Is your school, town park or ball field looking for new, sustainable and durable playground equipment? Now through March 15 the Fibrex Group is offering an Early Bird Deals on Play Mart Playground Equipment. Fibrex is a distributor for Play Mart Playground Equipment, the leader in recycled plastic commercial playground equipment for schools, parks, day cares, churches, military installations and more.

We also offer early childhood equipment, site amenities, and fitness equipment. Our playground equipment is  Recycled Structural Plastic (RSP) - using reclaimed #2 HDPE (High Density Polyethylene). In simple terms, Play Mart makes playground equipment from garbage milk jugs.

The Play-Fit™ line is designed to entice children of all ages to build muscles, develop balance and agility but have a blast while doing so.

The Nature of Early Play™ line is designed to provide durable outdoor spaces for the early childhood years and make it easy for care providers to design wonderful outdoor spaces for their little ones.

Mega Play Systems™ - playground equipment sized and designed for preschool and elementary ages at large public schools, parks, community centers and recreation areas - largest children, largest budgets and largest play areas.

Mini Play Systems™ - playground equipment sized and designed for preschool and elementary ages at small public schools, day care centers, head starts, school churches and more - smaller children, smaller budgets and smaller play areas.

Play Mart is a woman-owned/family-owned small business manufacturing recycled playground equipment.  Offering  green products nationally and internationally, all playground equipment products  are 100% made in the USA.

Just in time for spring, take advantage of our Early Bird Deals through March 15. Contact Fibrex Group for information and pricing.

The City of La Mesa has been awarded a grant in the amount of $113,850 from CalRecycle (California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery) to improve recycling opportunities at multifamily properties. Through the grant funding, the City is providing the RecyclePro indoor/outdoor recycling containers to complexes to be used in common areas to help increase their recycling and decrease trash use. In-home recycling tote bags and can crushers are also being provided. Approximately half of the housing in La Mesa is multifamily.

While researching different recycling container options, the City determined that the RecyclePro was the best fit for durability, functionality, appearance and cost. The City is supplying 230 cans to dozens of properties for use in areas such as lobbies, pools, laundry rooms, community rooms, and mail box spaces. The cans will be used for recycling of cans and bottles, as well as paper and other common recyclables.

Distribution of the cans will begin next week and conclude by mid-March 2012. At the end of the grant in September, a final report will be submitted to CalRecycle including data on recycling rates at properties receiving the RecyclePro recycling containers versus other types of containers.  Some properties are only getting in-home bags and/or can crushers and there is also a control group that’s not participating at all.

RecyclePro Recycling Containers have covers and bodies that are silk screened with clear messages and logos that look professional and last indefinitely. Fibrex allows you to choose the message/logo you want for each opening of our recycling receptacles. Custom messages and corporate/government logos are easily prepared to customize your Recycle Pro Recycling Receptacles for a minimal set-up fee. Available in three different sizes, these smartly designed recycling receptacles are already a favorite of commercial designers and purchasing agents across the country. Make RecyclePro Recycling Receptacles your preferred collection choice!

Are you looking for a solution to your recycling needs that is efficient and economical? The perfect solution is the recycle box. There is an added bonus to this recycling bin. Your business, festival or apartment complex can add custom graphics.

A convenient recycle bin, the recycle box, with custom designed graphics is the perfect solution to indoor or outdoor recycling needs. It’s available in a generous 32 & 44 gallon capacity and can be easily customized to fit your specific business or industry needs.

Having a festival to benefit a charity? The recycle box is a low cost, and rugged solution to your recycling needs.

Want to add recycle bins to your grocery store chain? The recycle bin is clean, attractive and with your store logo, is a low cost collection solution.

Schools and churches are also the perfect host to this recycle bin. Add the team mascot, or uplifting slogan and you have an effective, attractive and durable solution to your recycling needs.

Where else would the recycle box fit in? With great custom designs, these are perfect for use offices, warehouses, malls, golf courses, stadiums, hospitals, airports, zoos and more. Contact The Fibrex Group for more information on our featured product, the recycle box.

Recycling turns materials that would otherwise become waste into valuable resources. Organizations, businesses and municipalities can do their part by instituting recycling programs and installing easy to use and locate recycling containers.

By installing recycling programs, organizations and communities help society be more conscientious. By making recycling easy, with easy to locate and use recycling containers, recycling becomes a habit that is easy to pass on to future generations.

