Here's a great
article from Reuter's about the greening of corporations. The newest thing for companies to do is to figure out how to upcycle their waste -- especially waste that is not yet recycleable.
Terracycle is a great example of this. They upcycle soda bottles, cookie wrappers, juice pouches and the list goes on and on! If you belong to an organization (school, office, club, etc.) that's interested in sending your upcyclable items to terracycle, check out this
section of their site for details.
Everyone can do a little bit. Whether it's shopping for items with less packaging to start out with or finding something productive to do with what might go to the landfill or recycle bin.
I make purses and jewelry from junkmail and magazines. This
brooch is made from the insides of reclaimed security envelopes.
This
clock is made from a reclaimed cookie tin, extra buttons, broken jewelry pieces and her hair is made from magazine pages and junk mail.
This
clutch purse is made from magazine pages and junk mail.
What will you start doing this month that makes your habits greener?
The valuable metals Gold, Silver and Bronze are reclaimed from old TVs and computers to create Olympic Medals his year. What an awesome idea! LOVE IT! Although the medals also have other medals mixed in -- they're gorgeous. I love that the Olympics went out of it's way to be green! I wish more groups would take these kinds of steps.
