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New organics recycling program allows Cortec to use its own compostable bags

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New organics recycling program allows Cortec to use its own compostable bags

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organics recycling program
Eco Film Bags

Cortec Corporation has launched its new organics recycling program at Cortec global headquarters near Saint Paul, Minnesota. The program will collect food and paper waste that is usually thrown into the facility’s garbage and turn it into compost instead. An especially exciting feature of this new program is the opportunity to make use of Eco Film commercially compostable bags manufactured at Cortec’s own film extrusion plant in Cambridge, Minnesota.

Cortec launched its organics recycling this year after being awarded a grant from Ramsey County to help with initial setup. This involved installing a new dumpster mezzanine area, purchasing new composting bins, training employees, and paying for disposal hauling services and compostable products (e.g., cups, plates, utensils, etc.) for the first six months. The organic waste will be collected in Eco Film Bags lining bins throughout Cortec’s facility and then sent to an industrial composting site in Rosemount, Minnesota, to be converted into soil amendments for local communities.

Corey Cremers, senior environmental specialist at Cortec Corporation, said, “Participating in the organics recycling program is an important step in reducing our environmental impact here at Cortec. . . . Instead of sending waste materials to landfills we can migrate the waste to a beneficial resource like compost which can be used by the local community. It is cool to see all facets of employees from the office to the production floor participating in the program and adding value to our environmental management system.”

As mentioned, a particularly special feature of this program is the chance for Cortec to put its own Eco Film Bags to good use. Eco Film Bags are certified compostable under BPI certificate #890974 for disposal in a commercial composting facility and are therefore perfect for use as liners in Cortec’s organics collection bins. In the past, Cortec has sourced Eco Film Bags to help other organizations such as the Minnesota Zoo launch or explore their organics composting programs, so it gives Cortec special satisfaction to finally be able to use this commercially compostable film in its own organics recycling program at Cortec headquarters.

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