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Hot or Not? Machine Turns Office Paper into Toilet Paper

Hot or Not? Machine Turns Office Paper into Toilet Paper

A new machine from Japanese company Oriental might make choosing recycled easier than ever, or it could be an expensive unitasker. You decide!

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Eco-Friendly Tissue Tips for Stuffy Noses

Eco-Friendly Tissue Tips for Stuffy Noses

We’re right in the thick of cold and flu season, and if you’re anything like me, this chilly weather is not doing your nose any favors. Rather than relying on paper from virgin forests to clear your sinuses, let’s talk about some better tissue options!

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Etsy Finds to Help You Waste Less in the Kitchen

Etsy Finds to Help You Waste Less in the Kitchen

So we’ve made the switch to recycled toilet paper in the name of saving virgin forests, but it turns out that the bathroom isn’t the only room in the house with the potential for producing lots of waste. Between paper towels and napkins and those sandwich baggies, your poor trash bin can fill up [...]

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Choose Recycled Content Toilet Paper: Save Ancient Forests

Choose Recycled Content Toilet Paper: Save Ancient Forests

What’s your choice for taking care of business? Is it ultra-quilted? Made from virgin paper? If it is, you may be wiping out ancient forests with each swipe of the hand.

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360 Paper Bottle By Brandimage

360 Paper Bottle By Brandimage

The 360 Paper Bottle is a biodegradable, resealable, eco-friendlier plastic bottle alternative. Brandimage works to design, develop, and engineer new products and brands. These Paper Water Bottles are made from 100% recycled material and could transform the plastic water bottle pollution so prevelant today.

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Ecojot: Stylish & Fun Eco-Friendly Notebooks

Ecojot: Stylish & Fun Eco-Friendly Notebooks

Ecojot is a stylish and fun line of writing pads made up of paper made from 100% recycled post-consumer waste.  As the designer Carolyn Gavin explains… NO NEW TREES were used in the process.  This means that your old bills, cereal boxes and yesterday’s news is recreated into these exciting journals, workbooks, agendas, file folders [...]

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Recycled Paper Artwork by Liz Grotyohann

Recycled Paper Artwork by Liz Grotyohann

These amazing paper creations from Liz Grotyohann are made from reclaimed paper products.  Her site, Pica Pica is named for “Pica” a unit of measure in printing and typography, and the Pica Pica: Black-billed magpie, latin name. (See also magpie: Someone who collects things cast off by others) Fittingly Grotyohann creates her beautiful designs from things [...]

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Even Mother Nature Hates Bills

Even Mother Nature Hates Bills

Ah yes, the kind of mail that makes me cringe more than junk mail… bills.  While we still have to pay em there is a way to keep them out of your mail box and save a tree or two, which is nice.  Go electric… receive and pay your bills online.  The Pay It [...]

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