The steps in the recycling process generate financial, environmental, and social returns, and many of the benefits have local as well as global effects.

The steps in the “recycling loop” entail collections of recyclable materials with recycling bins, processing those materials, manufacturing products such as picnic tables and swing sets from those recycled materials and then the buying of recycled products. This creates a circle or loop that ensures the overall success and value of recycling.

Purchasing recycled products completes the recycling loop. By “buying recycled,” governments, as well as businesses and individual consumers, each play an important role in making the recycling process a success.

Contact Fibrex Group for more information on recycling containers and recycled products.

All qualifying government entities can purchase Fibrex’s full line of Profile Used Oil Collection Containers, our ever-popular Recycling Container Boxes, and the newest line of RecyclePro Recycling Receptacles through our GSA Contract #GS-07F-0239M.

The Mobius 2 Recycling containers are attractive indoor recycling containers which combine high-end design at an affordable price. The innovative Mobius 2 Recycling Station comes standard with two compartments featuring molded drop-in openings for collecting bottles and cans, paper products and trash. Each compartment holds up to 25 gallons and is fitted with a rigid plastic liner. These indoor recycling stations are available in an unlimited combination of colors and finishes, and are perfect for even the most discriminating locations.

Profile Used Oil Collection Containers

The Profile Used Oil Collection Containers make it easy to collect used oil from the Do-It-Yourself oil changer. Conveniently located used oil drop-off sites equipped with attractive and user-friendly tanks are an essential element for any successful used oil program. The Profile Oil Container is specially designed to accept used oil from the public. This attractive unit is very user-friendly which improves program participation and aids in keeping the collection site clean.

Recycle Box Recycling Container

The Recycle Box is a low cost collection solution for all types of recyclables. It’s available in both 32 and 44 gallon capacity and can be easily customized to fit your specific industry needs. It’s designed to enhance any establishment and will help you meet your going green goals by increasing recycling rates at your facility.
 
Recycle Boxes are very economical yet sturdy recycling containers and flexible enough to be used indoors and out. We offer many standard graphics, as well as great custom designs for use at grocery stores, schools, offices, warehouses, malls, churches, golf courses, stadiums, hospitals, airports, zoos and many, many more.

RecyclePro Recycling Containers

Supplied with heavy gauge, seamless, hand-spun aluminum covers, the RecyclePro Recycling Receptacles are durable as well as attractive. There are a variety of openings available for each recycling hole on the lid, allowing the RecyclePro to conveniently sort the recyclables in a way that is best suited for your facility.

RecyclePro Recycling containers have custom color covers and bodies that are silk screened with professional, clear messages and logos that last indefinitely.

Custom messages and corporate/government logos are easily prepared to customize your RecyclePro Recycling Receptacles.

Please contact us at 1.800.346.4458 for a custom quote or catalog.

States and municipalities could create hundreds of new jobs by redoubling recycling efforts. On average, states recycle about 33% percent of municipal solid wastes, from soda cans to glass bottles.

The fifth-annual Green-Business Conference was held in Columbia, South Carolina. Business owners discussed their green business and sustainability efforts.

Recycling can mean increased jobs and saved revenues for states. In South Carolina alone, whose municipal solid waste recycling is only 22%, recycling has an estimated $6.5 billion impact on the state’s economy with 15,600 “identifiable jobs” and an impact on 38,000 total jobs – numbers that would rise with more recycling.

If every South Carolinian, business and residents, would increase recycling efforts, South Carolina could easily double the existing recycling workforce, creating hundreds of jobs throughout the state.

As in many cities in the West, Midwest and Northeast, recycling in Columbia, South Carolina is voluntary rather than mandatory, and the state’s more rural areas lack recycling programs altogether.

However, along with developing municipal recycling programs, states should also develop ways to attract and grow sustainable businesses such as incentives, tax reform, infrastructure maintenance and educational funding.

The Fibrex line of recycling containers is available for sale in South Carolina through our distributor: South Eastern Waste Equipment, Mr. Rex Norris, 951 Hampton Hill Road, Columbia, (803) 782-4898.

School playgrounds are a hot topic. Kids need to play and schools need playgrounds. Across the nation, many of the pressure treated wood playgrounds are coming down to be replaced, with safer, more durable and reliable material.

