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How
to turn a milk jug into a collector's item
In the market for a good sturdy wagon?
Try Plastic Lumber Specialties Inc. If you can't imagine
pulling your kids or carting tools in a plastic wagon,
a visit to the Glen Allen show room may change your
mind. For a limited time, the company, which specializes
in plastic, maintenance-free building materials such
as fences and decking, is also selling wagons.
But these are no ordinary wagons. The
green and tan Earth Wagons are bona fide Radio Flyers®.
If that's not enough to make the little cart an instantclassic,
how's this? They're made almost entirely out of recycled
milk jugs. An exact replica of the famous Town &
Country model except in color, the wagons are extremely
durable says the company and won't rust, rot or need
painting.
"People who come to our showroom to purchase [other]
products see the wagon and fall in love with it,"
says co-owner Leslie Clanton. Besides being used as
a regular wagon, schools and municipalities have purchased
the wagon to teach people about the importance of recycling.
Environmentally conscious Plastic Lumber Specialties
is the nationwide distributor of the Earth Wagon, which
sells for $129.99 and can be purchased through its Web
site, www.earthwagon.com. Clanton says that while Radio
Flyer® may continue to make plastic wagons, the
Earth Wagon (made of 230 plastic milk jugs) won't be
manufactured again.
Yet given the fact that not too many people know about
the Earth Wagon, Clanton still has a supply. "Right
now they're a little hidden treasure," she says.
- Leila Marija Ugincius
Return
to Virginia Business - November 2001
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