Local Businesses Going for Zero
Support these and other businesses working with
Eco-Cycle® to do their part to make ours a Zero Waste community.
 Let us guess, you need a new cell phone. How did we know? The average consumer replaces his/her mobile phone every 18 months! That equates to as many as 150 million cell phones being discarded each year, along with their sometimes hazardous—but always valuable—components. Cellular Recycler is doing its part to recover these mounds of electronic scrap and get them back in the hands of consumers. The company helps non-profits, businesses and schools collect unwanted cell phones with ease and then recycles and refurbishes the phones responsibly in the U.S. Cellular Recycler offers a wide variety of gently-used phones for purchase, and its staff can fix your beloved, don’t-make-it-anymore phone! Beyond its inherently Zero Waste operation, the company works with Eco-Cycle® to compost employee food scraps and recycle (other) hard-to-recycle materials like stretch wrap with our CHaRM on the Road service. Support these eco-troops and visit Cellular Recycler the next time your mobile goes kaput.
 Many folks and businesses are choosing to support non-profit, community credit unions over for-profit mega-banks these days, and now there’s another reason to join the flock: eco-sustainability! In addition to banking responsibly, Elevations Credit Union (ECU) is going green. In 2010, the Boulder branch expanded its recycling program with Eco-Cycle® to include composting in the kitchen area and break room. ECU follows the rest of the 3Rs mantra by reducing and reusing whenever possible and has adopted green cleaning, green purchasing and green construction practices. With achievements like these, not to mention a 19% reduction in its carbon footprint over the past three years, the company has earned a plethora of community awards including the Community Sustainability Leader Award through the Boulder Chamber of Commerce. It’s no wonder ECU is the largest credit union serving Boulder and Broomfield Counties with more than 80,000 members!
 If you thought a few breweries were enough to keep the folks at Oskar Blues busy, think again! Their newest venture, Home Made Liquids & Solids, combines the fun of drinking their local, gold medal-winning beers (see: 2010 World Beer Championships) with a down-home cookin’, Southern-inspired BBQ (with veg options), an in-house smoker named “the Midnight Toker,” live music AND a Zero Waste mission. With the help of Eco-Cycle®, the beer joint is watching its waste by recycling, composting and making sustainable purchasing decisions like offering compostable to-go containers instead of Styrofoam® or plastic. The staff members also keep an eye on their carbon footprint by choosing less energy intensive beer cans over bottles for all their brews. Visit Oskar Blues’ website for a calendar of events and eat, drink and jam as you support an Eco-Cycle Zero Waste Community Partner!
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Welcome to our new Zero Waste Business Partners!
Find a complete list of partners online at www.ecocycle.org/zws.
Boulder Valley Credit Union – Louisville
Diagonal Park Dental
Offices
HospiceCare of Boulder
and Broomfield Counties
Lafuma America, Inc.
Merck – Boulder
Ocean First Divers
Serious Materials
Thule Organization
Solutions
University Bicycles
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