Green Planet 21 has been working in Reno/Sparks since 1999.
Having grown into the need for a larger location, we are building our third facility on Byars Lane in Sparks, NV. Scott Graves, with 22 years in the sustainability world, works with Green Planet 21 in Nevada to provide recycling services for paper, cardboard, plastics, and more.
Graves says, “Lets solve your recycling problems today!”

Scott Graves has worked with a large .com company that moved into the USA Parkway industrial area. He saved them 7,000.00 per month in disposal costs and created a new revenue stream by recycling what they had been previously discarding as trash. “Not only did we save them money, we increased their diversion ratio while helping them be more sustainable,” said Scott.

Reno’s business base is growing rapidly with the expansion of distribution, warehousing, and manufacturing facilities. Reno is a boomtown and it has a chance to grow in a sustainable manner, to handle scrap and all other waste streams responsibly. We already work with many clients to maximize their scrap value and bury as little as possible in the local landfill.

When people who have not been there lately think about Reno, they might imagine the historic Mustang Ranch brothel or a gambling scene not as fancy than the one in Las Vegas. They might remember when Reno had 2000 people living in tents downtown through the winter. They might think of having fun skiing at Tahoe or the tragic history of the Donner Party.

Five years ago, the area east of Reno was a stark desert with rocks, low vegetation, and wild horses running freely. This year there is lots for them to eat and they can graze right near our compactors. We want to help preserve this delicate environmental balance.
Tesla is building what will be one of the largest factories in the world to produce lithium batteries for the new S3 automobile. Other companies have large facilities there. The wild horses got there first. Every company has the opportunity to coexist harmoniously with the natural world.

Green Planet 21 is providing sustainability services to Tesla suppliers and others in the Area. The wild horses roam free around our compactors, balers, and trailers. Green Planet 21 supports the Nevada ethic of rugged outdoor living, while providing good jobs in manufacturing industries. Along Route 80, many new factories have gone up recently east of Reno to manufacture goods and to support all the human activity moving into the area. Some produce or assemble for Tesla. Tesla plans to produce 450,000 S3s next year so they need a lot of batteries, components, and parts for their sustainable cars.

For more information, visit the Reno Chamber of Commerce site, http://www.reno.gov/business/reno-s-economy

See Scott Graves explain possible ways to handle your cardboard scrap here:

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Clean U.S.scrap cardboard is in demand as a recyclable commodity around the world because of its exceptional qualities. Watch these videos to see what this looks like.

Green Planet 21 works within a global system to recycle cardboard over and over. Every year, the U.S. uses goods protected by many millions of tons of cardboard.In these two videos, President Steve Sutta talks about cardboard recycling and how cardboard is made.

Prized around the world for strength and high quality, U.S. cardboard has strong long fibers. At the beginning, producers mix 65% virgin fibers from wood pulp with 35% recycled paper fibers. Cardboard boxes can be used multiple times before they are recycled. For example, Frito Lay, a client in Indiana, uses their cardboard boxes five times for shipping packages of snacks. When the boxes are no longer crisp and clean and strong, Frito bales and ships the scrap cardboard for recycling.

Contact a national representative or your nearest facility for more information.

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In this new video, Paul Simonetti takes us inside the warehouse of System Beauty. System Beauty is a third party logistics provider exclusive to the beauty industry. Therefore, the Company provides clients with logistics and shipping for beauty products. Beauty products fill the entire warehouse of System Beauty.

CEO M.C. Johnson explains, “Quite often throughout the year, System Beauty requires the service of a destruction company.” We use a destruction company for many reasons. Retailers return products that are damaged or unsellable. Moreover, returned products may have expired. Further, instances of manufacturing defects do occur. “It is critical for us to have a great destruction company such as Green Planet 21 to make sure those products don’t get out to market.“

Green Planet 21 processed the entire 26 pallet load by lunchtime. We crushed these products for total destruction. The baler applies enormous crushing force. As a result, the beauty product containers burst. The liquids soak into the packaging as the products are baled.

At Green Planet 21, we destroy many types of products. There are several methods we use to crush, shred or slice products. For various destruction projects, we use powerful shredders capable of reducing material to bits that are smaller than 5/8ths of an inch. Large guillotines to slice and reduce flexible products like tee shirts, rolls of material, or large soft plastic containers. Depending on the client needs, we alternatively separate the cardboard for recycling.

To learn more about product destruction and creating an ever more sustainable business, call us today.
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Our customer delivered the drones to us for product destruction. Product destruction is a service we provide when products cannot be sold. Customers want to recycle as much waste as possible. It may be that the product does not work, there were production mistakes, packaging problems, returned products no longer sellable, or, for some other reason that the distribution centers or manufacturers are storing unsellable goods. Our customers do not want any of their products that do not meet quality standards to leak out into the marketplace and potentially damage their reputation or the brand associated with their manufactured products. When we destroy product, we recycle as much as possible of the materials involved.

Gordon Rogers, the CFO of Green Planet 21 has long been supportive of Clausen House. He currently serves as the President of the Board for the local Oakland non-profit that works to help developmentally disabled adults live more independent lives. Gordon saw that this destruction project could become a job training lab for Clausen House. The pilot program for training in recycling was developed with Clausen House Executive Director Jaynette Underhill and Supported Employment Director Veronica M. Santana of Clausen House and Avi Pogel and General Manager Michael Swernoff of Green Planet 21.

