institutions, trade associations, consultants, and individuals dedicated to the principles of recycling. The Summit schedule is complete with workshops, panel discussions, a variety of presenters, two-day exhibit hall, site tours, recycling awards, silent auction, and fun evening networking events.

Recycling’s Road to the Future

It’s an exciting time for recycling in Colorado. In recent years we’ve seen legislation that for the first time provides significant funding for innovative waste diversion programs across the state. The number of Colorado communities offering curbside recycling, composting and Pay-As-You-Throw programs continues to grow, and key issues like electronics recycling, product stewardship and zero waste are commanding attention.

With all this positive momentum, it is time for us to look ahead and begin mapping the course for the future of recycling in Colorado. Now municipalies, waste management companies, businesses and events can reclaim hard-to-recycle items like vinyl and nylon signs, inner tubes, wetsuits, climbing rope, swim caps and other discarded textiles and close the loop in our wasteful and fuel consumptive global markets.

For more information on how you can join BolderPath’s DiversionWorks Partnership, contact us at info@bolderpath.com or 303-318-4252.

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The LOHAS Forum

June 23rd-25thth, 2010 Boulder, CO

St. Julien Hotel & Spa

 

The LOHAS Forum brings together +500 business executives to network and learn about the opportunities the LOHAS marketplace has to offer and how best to target the LOHAS consumer. BolderPath will be sharing with sustainability minded companies it’s intelligence in B2B waste-to-product solutions that profitably drive brand value and have significant community benefits for the triple bottom line. We will also be announcing the out-of-house availability of Eco:Anaylzer, our comprehensive web-based software that tracks and reports diversion, LCA and footprint data for virgin and second-life products. It’s the brains behind our 100% transparent production model and soon it will be available to the world, or at least to the small to medium organizations that are interested in complete process and product responsibility.

At the Forum learn how to: Successfully approach the LOHAS consumers with your products and services.  Network with like-minded executives from all LOHAS market sectors.  Speak directly with mainstream media who are interested in covering companies and products designed for the conscious consumer. Hear the experts’ latest trend data from the leading LOHAS market sectors.  Connect with international companies.  Understand the latest marketing trends.  All told, it’s simply the best place to discover all your opportunities in the Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability marketplace!

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The Superior Morgul Classic was three days of bike racing culminating with the historic Morgul-Bismarck road race. The Morgul-Bismarck is a well known 13 mile loop that was originally featured as part of the Red Zinger and then the Coors Classic in the seventies and eighties. In addition to all the great racing, the Superior Morgul Classic also offered three days of wellness activities, a sustainability expo and on going live music. 

In support of the race’s zero waste goals, BolderPath worked with the event coordinators, Endurance Sports Marketing Group,  All the Details, Inc., WKS Consulting,  and GreenWorks 2020 to provide reclamation bins for riders to drop off their wasted bike inner tubes as well as unwanted wetsuits and swim caps.  BolderPath then sustainably designs and manufactures them into innovative second-life sports, business and lifestyle accessories. Thus, offering athletes an opportunity to unclutter their closets , help reduce hard-to-recycle items from entering the landfill and purchase one-of- a kind products.

Under the DiversionWorks program, BolderPath partners with races and events like the Superior Morgul Classic to also repupose dated and sponsor decorated vinyl and nylon banners and frequently discarded mesh staging materials.  Perfect for post race gifts and sponsor branded promotional products, races can now sustainably sprint past the rest while adding value and profits to their bottom line.  For more information about starting a turnkey waste-to-gear program contact BolderPath and turn your event waste into a wealth of new opportunties.

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We are proud to support milehigreen’s inaugural online launch.

Make sure to check out their services and the article, ‘Staying in the Loop’ written for the “Made in Colorado” section by our DiversionWorks Director, Kevin Snyder.

What milehigreen is all about: You will find Metro Denver green business listings, local green profiles on businesses and individuals, articles on products made in Colorado, tips on how to be green at home, global green news, local green events and much more!

Our goal is to inform and educate our readers about green practices, eco-friendly products and services, and sustainable solutions for the home, the office, and within our Colorado community.


The Live Earth Streamline Tote Bag is 99% reclaimed and recycled & Made in the USA

made from water themed vinyl banners

BolderPath is proud to announce our being selected as a merchandise supplier for Live Earth, executive producers of ‘The Dow Live Earth Run for Water’ to take place April 18, 2010. Live Earth is committed to sustainably producing this massive event and their partnership with BolderPath represents two key values: minimizing event waste and providing merchandise that is exciting to participants and sustainably produced.

