Hope you are all having a wonderful fun summer! I have added some new green items to the studio that I would like to share! First of all I am so happy to have finally found a biodegradable recloseable baggie!
If you have ever ordered jewelry from me your item came in a plastic baggie! And although I meant for this baggie to be reused as it can help you keep your jewelry item from getting tangled in your jewelry box and it also can help prevent tarnish, as exposure to oxygen accelerates the tarnishing process especially on sterling and copper items...it was still regular plastic! So after searching for ages finally I found a recloseable baggie that is oxo biodegradable plastic which means that instead of staying as is in a landfill for hundreds of years if it is thrown out it will biodegrade in a matter of months! You can recycle it with your regular plastic items as well! They are working on this process so that eventually it will also be compostable! I still wish it was something besides a plastic but it is definitely a step in a the right direction! Yay! My conscious is clean(er)!
Some other green improvements around the studio are that my new business cards are now 100% recycled paper as are the recipe cards! You can get these babies at Vista Print. They now offer 100% recycled paper on their business cards etc. for a bit more...but is is worth it!
Also in an effort to reduce paper the Care instructions for each jewelry item is now located on the back of the business card that the jewelry is attached to in the baggie.
As a little reminder, my gift boxes that I have been using for some time are 100% recycled and are made with 70% post consumer paper! Yippee!
I also now use a paper raffia bow instead of a ribbon so that if it gets tossed instead of reused it is recyclable!
My regular office paper that I use for other printables is also 100% recycled and you can get this at your local Office Max (They usually hide it on the top shelf.... so be vigilant and do not settle for the 30% recycled one that's at eye level...along with all the other virgin tree paper).
If you have not heard of Terracycle you must check them out! They have all kinds of awesome recycled stuff! I use the pens in the studio for taking notes throughout the day...these guys are made out of corn and are biodegradable! I do not see these on their website at the moment but please check out all their recycled goodies at Terracycle!
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