Comments on: It’s Only a Paper Meme

By: Change The Tape Troy

Change The Tape Troy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:56:06 +0000

I am sure that you all have already done this. My favorite is paying all of my bills online. No paper statements or bills. All electronic. I cant tell you how much my mail decreased when I stopped paper statements from the bank and other services. Blessings

Troy

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:39:36 +0000

I also always use cloth tablecloths and cloth napkins! Big Lots is a terrific source for beautiful ones. Walmart and garage sales are wonderful too. I just toss them in the clothesbasket with sheets after we’ve used them 3 days. I also use old cloth diapers as rags and worn-out dishtags. We also tear old bathtowels into strips for rags.

By: leonie (chocolate covered musings)

leonie (chocolate covered musings) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:56:14 +0000

hey Christine!

i just found the coolest thing and it reminded me of this post that you wrote – it specifically relates to #4 starbucks on the road.

there’s a company that has just made an “i’m not a paper cup” cup that looks like a takeaway one. i thought it was so neat, i had to tell you about it.

http://www.dcigift.com/product.cfm?productID=763&catID=14

you get so many readers that i figured if you love it too, you could tell them all about it

By: Lin

Lin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:59:10 +0000

for always making my day…I gave you a ‘make my day award’…look on my blog…xx

By: Janie

Janie — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:28:01 +0000

In one of Christine’s posts a few months ago on PMS, a few
women mentioned that they use menstrual cups (Diva,
Lunette and Instead) instead of less-than-earth-friendly varieties of paper-based tampons and pads. Knowing how wise Chrisitne’s readers are, I gave the Diva cup a try and I have been converted. It has totally changed the menstrual
experience! It is no longer a hassle or inconvenience. And although this may sound odd, I now feel closer to the biological process and how amazing it is. Tampons and pads make menstruation a process and a production; the cup is really simple.

The way this ties into the paper meme is that not only
am I saving money in the long run (a form of paper,
too), but I am saving the envronment from the paper
waste of menstrual products, plus not using plastic
grocery bags in the disposal process.

It’s a win all around!

By: Lisa Call

Lisa Call — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:56:39 +0000

Laine – thanks so much for the idea of cloth bags for bulk food! Yesterday as I was filling a huge plastic bags with 2 cups of rice and another with 4 ginger cookies and another with a few walnuts I was thinking there had to be a better way.

My dad used to open all of his junk mail and then print on the back side from his computer. I have a manual for a computer he built for me printed entirely on junk mail.

By: Christine Kane

Christine Kane — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:19:34 +0000

thanks again to all these great commentator types! I’m glad to hear this issue is near and dear to folks! And thanks, of course, to the Dogwood Alliance for joining in on the conversation. For any of my readers who don’t know them – it’s worth a look-see to go to their site… very inspiring!

By: themichellesmith

themichellesmith — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:29:08 +0000

It is so great that all of the major office supply retailers are stocking recycled paper and some of them are going even further. Dogwood Alliance and our campaign partners, Forests Ethics, published an Office Supply report card last year rating the major office supply retailers. Staples got a B and Office Depot got a C+. Eight years ago, when Dogwood Alliance first began challenging these companies all of them would have gotten F’s. Here’s the link to the report card, in case you would like to compare. http://www.dogwoodalliance.org/images/pdfs/officesupplyreport-lowres.pdf Dogwood Alliance accomplishes so much because, obviously, people do want forest friendly paper products and we give people a means of communicating that desire powerfully to those who can effect change — the CEO’s and directors of large paper companies. Now we’re challenging companies to address the Packaging Problem. If you feel passionate about forests, land, water, air and habitat you might like to check out our site. Forests keep us all alive. They are far too important to be wasted for packaging that is used once and thrown away. Peace and fun, Michelle

By: Sid Cullipher

Sid Cullipher — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:15:03 +0000

Christine,

Thank you for giving a shout out to Dogwood Alliance! Southern forests are hugely impacted by the paper industry. Out of 200 million acres of forests in the South, 32 million of those acres are single-species pine plantations converted from natural forests. Approximately 70% of the paper used in the US and 15% of total world paper comes from our Southern forests. Please keep that in mind when you make your paper purchasing decisions. Look for high post-consumer recycled content and FSC certification. You might pay a little bit more, but our forests will thank you.

Sid Cullipher
Executive Director
Dogwood Alliance

By: barb

barb — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:28:18 +0000

I use the plastic bags on the poop patrol, if the dogs err and poop in the house, I use toilet paper and flush it, otherwise, if Hannah’s weak bladder leaks, I use cloth towels and then just wash them. Since many of the poetry places have stopped returning submissions, I am going to start using paper that is wasted at work. at least it will be used twice. cuts my expenses too. My grocer gives me .05 cents credit for my cloth bags. I got a big insulated one to put all the frozen stuff in so I can run a few errands after shopping if I have to.
Alice, I know how you feel, i work in a hospital and all the meal stuff is plastic. I bring my lunch, use my sandwich holder to bring the orange peels back for the compost. great ideas all. just think how this will spread with this blog. thanks ck bb