Sustainability

Mr. Bamboo Inc. creates durable, solid-strand woven bamboo flooring. Bamstrand has low VOC levels and installs with nails or glue. Bamloc, with no VOCs, installs via a locking design.
www.mrbambooflooring.com
888-672-2628

National Cart Co. recycles 80,000 shopping carts per year. The company retrieves the carts and puts them through a recycling process of repair, cleaning, hardware installation and final inspection. Using a transportation company they swap a store's cart fleet with the recycled carts.
www.nationalcart.com
800-455-3802

Insite and Duraplast biodegradable foamboards from Gilman Brothers contain a recycled-content foam center, formulated with bio resins that degrade in landfills in one to five years. Insite uses an SFI-certified paper liner. Duraplast has a water-proof polystyrene liner.
www.gilmanbrothers.com
800-852-4220

UV-cured UVMax powder-coating finishes from DVUV contain no solvents, VOCs or PVC. The finished MDF panels are made from 100% recycled wood. The MDF is also certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
www.dvuv.com
216-741-5511

A recap of presentations from the 2008 In-Store Marketing Summit

Retailer: Wal-Mart
Location: Shanghai

Retailer: Wal-Mart
Location: Shanghai

Retailer: Wal-Mart
Location: Shanghai

Retailer: Toys "R" Us
Location: Hong Kong

'Green' attitudes don't always lead to 'green' purchases