•Thursday, December 04, 2008
I have exciting news!
I have entered into an arrangement with Penn to recycle tennis balls directly from them!
I'm happy to report that business is going so well that the Racquet Club in Concord can't supply me with enough tennis balls.
Enter Penn (who is the only company who manufactures tennis balls in the USA).
They have a great "Green Initiatives" program.
Here's a excerpt from their website:
"When making the rubber, there is a certain amount of dust that occurs when the tennis balls are buffed. Penn is able to capture it and put it back into our production process. 2 million tennis balls each year are made from that accumulated dust, cutting down on the amount of new rubber that needs to be used.
Until the rubber is cured, it can be reprocessed and is fully recyclable back into the production process. After the rubber is cured, it cannot be broken down and reused. However, Penn’s scrap rubber is ground up and used in rubberized asphalt on freeways – another way to recycle.
Penn does not dispose of oil into the environment – the oil used in the machines is regenerated back into the production process and completely used up.
All of Penn’s master cartons are made of 50% recycled material.
All of Penn’s plastic PET containers are recyclable plastic. In addition, Penn uses a unique manufacturing process that starts with approximately 25% less material and also recycles 20% of the material used back into the process. Because Penn makes their own cans, any cans that do not meet quality standards can be ground up and recycled back into the production process to make new cans.
Unfortunately, finished tennis balls cannot be traditionally recycled, due to the many materials and components used. However, Penn encourages non-traditional recycling."
Enter WOOF PURR CREATIONS!
Some of these tennis balls that can not be sold or recycled, are going to be recycled into my dog toys!
Woohoo! Not only are they all made in the USA, but they are recycled and not used.
Have a great weekend!
Kim
woofpurrcreations.etsy.com
I have entered into an arrangement with Penn to recycle tennis balls directly from them!
I'm happy to report that business is going so well that the Racquet Club in Concord can't supply me with enough tennis balls.
Enter Penn (who is the only company who manufactures tennis balls in the USA).
They have a great "Green Initiatives" program.
Here's a excerpt from their website:
"When making the rubber, there is a certain amount of dust that occurs when the tennis balls are buffed. Penn is able to capture it and put it back into our production process. 2 million tennis balls each year are made from that accumulated dust, cutting down on the amount of new rubber that needs to be used.
Until the rubber is cured, it can be reprocessed and is fully recyclable back into the production process. After the rubber is cured, it cannot be broken down and reused. However, Penn’s scrap rubber is ground up and used in rubberized asphalt on freeways – another way to recycle.
Penn does not dispose of oil into the environment – the oil used in the machines is regenerated back into the production process and completely used up.
All of Penn’s master cartons are made of 50% recycled material.
All of Penn’s plastic PET containers are recyclable plastic. In addition, Penn uses a unique manufacturing process that starts with approximately 25% less material and also recycles 20% of the material used back into the process. Because Penn makes their own cans, any cans that do not meet quality standards can be ground up and recycled back into the production process to make new cans.
Unfortunately, finished tennis balls cannot be traditionally recycled, due to the many materials and components used. However, Penn encourages non-traditional recycling."
Enter WOOF PURR CREATIONS!
Some of these tennis balls that can not be sold or recycled, are going to be recycled into my dog toys!
Woohoo! Not only are they all made in the USA, but they are recycled and not used.
Have a great weekend!
Kim
woofpurrcreations.etsy.com
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2 comments:
Kim -
Please check out our company - www.rebounces.com - we actually recycle tennis balls.
Cheers
- Cannon
Wow terrific - so cool!!
Cathleen