Recycled and environmentally friendly promotional products
The UK generates approximately 2.8 million tonnes of plastic waste in the UK each year. With this figure rising by about 2% a year promotional products made form recycled plastic seems the way forward. With the promotional industry there has been extensive research into turning recycled vending cups into a number of promotional products.
Many items including promotional key rings, promotional mouse mats, promotional coasters, promotional bottle openers, promotional paper blocks and pads, promotional paper clips, promotional rulers and promotional fridge magnets; all made using recycled vending cups, are now being sold with in the business gift industry.
Eco Incentives bring a fresh approach to promotional merchandise, not only is it now seen as a social responsibility, but also a corporate responsibility with environmental issues constantly hitting the headlines. Promotional items and business gifts which are ecologically sound and environmentally aware.
Supplying promotional items and business gifts which are ecologically sound and environmentally aware today, is an important part of the promotional industry. Promotional products from recycled material means that you can take an everyday, throwaway item that would usually just go straight to landfill and turn into saleable item.
Recycled paper has been an obvious choice from for promotional industry for quite a few years, with the recognised need to protect our trees. For every one tonne of paper that is recycled, up to 17 mature trees can be saved from unnecessary destruction. Recycled paper can be turned into promotional pads, promotional paper blocks, promotional mouse mats, promotional coaters and promotional pencils.
There are a few less obvious recycled materials used to make business gifts such as tyres. Recycled. The environment is helped by promotional pencil cases, promotional mouse mats and promotional coasters all made from recycled tyres. Even recycled CD cases are currently being used to make promotional rulers, promotional pens and promotional pencils.
The eighties and nineties saw a massive boom in the videocassette; now with DVD’s and direct digital TV and films the video is becoming obsolete. The promotional pencil made from recycled videocassettes can only help environmental.
One of the environmental friendly ideas that are very new to the business gift industry is the promotional t-shirt made from recycled plastic bottles.
Not only does the UK promotional business benefit from recycled products but also environmental friendly energy saving items such as the promotional solar radio, the promotional water powered calculator, the promotional wind up radio and the promotional water powered alarm clock.
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Recycled and environmentally friendly promotional products