{"id":17941,"date":"2014-09-18T14:41:29","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T18:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=17941"},"modified":"2014-09-18T14:41:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T18:41:29","slug":"yard-full-ski-snowboard-scrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/yard-full-ski-snowboard-scrap\/","title":{"rendered":"What Could You Do with a Yard Full of Ski & Snowboard Scrap?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Though we’ve still got some time, Winter is on the way: we’re already getting a healthy taste of Fall here in the Midwest. For many, that just means cold and dark<\/a>; for others, though, it means skiing and snowboarding<\/a> season is on the way. If you’re in the latter group, you may already be thinking about your winter sports equipment, and whether it’s time for something new. The folks at RAMP Sports in Utah<\/a> are preparing for ski and snowboard season, too – that’s their job – but, first, they have to get rid of the scrap from Spring and Summer production. That’s about a ton of “4-foot strips of byproduct made of fiberglass, bamboo, Kevlar, carbon, and pine-based epoxy,” and its got to be gone by November 1st so the company can ramp up their Winter work.<\/p>\n

Now, for many companies, there wouldn’t be a conundrum here: call the waste hauling service. RAMP runs on green business principles, though, so sending all of this manufacturing scrap to a landfill just doesn’t work for them. Instead, they prefer to\u00a0upcycle that waste in interesting and creative ways. In their first year of production, for instance, they commissioned the Yeti sculpture below. This year, they’re offering a challenge to anyone willing to take it: come up with a way to upcycle all of these scraps<\/a> and have them cleaned out by\u00a0the end of October.<\/p>\n