Every year more and more customers want to choose a more eco friendly product for their company, nowadays there is an eco alternative in most catagories but whilst they do cost more their carbon foot print lowers so if this is important to you here are some facts below.
A study predicts that by 2025, some 17.5 million tonnes of plastic may find its way into the oceans, We already have the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which covers an area of ocean roughly twice the area of France, is a mass of floating plastic waste that has been collected there by the currents. In some places, it can be up to 10 metres deep!
There are plenty of options where re useable mugs and sports bottles are available and they are made from recycled plastic or plant based alternatives like bamboo or milk cartons and CD's
40% of all waste going to landfills is paper. Cutting down on paper waste will decrease the size of the landfills. Minimise pollution: Recycled paper requires up to 50% less energy to craft, the process of recycling results in 74% less air pollution and 34% less water pollution.
Paper pads, sticky notes and notebooks all come in 100% Recycled Sustainably Sourced FSC Paper and cardboard and is one of the easier options to be environmentally friendly.
Pens made of wheatstraw?? Yes you heard me right we now have pens made from all kinds of materials and wheat is just one of them, we also use corn plastic, cardboard, bamboo and ocean-bound plastic which is plastic collected from coastal areas and re used. Pencils are also available using recycled newspaper and denim so give it a go you have nothing to loose.
