Save Your Wrappers, Save the World

Biowheels will now assist in saving your post-ride wrappers from any performance bar that you can find lying around. Terracycle will help turn them into worthwhile products. Check out the link, and start saving your leftover waste to turn in at the shop. Here’s a copy of the press release from Terracycle and a link to the website.

http://www.terracycle.net/cbb/cbb.htm

BERKELEY, CA (BRAIN)—Clif Bar and TerraCycle have announced the nation’s first program designed to reduce the amount of energy bar wrappers going into our landfills, while educating people about the benefits of reusing waste materials.

Together the companies have created the Wrapper Brigade, which will donate two cents to charity for every used wrapper collected by individuals and organizations.
The collected wrappers will be fused and woven into a strong material, which will then be used to make backpacks, gym totes and other products. These items are expected to be available at major retailers by early next year.
Clif Bar is sponsoring the program and TerraCycle is providing product collection and reuse expertise. Both partners recognize that millions of energy bar wrappers are discarded each year. Together they want to help make reuse rather than disposal the norm for used wrappers.

There is absolutely no cost to participate. Within one to two weeks after signing up, you receive four collection bags that hold 200 energy bar wrappers each. You simply mail the collection bags back to TerraCycle and designate the charity you want to support with your wrapper donation. All shipping fees are covered by the program to encourage people to collect as many wrappers as possible.

Mitchell Memorial Trail Build 1-12-08

My skin hurts! A buddy of mine used to say that the morning after a night of drinking with the boys. I kinda feel that way today. It’s two days after a mountain bike trail building day at Mitchell Memorial Park in Cincinnati. After swinging a Rhino for nearly 4 hours, my hands feel as if I spent a night hanging from a flag pole over downtown traffic gripping for dear life. For those not in the know, a Rhino is a hoe on steroids and is used for bench cutting trails by hand. If you have a non-manual labor type job, you owe yourself to swing a Rhino for a few hours to make you remember how good you have it.
I strained that little muscle on my palm at the base of my thumb, pretty sure that’s my monkey touching muscle. Afterward, a friend of mine had trouble holding onto a cup of Starbucks. We both have a bad case of woosie hand. While we both may not be able to grip a pen for the next few days, it was well worth it.
The group of 30 to 40 Cincinnati Off Road Alliance (CORA) volunteers surpassed their goal and brought the trail to where they thought they might be by the end of February. CORA is a chapter of the Ohio Mountain Bike Association (OMBA), which is a member of IMBA. Cora, Omba, Imba. Chant it three times fast. The bunch was excited at the prospect of riding the trail as soon as early summer. When completed, the 4 mile trail will be the first official mountain bike trail in Hamilton County.