Friday, August 21, 2009

Today’s Green Tip from the Sierra Club: Buy Recycled

Today's Green Tip from the Sierra Club !

Summer vacation is winding down, which means it's time to prepare for new teachers, new classes, and new friends. This week we'll provide green tips for going back to school.

Tip #3: Buy Recycled

Earlier this week, we encouraged you to reuse the supplies you already own. When it's time to buy new items, make sure those "new" paper and pens have a history. Look for paper with a high percentage of post-consumer recycled content. Bargain hunters might want to check out New Leaf's back-to-school sale. Other fun items on the market this year include Greenline's Zebra Eco Gel Pen, which is made from recycled CDs and cell phones. Fleurville's Re-Run Beta Binder is made from plastic bottles.

Share your tips: Where do you buy recycled school supplies?

We can recycle spiral notebooks.  Collect all your notebooks with unused pages.  Then you only need to remove the spring of the notebook and replace it by yarn.