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25 tons of plastic down, a long way to go: Trek’s new sustainable packaging – CyclingTips
Trek’s packaging materials for its complete bikes and frames have historically incorporated quite a lot of bubble wrap and other non-recyclable plastic —
Treks packaging materials for its complete bikes and frames have historically incorporated quite a lot of bubble wrap and other non-recyclable plastic and given the number of bikes the Wisconsin company sells year after year, that amounts to a literal mountain of waste.
Starting earlier this year, Trek quietly began modifying the packaging for its most popular single model the Marlin hardtail transitioning much of the non-recyclable plastic to more environmentally friendly materials, such as corrugated…
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