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If you're like many Americans, you probably tuned into The Golden Globes the other night to see if your favorite actor or actress took home an award. When Sandra Bullock was called up to accept her award for Best Performance as an Actress for the movie The Blind Side she thanked the director of the movie and her agents at CAA (Creative Artists Agency).
Who is the CAA? The CAA is often called ...{ 0 comments }
Black Friday is over and now Cyber Monday is upon us. For many, pockets are not as deep as they have been in previous years. Perhaps you're wondering how you are going to afford to buy holiday gifts this year or maybe you're looking for a way to stretch those pennies a little further. Discuss with family members of setting a budget or suggest that gifts must be homemade and not purchased. While ...{ 1 comment }
Our friends at Parasol , manufacturer of glass blown hummingbird feeders, have come out with a DVD on hummingbirds. The DVD is 17 minutes of hummingbirds trilling their songs and feeding from Parasols great recycled glass feeders. We're happy Parasol chose the ReSleeve to protect their DVD. A little bird told me that they like it too.
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I have to be honest, I'm never one to watch a ton of movies but I know that there are a lot of people who love going to the theater, people that rent, download and even buy DVDs. In the past we've seen the big box video rental stores pray on the customers who fail to return their DVDs in a timely fashion; surviving on a business model that thrived because of late fees. Then along came online ...{ 0 comments }
Great News For Seattle. IKEA in Renton is now a drop off location for all block Styrofoam. A special thanks to V&G Styro Recycle for helping remove Styrofoam from our landfills. Pick ups can also be arranged for larger quantities. Here's the deal; Styrofoam (block, chunks, bagged peanuts, etc) must be clean and free of debris such as cardboard, film, staples or nails are all ...{ 2 comments }
Moving any time soon? Just the thought of moving brings on anxiety. Besides just organizing, packing, donating and disposing of your unwanted items; there's the box to deal with. You can spend the day going to grocery and liquor stores asking for their old boxes, hit Craigslist looking for recycled cardboard boxes or call Karmaboxx . Karmaboxx is a Seattle based company that takes ...{ 0 comments }
You don't need to have fancy artwork to decorate your RePlay or ReSleeve covers. In fact, we have a ton of bands around the country that have sent us pictures of the ways they have decorated our recycled CD cases . The image above is one of over 100 unique designs that Manhattan, New York band Norden Bombsight has created.
Are you in a band or have a friend in a band looking ...{ 0 comments }
At Sustainable Group , we're passionate about great ideas that inspire change. When we heard about MilkMuny Wallets , we wanted to spread the good word about what this Portland, OR company is doing with recycled waste. While paperboard milk cartons are excepted at many recycling facilities around the country, it's tough to recycle them because of their wax coating. In fact, there ...{ 0 comments }
As I recently learned from my tour of the Waste Management Recycling Facility, they don't take the plastic caps that come affixed to our water, soda and milk containers. The plastics used in these caps have a lower demand in the marketplace. Therefore, they don't get recycled, and most of the time they make their way to the landfill. Aveda Corporation recognized this problem and recently ...{ 0 comments }
Plastic jewel cases are such a thing of the past. They crack, they break, and they end up in a landfill. Sustainable Group's ReSleeve ™ and RePlay ™ recycled CD / DVD holders are the perfect alternative to their plastic counterparts. ReSleeves and RePlays are made from 100% recycled paper waste (85% Post Consumer Recycled / 15% Post Industrial Recycled) and they are FSC Certified ...{ 0 comments }
