Hard to Recycle: Reuse or recycling ideas for blue gel cold packs?

[Gary Liss]

Apologies for Cross-postings

Do you have any suggestions on how to reuse or recycle blue gel cold packs? A major business receives lots of them in CA and would like to find a positive use for them.

Thanks for any insights you can share!

Gary

Sent via BlackBerry from Gary Liss
916-652-7850, www.garyliss.com

[Nancy Poh]

The UPS Store in South Orange will take them.  They freeze them and use them in outbound shipping.

The UPS Store 

4 SOUTH ORANGE AVE

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ 07079

(973) 821-5380

(973) 821-5379

stor...@theupsstore.com

Found at

http://blogs.rochester.edu/thegreendandelion/2012/07/strong-innovation-cooling-pack-reuse-program/

Extracted: "If your department has clean cooling packs which could be reused, please contact the Recycling Coordinator, Amy Kadrie (585-362-5739)".

Under their “Cooling Pack Reuse Program” they send cooling packs to The Meals On Wheels Association of America and other organizations that they discovered require them.  Ask for their list.

Posted by supplier, Pelton Shepherd Industries

How can I dispose of the gel packs?

http://www.peltonshepherd.com/faqs.php

A: Recycling the products by using them yourself in picnic and lunch box applications is a great way to have an added bonus from your package. Glacier Ice, Ecogel, and X-Cold Brick products are not for application to the body. If this suggestion is not a viable solution, you may cut the product open, throw the gel away (biodegradable over time), rinse the plastic, and recycle it.

Found at 

- reused in cavity wall insulation.

-if the gel is biodegradable can be added to compost to retain moisture.

-donated to nursery schools for children who tend to get bumps and bruises

-people in sports for aches, pains and sports injuries.

-arthritis 

-great to use for a headache

-hunting season for hunters to pack their meat with after their kill

For the diabetic, it keeps insulin cold when the power goes out.  So, great for linning refrigerator.

Suggestions to work on:

1) Gel can be mixed with ant bait to destroy the entire colony.  That way, powdered bait will not get blown away by wind.  See receipe from

http://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/resources/antbait267.shtml

2) Cool the habitat of your pets if you are rearing pets not suitable for your climate.

3)  for the less fortunate - incorporate them into baby's vest or clothing for women with hot flashes and night sweats.  Such vests are being supplied to military personnel and firefighters by http://www.coolvest.com/.

4) Sewn into DIY eye mask

http://alwaysexpectmoore.com/2012/02/lavender-hot-cold-eye-mask.html

I hope these helps.

Rgds

Nancy

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