Live Earth has selected BolderPath to produce the official event tote bag, the Live Earth Streamline Tote. The tote itself is made in Colorado from reclaimed vinyl billboards and banners, most of which have been used to advertise a company or event related to water in some way. The shoulder straps and binding are made from 100% post-consumer PET plastic from water and soda bottles. The Live Earth Streamline Tote is not only extremely eco-friendly in materials, but also in how efficient and sustainably it is produced and the human equity created by our localized manufacturing model.

Product Info:

Live Earth Streamline Tote Bag

Available online at the Live Earth Store or at select Event locations worldwide.

Price $18.22

Material Composition:

76% RECLAIMED / 23% RECYCLED / <1% VIRGIN MATERIAL

Live Earth Background

Live Earth events adhere to strict greening practices that are outlined in the Green Events Guidelines, an online resource that helps event producers deliver sustainably managed events and report on key impact areas, including carbon emissions. These elements include those specific to races and running, while maintaining the best practices in reducing the impacts of event supplies purchasing, power, transportation, waste disposal, water and sanitation.

The Dow Live Earth Run for Water is the world’s largest solutions-based initiative aimed at solving the global water crisis. The Dow Live Earth Run for Water will consist of a series of 6 km run/walks (the average distance many women and children walk every day to secure water) taking place over the course of 24 hours in more than 150 cities around the world, featuring concerts and water education activities aimed at igniting a tipping point to help solve the water crisis.

Get educated, get involved.

Boulder County’s New Yoga Mat Reclamation Program

The non-profit Eco-Cycle, is Boulder County’s award-winning residential and commercial recycling and zero waste service provider. Every year they add a new material collection at their soon-to-be-expanded CHaRM facility near Old Pearl St. and 49th St. The Center for Hard to Recycle Materials is a yard filled with items that don’t belong in a blue recycle bin. Books, styrofoam, unusable clothing, yard signs, bike parts, electronics, and so much more.

It’s no surprise that Boulder County has tens-of-thousands of health conscious citizens, and thousands of those that are yoga practitioners on a regular basis. As popularity for yoga increases and our local yogi’s are extending their lives, it seems that the life expectancy of the average yoga mat is getting shorter and shorter and the rubber and plastic foams that make them are starting to pile up.

Eco-Cycle is increasingly interested in developing more local and regional relationships to up-cycle our community’s waste. Most of the tonnage collected is still shipped too far from Boulder to make it a long-term sustainable solution. BolderPath will be collecting the yoga mats from all practitioners and studios that drop them off at Eco-Cycle. Your fee at Eco-Cycle is required to operate their facility and provide this centralized service. BolderPath will be locally remanufacturing this raw material into their second life products. Of course both companies support giving mats to folks who need them first, and reusing them whenever possible in your own way. But when your mat comes to the end of its life, we’ll be here to take them.

If you are a studio or health conscious merchandiser, contact BolderPath for more information about selling private labeled products made locally your own lifestyle waste.

Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado, March 2-4, 2010. Booth #302

BolderPath joins other sponsors and exhibitors such as United Airlines, White Wave and Xcel Energy, who are also focused on sustainability and economic opportunities. Leaders and influencers from business, finance and academia who are focused on environmental, social and economic sustainability also will be exhibiting and talking about their products and services. And this year, the Expo will showcase the vibrant cleantech industry emerging in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region.

 “We are delighted that BolderPath will be exhibiting at the Summit this year,” said Graham Russell, executive director of CORE.  “We expect an audience comprised of C-level decision makers, HR professionals, corporate social responsibility officers, engineers, product developers, clean tech experts and more. These attendees are truly interested in sustainability as a driving economic force.” The Summit and Expo are co-hosted by CORE (Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy), the City of Denver, and the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business, Deming Center for Entrepreneurship.

 The 2010 Sustainable Opportunities Summit features 19 panel sessions and 70 speakers. Keynote presentations include Authors Andrew Winston and Peter Fusaro, who will join executives from Wal-Mart, AT&T and Waste Management to address plenary sessions on a broad range of sustainability topics. In addition, the Summit will include a session on the Wal-Mart Sustainability Index, one of the most impactful sustainable business initiatives under way in the world today. Visit www.sosummit.org for more information.