What a summer. Carbon Pawprint & Shifting Gears Pet Products, Boulder County, Senator Heath

Here we are, well into September, and the realization that we’ve been slacking on the postings. A little embarrassing but also evidence that we’re busy and looking forward to our projects with new partners and developing more exciting upcycled product creations.

Sustainable waste management is still the name of the game, and here are some developments:

1. Our Shifting Gears Pet Products Brand was selected to be the Official Pet Products of the United States Tennis Association – Intermountain Region, the Colorado Youth Tennis Foundation and Colorado’s own Racquets For All, a charitable equipment organization. We’re piloting a program in Colorado where tennis waste like tennis balls, divider walls, windscreens, advertising banners and nets can be repurposed or upcycled into new accessories and gear for tennis enthusiasts. As far as we know, it’s the first tennis waste management program of it’s kind and we’re proud to be the only non-tennis brand that is endorsed by the leading tennis organization in America. Congratulations Scott Flora! www.shiftinggearspet.com
2. We’ve been working with three very special ladies who own Carbon Pawprint for over a year to create and produce their Brand and Downward Dog, a line of yoga and animal rescue based pet products and T-shirts. We’re now accepting gently used yoga mats and re-creating a very classy and colorful assortment of leashes, collars and dog bowl placemats. The placemats even come with a functional strap that work when you go to the park with your four-legged companion AND on any standard yoga mat when you’re headed to the yoga studio. If you Doga with a small dog, you’ll want to get one of these! The new website: www.carbonpawprintcreations.com
3. We happily converted some old banners for Boulder County administrators into credentials they will be reusing at their hosted events for months to come.
4. Coincidentally, while we were processing Boulder County banners, we were visited by a staff writer and photographer from Boulder County Business Journal. I believe this is BolderPath’s first appearance and we’re pleased to have a prominent article in their annual publication of the Greenbook. I would have chosen a different main picture, but hey, it’s not like I walk around with that look on my face.

So we’ll plan on writing up some posts that highlight these projects, as well as show you some fantastic sustainable products we produced for TECO / Westinghouse, EcoXOXO, VMware, Ironman and more.

Last week we were delighted to host Boulder’s own Senator Rollie Heath, a man who helped bring Denver International Airport and international trade to Denver and Colorado. He has been an important instrument in expanding venture capital funding and business development in Colorado. I hope we’re going to talk about the state of small business manufacturing, innovation in sustainability and perhaps he knows someone who needs some really nice laptop briefcases.

Individual stories and photos to come.

Shifting Gears Pet Products now available online! www.shiftinggearspet.com

BolderPath makes some of the coolest pet products on the planet. We love our pets, we love your pets, and we love making pet products from the perfect ‘waste’ resources.

We repurpose climbing ropes of all kinds and tennis balls into a full line of leashes, collars and dog toys. Our Shifting Gears brand offers the most durable and extensive line of dog leashes, dog collars and tug toys made from repurposed rope (not to be confused with recycled ropes or products that are made to look like climbing ropes but aren’t.)

Styles available: Regular Rope Leashes in 6ft and 4ft, Thin Rope Leashes in 6ft and 4ft, Slip Leads in 6ft and 4ft, Martingale Leashes in 6ft and 4ft, Quick Release Buckle Collars in Small, Medium and Large, 1-Ball Tug Toy and 2-Ball Tug Toy.

Coming this summer – Chrome Buckle Collars – with a really nice chrome belt buckle and 5 grommets for sizing.

Get your dog leads, leashes and tug toys online now from Scott Flora, owner of Shifting Gears, who recently launched his online retail store – www.shiftinggearspet.com

Mumtaz Marketing & Events reuses hand-painted art to make promo goods

One of Burbank, California’s most prestigious, award-winning marketing and event management boutique firms, Mumtaz Marketing & Events, partnered with us to create some of the most artistic products we’ve ever made. What made this project so artful you ask? Well, the Mumtaz team commissioned a mural artist to paint large format murals on cloth fabrics that were used to make beautiful banners for display at one of their events in Los Angeles. With BolderPath’s help, merchandise made from the painted banners were used to help launch the rebranding of Mumtaz Marketing & Events; we delivered a mix of Laptop Messengers, computer tablet cases and our best reusable shopping tote, The Emporium.

 

The items were a hit at their Grand Re-branding Party and we’re excited to know that repurposed pieces of art are brightening up California – as if it wasn’t colorful enough already. You can never have too much style – party on! Mumtaz now has a new website, a growing team, and lots to look forward to in the years to come.

