Bag It!

Inspire and Inform! I recently watched this wonderful documentary called "Bag It" on NetFlix! It is very informative and gets you thinking about PLASTICS! Now I am going crazy about plastic! I have always been inspired about recycling and upcycling glass, metal, paper, and plastic all about the same...Now, my plastic upcycling is going up full throttle baby! So please stay tuned for some plastic upcycling ideas shared on our team blog! As I mentioned above, this "Bag It" film can be found on Netflix and may be found at your local library...mine in Tulsa, Oklahoma has it! This film starts off talking about the infamous "plastic bag" but then ventures off on everything "plastic". Best of luck and happy upcycling to all!!!

This blog article was contributed by Team Captain Jessica of Eco-Friendly Freckles

Paperless Kitchen Skoy Cloth Biodegradable Solutions

Check out this cool company PaperlessKitchen.com.  They are a new business looking to help customers improve their environmental impact through individual decisions to use sustainable products over paper products.  Take for instance this Skoy Cloth - it is essentially a "biodegradable cleaning cloth".

Skoy Cloth from Paperless Kitchen on Shopify

Tests show this Skoy cloth from Paperless Kitchen breaks down into the earth in a short 5 weeks, and can do the same work as 15 rolls of paper towels!  Not to mention you aren't killing trees, and this little guy can hold up to 15 times it's own weight making it perfect for cleaning up around the kitchen, great on dishes, you name it

Just think of the savings to your wallet and the environment right there.  So just what is it?  The SKOY cloth is a European created product which is completely 100% biodegradable; made from naturally occurring materials like cotton and a wood-based cellulose pulp.

Aside from cleaning cloths and kitchen accessories, you will even find earth-friendly utensils and reusable dinnerware.  Make sure to check out Paperless Kitchen for all things super cool and eco friendly. 

Save the Ants Website Fights for Rights

 

Look what I just found!  The Save The Ants website  which is taking a stand and speaking out for (you guessed it) ants. If you think about it, someone should. Remember the kid in elementary school who used to squish them or trod on them just for the fun of doing so? What about breaking out a magnifying glass and watching them burn to little bits? I always though this was a type of animal cruelty. 

Though we may not spend much time thinking about it, these small and teeny, those little guys have rights too. In fact, ants are an important part of the eco-chain.  Save the Ants reminds us , "An Ant dies every three seconds somewhere in the world, mostly from unprovoked and horrific incidents such as being trodden on, having boiling water poured on them or even being burnt alive by a troubled human child with a magnifying glass. "

Read how they are working to stop that below:

Connect with them on their website "Save the Ants"
On Twitter  at "SavetheAnt"  (no s on the end)

Do you think this is super cool like we do? Share this with your friends and family! Send it to facebook, twitter or talk about it on your own website so the ants can be saved!

 

Eco Friendly Bags and Promotional Items

Factory Direct Promos offers greener solutions for your promotional needs.

Factory Direct Promos is a top manufacturer of customized, Eco-friendly reusable bags and promotional items.  This company provides Eco-friendly solution to cover traditional promotional products that offer a solution to the now-mass produced crap promo items that pose threat and harm our environment.

Perhaps you've been somewhere where a company has been handing out useless freebies, (you know the kind - things you will never, ever use wrapped in plastic wrappers ) and these type things quickly end up in our landfills.  Well that doesn't have to be the case.

Factory Direct Promos offers a whole line of products with more eco-impact on the environment.  Take for instance their reusable bags.  With a minimum order of 250 and quick production time (instock 1-2 weeks, and overseas only 60-90 days), with prices as low as .44 cents each, this can be a earth friendly solution to offering your customers great GREENER products they can use again and again.  Some are made of from 85% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles, others from jute, recycled plastics and more.  You won't just find the regular old grocery bags here but also lunch totes, messenger bags, and stylish tote bags. The ones above are 100% recyclable. What's not to love?

This company has done their research on what to do to provide solutions for our environmental needs. Look at the research done below, and the solution to avoid all this waste:

They offer a large selection of eco drinkware and reusable water bottles.

What can you do with promotional items such as bags or bottles?

• Use them to give your customers at trade shows. 
• Use them as a gift-with-purchase in your boutique or online store. 
• Use them as gifts for the holidays to your family and friends (and promote your business at the same time!)
• Use them as a thank you for spending so much in your Etsy shop!
• Use them as employee giveaways at the holidays.

The possiblities are endless but we are glad to see one company, Factory Direct Promos is leading the way to a greener future.

Check them out now! FactoryDirectPromos.com