http://www.thegreenspotlight.com/2009/11/green-gifts/ short and snappy snippets on sustainable solutions :::: green living, design, building, and business Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:50:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.thegreenspotlight.com/2009/11/green-gifts/comment-page-1/#comment-441 mallory Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:23:42 +0000 http://www.thegreenspotlight.com/?p=395#comment-441 I’ve got a great + super simple tip. The next time you’re purchasing a gift card– go for the electronic (and paperless) option, an eGift card. Each year, 75 millions lbs of PVC is dumped into landfills from plastic gift card waste (Plenty Magazine). That’s an astronomical amount of waste for something that can easily and conveniently be sent virtually. PVC is notoriously difficult to recycle and cannot be tossed into the recycling bin along side your other household items. You must send those pesky plastic cards to a PVC recycling plant, the only one I know of is EarthWorks. For a directory of retailers that offer an eGift card, try http://www.giftzip.com … I’ve got a great + super simple tip. The next time you’re purchasing a gift card– go for the electronic (and paperless) option, an eGift card. Each year, 75 millions lbs of PVC is dumped into landfills from plastic gift card waste (Plenty Magazine). That’s an astronomical amount of waste for something that can easily and conveniently be sent virtually. PVC is notoriously difficult to recycle and cannot be tossed into the recycling bin along side your other household items. You must send those pesky plastic cards to a PVC recycling plant, the only one I know of is EarthWorks. For a directory of retailers that offer an eGift card, try http://www.giftzip.com …

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