| All companies have a responsibility to be as green as | | | | designers plan ahead for their future use and |
| they can be, regardless of what they produce. In | | | | recycling. |
| recent years there has been a lot of emphasis on | | | | Getting the bikes to the end user can also pose |
| finding the most environmentally friendly | | | | problems for the environment. This is why Trek |
| manufacturing method as well as ensuring the | | | | mountain bikes have reduced the size of their |
| products themselves don't damage the environment | | | | packaging to the bare minimum as well as using only |
| when their useful life is over. You would think then, | | | | 100% recycled, undyed card which can be recycled. |
| that bicycle companies have it easy. After all bicycles | | | | Trek mountain bikes have also pioneered a recycling |
| are inherently green. One company, Trek mountain | | | | programme on their bicycle tyre tubes. When a user |
| bikes, is working hard to make the green bicycle | | | | brings their bike to a dealer for replacement tubes, |
| even greener. | | | | the old ones are recycled to produce sturdy panniers |
| The use of bikes obviously doesn't damage the | | | | for bicycle commuters. At present this scheme is |
| environment, but their production, transportation and | | | | only active in the US, but every little helps. |
| disposal can. That's why Trek mountain bikes make | | | | Trek offer a shining example to other bike |
| each of their bicycles last as long as they possibly | | | | manufacturers: resting on your laurels in the belief |
| can. They are also built in such as way as to minimise | | | | that the product you manufacture is not enough. We |
| impact on the environment. When choosing the | | | | all have a responsibility to be as green as possible. |
| components of the bikes, Trek mountain bikes' | | | | |