Pallet Wrapz Partners with Stop-Waste to promote sustainability.
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What is StopWaste?
StopWaste accepts applications annually for a range of grant opportunities with total funding up to $475k available to both nonprofits and businesses, aimed at increasing individual, business, and community involvement in the prevention of waste in Alameda County. Areas of focus can be on waste prevention, reuse, and recovery of goods and materials, as well as development, marketing, and use of recovered products. Proposed projects must be located in and/or serve the residents and/or businesses of Alameda County. Applicants with open StopWaste grants must check with their grant managers to assess eligibility to apply for additional grant funding. |
Who can apply?
This grant is available to nonprofit and for-profit organizations.
Eligible projects
Reusable Transport Packaging projects must reduce transport packaging waste generated in Alameda County OR reduce packaging used to transport materials/products originating outside of Alameda County that are shipped with an end destination in Alameda County. Projects that seek to replace repurposed materials (such as used cardboard boxes that are donated to your organization) are not eligible.
Funding amounts
Up to $10,000 per grant request.
This grant is available to nonprofit and for-profit organizations.
Eligible projects
Reusable Transport Packaging projects must reduce transport packaging waste generated in Alameda County OR reduce packaging used to transport materials/products originating outside of Alameda County that are shipped with an end destination in Alameda County. Projects that seek to replace repurposed materials (such as used cardboard boxes that are donated to your organization) are not eligible.
Funding amounts
Up to $10,000 per grant request.
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Who has benefitted from StopWaste?
Veritable Vegetable: Reusable Pallet Wraps Veritable Vegetable is an organic produce distributor located in San Francisco, CA. Prior to switching to resuables, they used over 700 miles of plastic wrap each year to secure produce boxes on pallets. The reusable pallet wraps prevent over a ton of plastic waste per year plus help prevent worker injuries. The distributor also saves over $6,000 per year on avoided plastic wrap purchasing costs. Drakes Brewery: Reusable Pallet Wraps Hal From Drakes Brewery: We've been using the wraps a bit more as we picked up a self distribution market and were able to secure all the packaged beer together and reconfigure and secure the load after each delivery. For the most part we have been able to eliminate single use film for on-site transportation and just use it for shipping. These have certainly helped eliminate a large amount of film waste we used to have. |
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How Much Stretch Film does Pallet Wrapz® Save?
(on average) • 2' High Pallet Wrapz®: 250lbs a year • 4' High Pallet Wrapz®: 500lbs a year • 6' High Pallet Wrapz®: 750lbs a year |
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Tesla Motors & Veritable VegetableLearn how Tesla Motors and Veritable Vegetable are utilizing Reusable Transport Packaging to realize environmental benefits, economic benefits for their organizations, and ergonomic benefits for their workers.
"50,000 pounds of shrink wrap, bubble wrap, strapping for the month of January this year." "We spend $40,000 per year on materials we dispose of...." |
