Kids Are Fun
Cards & envelopes made from 100% post-consumer recycled products
Every card and envelope from this line is 100% recycled. The cards feature drawings and projects that my own children have done. I have added some funny and some serious quotes to some of the cards but many are simply the image. All images were scanned into my computer and are then printed on the card so there is nothing extra added to them. These cards are great just on their own!
The back of the card states who created the drawing or project and any information that may go along with the image. These cards come in sets of eight along with envelopes. You may choose which eight you want included in your set. Please see the shopping page for purchase information or check out the cards here.
Why should we recycle? Let's admit it, it takes work sometimes depending on whether your city has a curbside recycling program or not. You have to store the stuff, clean it out and drive it to the recycling center. So why spend our time doing all this? Well here are some really good reasons we should all be recycling:
- Recycling Saves Energy
When new products are manufactured from the raw material obtained from recycled products, it saves a lot of energy which is consumed for the production. When new products are manufactured from ‘virgin materials’, the amount of energy consumed is much higher. Besides, the energy required to acquire and transport the ‘virgin’ raw materials from their origins or natural sources is also saved. Add to that the energy which is required to clean and protect the environment from the pollutant waste products, especially those which are non-biodegradable (plastic) and fill up the landfill areas.
- Recycling Saves Environmental Conditions and Reduces Pollution
Recycling helps in preventing global climate change to a great extent. By minimizing the energy spent on industrial production, recycling also helps in reducing greenhouse gas emission. Some of the major fossil fuels used in most industries include coal, diesel, gasoline etc. All these emit harmful gases such as methane, sulfur dioxide, carbon-dioxide to the environment. The processing of fresh raw material also creates toxic materials which pollute the environment. By reducing the energy used, recycling also minimizes the amount of fuel usage which in turn reduces the amount of harmful pollutants in the environment.
- Recycling Saves Natural Resources
We know that recycling involves the processing and usage of the core elements of an old product for the production of new products. This helps in saving our natural resources to a great extent. For example, once an old newspaper is recycled we do not need to use the resource of another tree to produce new paper products. This way, proper recycling can help us preserve our natural resources for our future generations and maintain the balance of the nature.
- Economic Benefits
Similar to energy and natural resource, recycling also helps in saving a lot of expense, demanded for the production of new products from ‘virgin’ materials. These expenses include the entire production cycle starting from acquiring the raw materials, transferring them from their origin to production places, processing and manufacturing costs.
Recycling process creates employment opportunities for a lot of people, involved in the various stages of the process. This in turn contributes to the economic development of the state or country.
- Recycling Saves Space for Waste Disposal
Most of the landfill sites are filled up with a lot of waste products that could have been recycled effectively. Some of these waste materials belong to non-biodegradable category which takes a long time to decompose. Recycling enables proper usage of these waste products and saves space for landfills. The pace with which landfills are getting filled up, soon we might run short of landfills unless we start following recycling at our own home and spread the word to others. (taken from Buzzle.com http://www.buzzle.com/articles/why-is-recycling-important.html )
So what exactly is recycling? Recycling is reusing materials in their original or changed forms rather than discarding them as wastes. In reusing material or changing material into new materials the environment as well as we benefit from it.
What are some ways that we can reuse materials? Well, here are some really great sites that give you geat ideas:
Last updated April 30, 2010
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