Recipient of the 2010 Western New York Green Business Award

2009 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring RubberForm Recycled Products, LLC upon the occasion of its designation as a recipient of the 2010 Western New York Green Business Award WHEREAS, It is the proud custom of this Legislative Body to honor those businesses within the...

Conveyor Belt Recycling

I ran across this little nugget today while researching our wikiMHEDA headlines. With all the talk still circulating the industry about green technology, I found it interesting. A company in Buffalo, NY, specializes in eco-friendly products, like turning scrap tires...

Discover New Products from Old Tires!

As someone who grew up just a few miles from an old tire dump, I’ve always hoped somebody would find a use for these unsightly, potentially hazardous, and seemingly useless rubber eyesores. Finally, some innovative companies are doing just that, including a new one in...

Creative Thinking Leads to Solving Surveillance Problem

RubberForm’s Sign Bases have a New Alternative Function The world’s largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company has an above ground pipeline running through the terrain in northern Alberta Canada. Eric Hamelin, a wildlife biologist for...

7th Annual Buffalo Enviro-Fair Features Green Exhibitors

BUFFALO, NY – The 7th annual Buffalo Enviro-Fair will be celebrating Earth Month on Arbor Day, Friday, April 26th. New York Senator Mark Grisanti is presenting sponsor of the event.   He issued this statement:   “As the Chairman of the Senate Environmental...

American Manufacturing Has Made Innovative Uses for Scrap Tires

Recycled Scrap Tire Rubber Throughout history American Manufacturing companies have been known for their cutting edge ingenuity.  With today’s corporations and consumers demanding more and more sustainable products made from American recycled materials, manufacturers...

5 Innovative Recycling Practices

How Americans recycle their products and how those products are reused have evolved a great deal from just paper and cans. Introduction of new materials in consumer goods like rare earth metals in electronics and battery components have created the need for new...
LEED Certification – Good for you and the Environment

LEED Certification – Good for you and the Environment

With all the interest in “green” building practices, recycling, and reuse, LEED Certification is the buzzword that ties it all together. But if you’re new to the recycling idea (and a little behind the times), you probably don’t know what LEED...
What’s the Big Deal about ‘Buying American?’

What’s the Big Deal about ‘Buying American?’

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw As you research products, stop to consider what’s important to you.  Look at the labels of the items you buy. Are these products made...
The Importance of Traffic Calming

The Importance of Traffic Calming

Installing devices that slow down motor vehicles or reduces the amount of cars traveling down a street is known as traffic calming. For many reasons, professionals, such as, transportation planners or traffic engineers, implement strategies that force safe driving....