Recycling Paper Products including Note Cards and Thank You Notes

LovelyLabels.com prints a lot of paper, whether it is used for address labels or note cards or thank you notes, we go through a bunch. Here's a startling statistic, paper is the number one material that we throw away. For every 100 pounds of trash we throw away, 35 pounds is paper. A good portion of that is newspaper, but consider all of the paper used in our classrooms, such as notebooks, posters, artwork construction paper, and on and on.

The Energy Information Administration offers these benefits to our society when we recycle items such as paper, glass, metals and plastic:

1. Recycling saves landfill space. Think of all the space that would have been taken up by glass jars, plastic containers, newspaper or metals, if we did not recycle.

2. Recycling creates jobs. Workers are needed to collect, haul, process and sort all of what is set aside for recycling purposes. How about all of the chemists, engineers and machinists needed.

3. Natural resources. This is perhaps by far the most important. With more and more people consuming more and more products, conserving our Earth's natural resources becomes ever more important.

Recycling must be woven into the fabric of our lives so that our children make it a part of their everyday thinking process. "Mommy, where do I put this glass jar or plastic milk jug, I do not see any recycling bins available?" Educating kids at a young age and modeling it ourselves is just as important as setting up the recycling program itself in our school or place of business.

Note cards and greeting cards offer a great way to share your thoughts with family or friends. Jot a note or simply draw a picture. Send a personalized thank you card for your child with a fun image on it that expresses your personality. Just visit our fun personalized stationery store and select note cards or thank you cards. You can find some other stationery ideas while browsing our unique categories at LovelyLabels.com.

Make it a Great Day!

Kim Hummert