Fibrex Group offers a wide variety of recycled plastic lumber playground equipment and benches. This playground equipment is made of Durable, maintenance-free recycled plastic, that never requires sealing or painting and will not rot, crack or splinter.  

With our nations children suffering from obesity, increased stress and vitamin D deficiencies, playgrounds need to be an integral part of the school day. With the increased focus in schools on recycling and reducing carbon footprints, bring “green” into your playground blueprint. This playground equipment, manufactured with 100% recycled plastic milk jugs will enhance your school, develop healthier, more active children and can aid as discussion point as a part of the children’s lesson plans.

Your school can choose from a wide variety of standard configurations, or create the park or playground of your dreams along with one of our designers. We offer complimentary 2D & 3D design and site plan services; a visual aid which can increase your ability to raise funds for development. Fibrex is happy to visit your site for a free consultation.  Call or contact us for your free full color catalog.

As much as 90% of office waste in the average workplace can be recycled. Here's how to get started.

Companies everywhere are ramping up efforts to recycle, but sustainability starts with your employees. They're the ones printing the sheets of paper and using the soda cans that often easily end up in the trash can.

In the average workplace, about 80% to 90% of solid waste is actually recyclable, according to the EPA.

Establishing an office recycling program won't just reduce your carbon footprint, but it could also save your business money. Here's how to get started.

The first step to setting up an effective recycling program is to figure out exactly what's going into the trash. Then, you can figure out which products are recyclable and which ones you want to include in your workplace recycling initiative. Do this is by reaching out to whoever collects your recycling, whether it's your municipal waste management program or your building management, and ask them exactly what they recycle and what they don't.

But start small. Don’t overwhelm emplooyees by offering them 20 different items that they can put into recycling containers.

Paper products are a typical place to start. In U.S. workplaces, one to two pounds of paper product waste is generated on average each day.

Beverage containers, too, are a no-brainer; most workers go through as many as 3 a day.

Recycling Bins, separate for paper and for soda cans and other beverage containers, should be conveniently located. If employees are allowed to have soda at their desk, recycling containers should not only be located in the break room.

Whatever you decide to recycle, you'll need to appoint a coordinator to oversee and organize the program. This person should ideally be someone who is enthusiastic about sustainability and willing to help plan and see the entire recycling initiative through.

Original article on Inc.com

Fibrex Group designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services an innovative product line of recycling containers, waste receptacles, site furnishings and playground equipment. Providing attractive green design recycling containers and site furnishings in public spaces promotes good environmental stewardship while reducing waste and increasing recycling awareness.

Recently we have listed our products on a site called greenwizard.com.

GreenWizard, Inc. is the premier software provider helping the design and construction community simplify the process of managing green and efficient construction projects.

Architects, engineers, contractors, project owners, consultants, and others are able to utilize GreenWizard's interactive and dynamic tools to identify, compare, evaluate, and share product data and documentation, which is supplied and updated directly from Fibrex and other manufacturers.

Either Green Wizard or Fibrex Group will assist you to establish your project's green goals and recycling programs and objectives and then map out a plan to meet those goals. We can be part of your project team from start to finish or only be utilized when needed.

Bordered by the picturesque Florida Bay and the aquamarine waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Hilton Key Largo Resort hotel is a stunning choice among Key Largo hotels. The Hilton Key Largo Resort, nestled on 12.5 acres of lush hardwood forestry along the Gulf of Mexico and the southern boundaries of the Everglades National Park, is a beautiful facility in a beautiful environment.

It is challenging to not be awed by the natural beauty that surrounds this hotel. It is easy to fathom why, just recently, the Hilton Key Largo Resort purchased the Metro Collection Unit for recycling.  These designer recycling containers fit in perfectly with the hotel's décor and high class atmosphere.

The Metro Collection recycling containers' clean lines and quality construction merge to create a container that is as visually stunning as it is functional. Metro Collection Recycling containers complement any décor, traditional or contemporary.

• 100% Made in the USA with over 30% recycled materials
• Constructed of fire-safe steel
•  Elegant tapered body is finished in Hammered Copper
•  Easy to remove lids
• Rigid plastic liners with 18-gallon capacity
• Entire Collection also available in Stainless Steel with Black texture
• Lids and Tops with Black decals.
• Also available in Single and Double Stream units 

For more information on recycling containers that would complement the décor in your resort hotel, please contact the Fibrex Group.