While the holidays are a time for fun, celebration and memories, if we are not careful Mother Nature is left out of the party.

Try these 4 simple tips recommended by the Green Business Bureau to celebrate a greener Halloween:

1. Consider recycling/reusing costumes from previous years to make new costumes this year.
2. Lower your emissions by buying locally grown pumpkins.
3. If you are holding a party, avoid disposable tableware and other décor.
4. Compost pumpkins and any other food leftovers after the party.

And, as always, recycle those used cans & plastic bottles by using Fibrex Group’s recycling containers! Our Recycle Boxes are a great budget option for those spook-tacular Halloween parties!

Fibrex Group has recently begun carrying the Kidz Collection recycling bins for schools/classrooms. These recycled content, kid friendly recycling units will get kids excited about recycling while in a day care, preschool or elementary school environment. With their eye-catching red, yellow & blue colors and fun graphics, administrators and faculty can get their students to participate in recycling in a classroom, cafeteria, or specialty station setting.

Products included in the Kidz Collection are the Slim Bin container in single, double & triple configurations, the Kidz ClearView 26 gallon receptacle, 7 & 10 gallon Station Sorters, the Dual Stream Recycler, and the Kidz Mini-Sorter 3-in-1 station. Please click here to see the variety of products.

What better way to get kids excited and teach them good recycling habits than at school? This is a wonderful way to show kids that by collecting plastic milk & soda bottles, that those items can be recycled into items such as playground equipment and site amenities for their outdoor areas whether they are home or at school.

For more information please contact Fibrex Group, visit www.fibrexgroup.com or call 1.800.346.4458. Work. Play. Recycle.

The Fibrex Group is please to release it’s new 2013/2014 Envirodesign Site Furnishings Catalog. To check it out, please click here to view the brochure.

Our Envirodesign site furnishings product line - which includes park benches, picnic tables, recycling/trash receptacles, bike racks and message centers - includes a perfect sustainable solution for your park, campus, corporate or hospitality green space. We have combined sustainable design with industrial strength to create an exclusive line of public site amenities. Our quality construction will ensure many years of service even in the busiest and harshest of environments.

Recycled plastic lumber is built to last and features up to 95% post consumer (milk jugs) recycled content. RPL has a wood-like appearance and does not require any maintenance since it does not absorb any moisture. Envirodesign products will never need waterproofing, painting or staining and will never rot, rust, crack, decay, split or splinter. Design makes the difference!!

For more information or to view the entire Envirodesign line of products please visit www.fibrexgroup.com or give us a call at 1.800.346.4458.

Wyndham Worldwide, one of the world's largest hospitality companies, announced that in 2012 it achieved a nearly 12 percent reduction in carbon emissions per square foot of its operationally controlled assets versus its carbon footprint in 2011.

The company, which is working toward a goal to reduce its carbon emissions by 16 percent by 2016 and by 20 percent by 2020, announced this latest accomplishment in its third annual Sustainability Report.

"Advancing sustainability best practices remains among our top priorities not only because it's good for the environment, but because it's also good for business," said Stephen P. Holmes, chairman and CEO, Wyndham Worldwide. "This latest milestone of meaningfully reducing our carbon footprint is the result of collaboration across our organization, including our associates, suppliers, customers and business partners.”

As part of their recycling endeavor to aid in their carbon footprint reduction, Wyndham recently purchased the Fibrex Group’s latest product, the Mobius Flex dual stream recycling containers for their Mount Laurel, New Jersey location. The Mobius Flex is a high-end design receptacle at an affordable price. With its two generously sized compartments featuring molded drop-in openings for collecting bottles & cans, paper products, organics and/or trash, it is perfect for use in high profile settings. Each compartment holds up to 25 gallons and is fitted with a rigid plastic liner. Conserve landfill space, reduce your carbon footprint and go green with Fibrex.

**Portions of this blog were provided by Green Lodging News