Microsoft repurposes waste into sustainable products with BolderPath

Microsoft Convergence 2012 Insert Card

This is the story of several companies working together to create sustainable solutions for large conferences and events that have significant waste management demands and that strive to supply truly sustainable promotional merchandise to their delegates, sponsors and attendees. The Video Case Study. BolderPath began serving Microsoft Corporation‘s event directors through a collaboration between key event production and merchandising agencies since October of 2010. We began by trucking in decommissioned Microsoft event signage from that year’s events around the country to our centrally located facility in Colorado. These waste resources, such as unrecyclable vinyl banners, are cleaned and processed so they can be used as a textile in the manufacture of what we call ‘second life products.’ Second life means we keep valuable resources in circulation instead of throwing them away and is synonymous with repurposing, reusing, reclaiming and upcycling when the waste is pre-consumer. With a much lower footprint than recycling, repurposing a waste into a sustainable, long-lasting product is the solution we build for our clients, again and again.

There is an art and science to sustainably remanufacture in the U.S.; and we are the only company whose products are ‘Made in the USA from reclaimed materials’ at a LEED Gold facility with 100% resource footprint transparency. We don’t make tote bags from banners, we create life cycle based designs that transform dozens of waste resources into systemic solutions that benefit our clients, people and the planet.

For Microsoft we proceeded by developing a customized waste–to–product campaign that

Microsoft Convergence 2011 Conference Tote

would repurpose over 88,000 square feet of discarded signage while providing over 21,000 high quality products to event attendees and delegates. We produced a custom tote bag for Microsoft Convergence 2011 in Houston which featured the best, low-cost conference tote ever made from reclaimed banners. It’s almost entirely made from reused vinyl, has an elastic mesh bottle pocket, and adjustable shoulder strap – but most importantly it’s constructed to feature our client’s Brand and to last longer than any tote in its category.

Microsoft Windows 8 loaded Samsung Tablet Case

Later that year after processing more event signage, we delivered custom tablet cases to the  //build/ 2011 conference in Anaheim, the developers show that introduced Windows 8 to software creators for the first time. Attendees received a Windows 8 loaded Samsung Galaxy Tablet that came in our beautifully crafted zipper cases made from Microsoft signage, upcycled micro-fleece liner and foam padding.

Our third project was again for Microsoft Convergence, only the year is now 2012 so we must present something unique with high functionality and stylish beyond expectation. So we customized a stock design to create a sleek Padfolio with maximum organization, a pen slot and great Brand appeal. The entire thing is made from event signage, combining two superior materials in a way that’s never been done before. They’re lightweight, waterproof and have a net negative footprint in a short amount of time of consumer use.

Microsoft Convergence 2012 Padfolios

Most companies won’t even tell you what’s in their product let alone what the footprint of it is. We can tell you exactly what goes into every BolderPath product down to the molecular components, and that it takes less than a mile of driving a car getting 23.4 mpg worth of emissions to create each unique product.

Our progressive business model represents a complete paradigm shift in waste management and product procurement practices. Which is why we’re proud to share our most recent testimonial, which originally was published on the Insert Card inside the above Padfolio which can be seen above; “Built in partnership with one of the world’s leading sustainable manufacturers, BolderPath . . . ” For more metrics and visuals, check out the video of this case study.

Special thanks to Image Source, eCompanyStore and Sunrise Identity, Freeman, Gina Broel at Microsoft and Eden Mack and Jessica Ludders at Sound Planning.

Our project report 4 making #sustainable

Our project report 4 making #sustainable tablet cases to #green #microsoft //build/ 2011 conference is coming #gmic #eventprofs #mpi

Still wondering what to do with election

Still wondering what to do with election yard signs? We need them for a large reuse project. #recycle your #waste, create #green #jobs

@BolderPath needs post-election campaign yards signs!! Contact us to donate your coroplast plastic signs for USA reuse manufacture.

@BolderPath needs post-election campaign yards signs!! Contact us to donate your coroplast plastic signs for USA reuse manufacture.

@BolderPath needs post-election campaign yards signs!! Contact us to donate your coroplast plastic signs for USA reuse manufacture.

RT @corecolorado: Success! How CORE memb

RT @corecolorado: Success! How CORE member @BolderPath has turned waste into products and profits. Stay Tuned for a new story a week! http://corecolorado.org/success-storie…