About Norseman Plastics

Promotion & Education

Resolving Waste management problems is not about new technology – it is about changing attitudes. While technology plays a critical role, without full public support and acceptance, technologies often fail. That is why Norseman Plastics Environmental Products Division surrounds its technology, the Earth Machine™, with a wide range of innovative promotional and educational products.

The Company

Norseman prides itself on its ability to offer more than simply a product or price. Extensive planning experience, promotional tools, educational programs, and successful event management skills have made Norseman the number one company in its field.

Whether by straight delivery, multi-site single day truckload sale events, where tens of thousands of Earth Machines™ have been sold, or by door-to-door set-up and post education, Norseman has transformed the way in which municipalities promote home composting.

We have been involved in more than 3,500 municipal backyard composting programs distributing in excess of 2.5 million Earth Machines across North America and internationally. As a result, Norseman has developed a nationwide infrastructure of trained and experienced full time staff, dedicated only to truckload events. This is to ensure that your event is managed effectively and professionally. Also, independent surveys continue to prove high levels of diversion, participation, and satisfaction using the Earth Machine™.

Norseman is a company dedicated to developing wide-ranging solutions to today’s challenging environmental problems. By partnering with corporations and governments at all levels, we work together and implement effective methods of dealing with these challenges.

The company is also engaged in major recycling programs with companies such as Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, Cott Beverages, and other large beverage and food service organizations in North America.

In addition, Norseman is a leader in the manufacture and distribution of a variety of residential curbside boxes and workplace fine paper containers servicing recycling initiatives throughout the world. With the newest product, the MURFE (Multi-Unit Recycler For Everyone), Norseman is providing an opportunity to increase recycling at multi-family residences such as apartments and condominiums.



Norseman has also led the market in the design, manufacture and distribution of the Kitchen Collector and Green Bin - a curbside organics container for collection of source separated organics. With over 2,500,000 of containers in use, Green Bin programs have yielded soaring resident participation, satisfaction, negligible breakage, and glowing testaments from municipalities. Supported with dynamic promotion and educational tools, a 95% participation rate has been realized with 8 lbs (3.7 kg) capture per household per week.

Working cooperatively with local agencies and governments is the foundation of Norseman Plastics Environmental Products Divisions’ success in helping families, communities and companies deal with waste at the source.