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Product destruction goes like this:
A customer contacts us because they merchandise they cannot sell. Most of their manufacturing goes well but a few of their gadgets don’t work. Something fell off the assembly line and became dented. Possibly, the packaging came out printed incorrectly. Or, someone else has produced a low-quality knock-off of their trademarked line. They have captured those low-quality knock-offs and need to destroy them. There are lots of reasons but the need is there.

When you need product destruction, we can do it. When a customer arranges delivery of flawed products or overstocked goods, we can slice, shred, or crush them. Sometimes, we need to partially disassemble packaged goods in order to recycle paper or cardboard, or plastic.

Product destruction is often superior to tossing flawed products into a dumpster and hoping they get to a landfill. The producer is liable for unintended outcomes. Dumpster divers do dive in for attractive items to sell on Ebay or Craig’s List. Actually taking the step to destroy the product may be the best choice.

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The volume of your scrap recyclables will determine how best to handle what you generate. Track your scrap volumes every month by weight to prepare to earn and save more money. Compared to a compactor, being able to bale at your location translates to a higher price for your tonnage and lower freight costs and that more than offsets the minutes it takes to tie and stack a bale.

If you collect 20 tons/ month, a baler is the most efficient way to handle your scrap. There are several types and styles. Businesses frequently start with a downstroke baler like the one in this video. Scrap is loaded and compressed until there is 600-800 pounds of OCC in the chamber. Next the bale is tied with wires, ejected, stacked, and stored until a full trailer is ready to be shipped to our facility for processing and shipping to the paper mill.

Compactors are also used to collect specific types of scrap, usually OCC or office paper, production scrap, newspapers, etc. The compactor tube or box is gradually filled with 3-6 tons of scrap that is fed into the compacting mechanism, sometimes with a cart tipper.  Most of the compactor boxes we use will hold 4 tons, maybe more. The compacting machinery uses 31-43 psi as it presses the material deep into the box or tube. In some locations, electronic monitors use text messaging to alert the recycling team when the compactor box is nearly full and will soon need to be swapped out for an empty one. The full compactor is driven to our recycling facility where the contents are baled then shipped to a paper mill to become new paper products.

Watch a compactor with a tipper in this video:

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Our much admired Joe Martinson knew of a company with a product destruction problem. Joe asked Grey Weaver to solve it. The problem had some extra parameters for product destruction.

Company “X” works internationally to design, license, produce, and market products focusing on the kawaii segment of Japanese popular culture. They were storing 32,402 garments that, for reasons we do not mention, they planned not to ship to stores or sell. There were 21 pallets and 601 boxes stuffed with cute and comfy hoodies, T-shirts, team uniforms, caps, and more.

We knew Company “X” needed some time-sensitive destruction and Grey worked with their Import and Global Transportation Manager. The destruction job had to be done fast, within ten days from Grey’s initial contact with the client. Four of those days were on weekends.

At first, Company “X” requested onsite destruction. We destroy paper and electronic records onsite throughout seven western states but products generally require the most powerful shredding systems, those that are housed inside our facilities. So, we arranged for the client to watch the destruction in person at our facility.

In addition to the short notice, the exact timing and the specifications of the client’s needs changed several times during the days Grey worked through the best plan for how to destroy the goods and the terms of agreement. More adjustments followed. In accordance with the customs requirements for the goods to pass through without complications, the client required highly detailed lists describing the lots and the exact methods of destruction.

When the product destruction was to begin, the Import and Global Transportation Manager followed the goods as they were trucked to our facility and watched as the project unfolded. She saw the cartons being unloaded and opened, the goods being fed into our Oakland shredding machinery, the scrap fabrics exiting the system, and then being conveyed into the baler. She left with documentation detailing the destruction of all of the products. Every one of the initial difficulties gave way to a very pleasant experience and the client was grateful. Below was part of her thank you message to Grey:

Thank you very much for letting me witness the destruction. You guys are great! You do an awesome job. Loved the experience. And you are very nice, hospitable and entertaining. I’m really glad you are my contact there.

Thanks for all your help Grey.

Grace Padilla
Import and Global Transportation Manager
San Francisco Bay Area
SANRIO, Inc.

For more information, contact Grey Weaver 510-384-9408

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For destruction, our plant in Salt Lake City is one of our most advanced facilities. We have several equipment options with which to destroy a variety of materials. We have a multi-shred system for labels and documents. We have a self-contained grinding system for larger plastic and metal items. We have a crusher for the even larger items that just need to be rendered useless so they cannot be sold elsewhere. We are also more advanced on our capability to recycle what is left after destruction. The packaging items we destroy are tough to recycle for most companies. We are able to recycle some products and resell the ground materials for the production of new products. Resale of materials means lower destruction costs, often a 50% savings to our customers.

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Everywhere around the country, manufacturers have products where something has gone wrong or someone has made a mistake. Instead of burying them in a landfill at high cost, it is often viable to depackage and shred the product and recycle as much of it as possible. We guarantee destruction and prevent packaging, outdated product, and returns from being reused on the open market.

For more on how products or any type of information can be securely destroyed.

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