Recycling is cool, until you realize how much water and energy it uses. Glass and aluminum are relatively easy to recycle, but plastic and paper recycling are not very efficient.
Recently I received a beautiful envelope made from an old map. Brilliant! It’s reusing without wasting water and energy on making recycled paper (creating sludge) that’s trimmed down to an envelope (creating more waste).
Every office I’ve worked in amasses a giant stack of 8.5×11″ paper that’s printed on one side only—meeting notes, bum prints, proofing copies, etc. I got tired of seeing this stack just grow. Here’s a template for making your own envelopes. Just print it on the reuasble paper, trim and glue for an 5×7″ envelope to diminish your paper consumption.
Click here for a link to a JPGor PDF.
2 responses so far ↓
Mel // July 15, 2008 at 1:35 am |
Fabulous idea & template. Thank you so much for sharing it. :0)
J'Marinde Shephard // September 27, 2008 at 8:34 pm |
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to make use of all the (sometimes really neat!) paper that comes though my household.