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The Pink Cart Rolls into Select Meijer Stores

September 27, 2010 – 4:46 PM

Mom went to Meijer to buy a Pink Cart!

The bright pink rolling trash cart that has captured the hearts of online shoppers
has gone retail! Yes, you can still get Pink Carts through local haulers, distributors, or purchase a Pink Cart online, but some of you can also simply go to your nearby Meijer and buy a 64-gallon Pink Cart along with a gallon of milk or a couple cans of paint.

The 64-gallon Pink Cart can be found at these Meijer stores.

Meijer now has another product to add to your shopping list. The cheery pink trash cart on wheels, 64-gallon in size, is now sold at these participating Meijer stores in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio. Look for them in the aisle with other plastic storage containers, displayed like this. You can’t miss them!

Meijer and Pink Cart join with you to raise breast cancer awareness.

Unless you’re a brand-new visitor, you know that for every Pink Cart sold, Cascade Cart Solutions (CCS) donates $5.00 to the American Cancer Society (ACS) to help raise funds to promote breast cancer awareness programs. CCS and the ACS welcome the participation of Meijer in this effort to raise awareness and increase the number of women who catch breast cancer early, helping to stop a disease that affects 1 in 8 women nationally, claiming 41,000 beautiful lives each year.

So roll into Meijer and roll out a Pink Cart!

There could be a Meijer near you that wants to help kick  cancer to the curb! Add a Pink Cart to your shopping list, keeping in mind that they also make a great gift. A 64-gallon Pink Cart, while dainty compared with the 96-gallon rolling Pink Cart distributed by many trash haulers, may still be too big for your trunk. So take a friend with a truck,  suv, van or trailer – and remember, you can buy more than one!

 

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Survivors, Fighters and Supporters help make the Pink Cart a big success at Waste Expo

May 7, 2010 – 4:12 PM

This week, Pink Cart made its debut at Waste Expo in Atlanta, Georgia. The Expo is one of the largest tradeshows in the waste management and recycling industry, and we were inundated with questions from hundreds of attendees and exhibitors wanting to know how to get the Pink Cart. Our Pink booth became a place for people to pair their personal experiences of breast cancer with their professional lives, and we were humbled by the stories they shared with us.

We are survivors

In just the first two hours of the Expo, one of our representatives said 27 women came into the Pink Cart booth and told him they were breast cancer survivors. He stopped counting but the stories kept coming. Many were employees of waste and recycling hauling companies who wanted to hear our thoughts on how they could make the Pink Cart available to their customers and their community. These survivors were passionate about using their influence in the industry to make a difference in the lives of women and their families across the country!

We are fighters

More women came in looking for information on how they could get one or two Pink Carts for themselves or their friends. They often said “this is a great project” or “these are beautiful carts!” After we told them they could buy a Pink Cart online at www.thepinkcart.com, some had even more to say. One woman told us she was just diagnosed with breast cancer in September and her best friend was undergoing lumpectomy surgery that very day.  Many said they were touched by the project and that it gave them a boost of strength and determination in their very personal fight to kick breast cancer to the curb.

We are supporters

Many men and women stopped at our booth to voice their appreciation of the Pink Cart project. They were private citizens, small family owned and operated hauling companies, county and city government officials, employees of large haulers who worked in marketing, purchasing, and even legal counsel! They had all been touched by breast cancer. Some were caregivers and supporters to women who are fighting, some were friends of survivors, and others were honoring loved ones they had lost to the disease. All of them were excited to show their support and solidarity with the women in their lives by rolling out a Pink Cart on trash day.

Help create a world with more birthdays

The American Cancer Society says 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. When we reflect on the number of stories we’ve heard since we launched the Pink Cart, we know that this disease impacts more than just the person who has it. It impacts their families, their friends, their colleagues, their neighbors. We want you to partner with us and the American Cancer Society to offer support, resources, and treatment for women and men impacted by breast cancer. Call your hauler today and tell them you want a Pink Cart to help raise funds for breast cancer awareness and prevention! Together we can create a world with more birthdays.

View photos from Waste Expo

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Cascade Engineering offers Pink Waste and Recycling Carts for Breast Cancer Awareness

March 4, 2010 – 4:31 PM

Cascade Engineering today announced the launch of the Pink Cart, a new program developed in collaboration with the American Cancer Society (ACS) that will enable households and businesses nationwide to make an important and visible demonstration of their support for the fight against breast cancer.

The signature piece of the initiative is Cascade’s new, brightly colored waste and recycling cart, made from pink plastic and available in 35-, 64- and 96-gallon sizes. Under the terms of the Company’s exclusive licensing agreement with ACS, $5 from the purchase of each Pink Cart will go toward supporting ACS’ breast cancer awareness programs. Cascade plans to offer the program through arrangements with waste haulers and local municipalities, as well as directly to residential and commercial customers at www.pinkcart.com.

“The Pink Cart is poised to transform America’s curbside palette, providing an innovative way to get involved in raising awareness about a disease that continues to take an enormous toll on women’s health,” said Jo-Anne Perkins, General Manager of the Company’s Cascade Cart Solutions business unit.

“In addition to reflecting Cascade’s longstanding corporate focus on making a positive social and environmental impact, the Pink Cart program is about a cause that is close to the hearts of many on the Cascade team. That connection has served as a powerful motivation as we developed this new opportunity for people to participate in the fight against breast cancer, highlight their own experience with the disease and encourage others to join in the cause.”

Cascade’s pink waste and recycling cart evokes ACS’ powerful pink ribbon symbol, which is widely recognized as a way to honor breast cancer survivors, remember those lost to the disease and support the progress made in defeating breast cancer. In 2009, more than 190,000 women learned they have breast cancer, and more than 40,000 died from the disease.

The Pink Cart program is the latest innovation by Cascade Cart Solutions, a solid waste and recycling industry leader that has developed and manufactured millions of injection molded solid waste and recycling carts for use in residential and commercial applications. Because Cascade places great emphasis on environmental awareness, all of its solid waste and recycling products are 100% recyclable. The Company is the developer of the EcoCart™, an eco-friendly collection cart that utilizes the highest post-consumer recycled content in the industry and can incorporate “smart” asset management capabilities through the addition of a barcode or RFID tag.

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