Check us out in the October issue of the Wasteline newsletter!
It’s always great getting a new TV or air fryer, but what are you supposed to do with those bulky rigid packing blocks? They protected your new tech during the trip from the manufacturer to your home, but what now? Thanks to our friends at Omaha’s Plastilite Corporation, you can recycle it if you are willing to put in some effort!
Plastilite Corp (located in Omaha, Nebraska, USA) was established in 1958 and soon expanded from the production of picnic cooling packaging and small fish barrels for the retail market to commercial packaging applications. The resulting products are naturally suitable for the emerging mail-order food industry. Since then, millions of steaks, hams, turkeys and desserts have been delivered to consumers through the company's sturdy EPS foam transport and cooling packaging.
Jon Ehly, CEO of Omaha, Neb.-based Plastilite Corp., said the company is eager to make its first shipment of eco-friendly foam coolers to 500 test stores in the next couple of weeks. Ehly was one of 500 people who pitched their products to Walmart at the retail giant’s Open Call in June.
The shortlist starts with #5, eco-friendly expanded polystyrene is oxo-biodegradable and recyclable, which centers on news from Plastilite Corp. Founded in 1958 in Omaha, the company quickly expanded its manufacturing of expanded polystyrene (EPS) products such as picnic coolers and minnow buckets for retail markets into applications for commercial shipping cooler packaging. The company’s Integritemp division announced the introduction of patent-pending REfoam, an environmentally friendly EPS that both oxo-biodegradable and recyclable that makes the often maligned EPS greener.
Integritemp, a division of Plastilite, is excited to announce the introduction of REfoam, an environmentally friendly Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) product that is both oxo-biodegradable and recyclable.