The recycling guidelines Lee and I have been working on for AFMInc are now available as a PDF download from AFM’s Web site here.

What started out as an effort to develop specific recycling recommendations for AFM’s Heatsheets and other film plastics, evolved into a broader look at how mass participant sporting events should organize their overall waste recovery efforts. The end result is a booklet chock full of useful tips for race directors.

Be sure to take advantage of AFM’s generosity and download a copy of our Recommendations for Recycling at Mass Participant Sporting Events today.

AFMInc, the client we’ve been working with on Heatsheets recycling, received a last minute request from the Presidential Inauguration Committee (PIC) for Heatsheets to keep the participants in the Inaugural Parade warm until they begin their march from the U.S. Capitol to the White House. Naturally they turned to Lee and me for PR and logistical support.

What fun to work on a project like this! Our contact with the PIC was eager to help us work through the logistics of collecting the used Heatsheets and getting them to the TREX facility in Winchester, Virginia, where they’ll be processed and turned into “plastic wood” products.

Here’s a copy of the press release: (more…)