Rehrig Pacific Introduces Organics Cart

Rehrig Pacific Company, Los Angeles, has announced the introduction of its new 40-liter Organic Cart to the U.S. market. The cart was first introduced in the Canadian market in early 2004 as part of the Rehrig Pacific's continuing collaboration with municipalities’ research efforts to more efficiently collect and manage organic waste.   

“Rehrig Pacific has been one of the pioneers of the organic collection program in Canada for the past six years,” Paul Speed, Canadian sales manager for Rehrig Pacific, says. “Nearly a million Canadians are already using our products. We’ve listened to their concerns and worked closely with haulers and collectors, as well as the municipalities, in designing our new 40-liter Organic Cart to be both highly functional and attractive in order to appeal to the consumer in an effort to encourage recycling of organic materials.” 

A press release from Rehrig says the reinforced 40-liter Organic Carts are constructed using the company's durable, high-density polyethylene resin and high-pressure injection molding techniques that assure long-term use and continual cost savings. The pre-assembled carts are well balanced, have no internal catch points and are designed with multiple grab areas for ease of handling. 

Additional features that make the carts more user-friendly include nest stops that prevent the carts from sticking together when stacked; four ground contact points that provide increased stability; and lid locking mechanisms that make the carts highly rodent resistant.  The carts can also be "hot stamped" with corporate or municipal logos or slogans like other Rehrig curbside collection carts and recycle bins.   

“Our involvement in the Canadian composting programs has evolved along with the country’s efforts to control organic waste,” Speed says. “Rehrig Pacific put a lot of user oriented research and development time into the design of this new cart, which yielded a clever snap-on handle that rotates upward like some carry-on luggage to make it easier to tilt and roll the cart out to the curb. I like to think of it as a marriage of functionality in the home with a street-tough design.”