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April 18, 2008

BYOB

Filed under: Eco-Friendly,Paper Saver,Recycling — Tags: , — homeoffice @ 6:15 pm

fliptumbleballcolors.jpg   Bring your own bag

Whole Foods Markets will stop using disposable plastic grocery bags on Earth Day, April 22, 2008.

I think that is a step in the right direction and hope other large companies take a similar action soon.  Banning plastic bags is undoubtedly good for the environment. 

Do you have your reusable bag with you when you need it?

If the paper bag option is easily available I don’t think most people will make the effort to remember their bag.

I do not see anything wrong with ONLY using cardboard boxes that stock came to the store in for shoppers who have forgotten their bags.

I hope Whole Foods and others will ad BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag) campaigns to all their marketing efforts.

Hint to Whole Foods- A million dollar prize seems to motivate us to eat a lot of fast food burgers, I wonder if it wouldn’t do the same for the use of reusable bags.

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April 17, 2008

Great Reusable Bag

Filed under: Eco-Friendly,Paper Saver — Tags: , — homeoffice @ 4:16 pm

reusable bag When do you remember your reusable shopping bag?  I think about mine just about the time the clerk says paper or plastic?  UGH!  I think the only answer is to have at least a couple of bags in my purse, but until now I hadn’t seen the right bag.  I think I finally found the reusable bag that will work for me.

What I like about the flip & tumble bag

  • 1) It looks nice. Let’s face it I want to be green friendly, not dirt ugly
  • 2) It fits in my purse. A stretchy pouch makes it a cinch to go from a full size bag to small ball in seconds flat. Stash one in your messenger bag or purse, ready to go, 24-7.
  • 3) It has a nice shoulder strap making it easy to carry when it’s full.

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Never be without your reusable shopping bag again, order your flip & tumble bags today.

April 16, 2008

No More Walking for My Fingers

Filed under: Eco-Friendly,Energy Saver,Paper Saver,Recycling — Tags: , , — homeoffice @ 5:32 pm

 okay  Do paper phone books keep appearing at your door step uninvited?    I used to take mine right from the door step to the recycling bin mumbling to myself all the way.  Now there is a better way.  If you don’t want your “fingers to do the walking” sign up for this eco-friendly service and STOP receiving paper phone books. 

According to Yellowpagesgoesgreen.org over 500 Million phone directories are printed each year.

The resources needed to produce these books is tremendous

19 million trees need to be harvested 

1.6 billion pounds of paper are wasted

7.2 million barrels of oil are misspent in their processing (not including the wasted gas used for their delivery to your doorstep)

268,000 cubic yards of landfill are taken up

3.2 billion kilowatts of energy are squandered

Yellowpagesgoesgreen.org is an organization working to educate consumers and promote the green movement to eliminate the unsolicited delivery of Yellow and White Pages books. This site is aimed at starting a national movement to solicit the White/Yellow Pages industry to proactively stop the delivery of books or to begin moving legislation to mandate the stoppage of this activity. This movement should be similar to the National No-Call Registry that have stopped and/or decreased the number of unwanted solicitations telephone calls to consumers.

Make your home office eco-friendly green, save some trees and stop receiving unsolicited phone directories.

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