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Recycled Bracelet - from Inner Tubes and Flip Flops

Thursday, August 21st, 2008


Created from recycled flips flops, accented with metal studs put together on a recycled rubber inner tube. Allows you to put a little color in your bling with punk rock crossing new wave with a little earth goddess thrown in for good measure.
$30.00 at eco-artware.com

Back to School - Recycled Lunch Bags

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

It’s that time of year again …back to school! Bring your lunch and save the landfills from nasty styrofoam take-out containers and save yourself a ton of money. Look fabulous with several earth friendly options from ReusableBags.com.
This eco-friendly recycled cotton lunch bag is made from pre-consumer cotton “table waste” clippings. These clippings are gathered from cut and sew facilities and would otherwise be hauled off to the landfill.


$5.95 at Reusable Bags
If you want a bag that will keep contents colder longer, check out this recycled PET lunch bag. 90% of this bag is made from post-consumer recycled plastic bottles and containers. Comes in 3 colors and has a 100% lifetime guarantee.

$9.95 at Reusable Bags
If you like to carry a REALLY Big lunch and colorful is your signature. This bag is made from recycled juic packs by a women’s cooperative in the Philippines.

$30.95 at Reusable Bags

Recycled Newspaper Handbags from Ecoist

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008



Love these Fair Trade handbags made from recycled newspaper and organic cotton. Created by a co-op of 32 women in Brazil. Ecoist are the folks that made the candy wrapper bag famous….their bags are great quality and fashionably earth friendly.
Prices vary from $129.00 to $249.00 at Ecoist

Comsuming with a conscience - Wavyo Designs

Friday, August 8th, 2008



Made from 100% recycled PET plastic bottles with a big ole earth friendly saying on the side for you to lug your stuff while showing your colors. Wavyo is a women-owned company started by three friends who love to create and are striving to do something to help the world in which we live.
$46.00 at Wavyo

Hong Kong Willie - Keeping it real and out of the landfill

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008



Hong Kong Williei is an artist cooperative in Tampa Florida who work with recycled materials trying to make a positive difference in this world.

$350.00 at Hong Kong Willie’s Etsy Shop

Recycled Inner Tube Scissor Pouches

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Scissor Pouches

Scissor pouches as unique as you are! These eco-friendly bags are created from inner tubes rescued from the land fill and hand crafted in the USA.
$139.00 at Worn Rubber

Acorn Studios is now GeekWare!

Friday, July 11th, 2008

recycled jewelry
Handmade from vintage MAC keyboards from the 80’s and 90’s. Shout your mac geek pride from the mountaintops and wear it around your neck at the same time. Previously know as Acorn Studios, Nicola has relaunched as GeekWare. We think she’s awesome no matter what name she works under! Check out her amazing hand made recycled computer jewelry and accessories.
$14.95 at GeekWare.ca

Recycled Floppy Diskette Bracelets!

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

recycled jewelry

Only for the eco-brave! This wild and crazy bracelet is designed by: Oxx-An Alleweireldt. A true fashion statement for the gal who believes that recycled plus floppy equals beauty!
£55.00 at Pure Design Company
recycled jewelry


Created by hand this flower-like form is eco drama made for the wrist!! Its original humble beginnings are wonderfully masked behind its new funky upcycled style.
£45.00 at Pure Design Company
Found at Keetsa

Bags Created From Recycled Mosquito Netting

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008


A nice big bag ..15.5” x 15” x 4.5. with a bunch of pockets inside for your “stuff”. This laptop bag is made from repurposed outdoor mosquito netting, as well as post-consumer waste recycled trash bags, with lining of repurposed industial waterproof tarp by a group in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This baby will last forever!
$75.00 at Three Stone Steps
Available in five colors.

Recycled Coffee Bean Bag for the Market

Friday, May 30th, 2008

coffee bag
The best part about these bags that are made from recycled coffee bags are that they are sewn up via a vocational training program at a women’s correctional facility in Shakopee, MN. Help your fellow humans.
$15.95 for bag on left and $14.95 for bag on right at Providence Coffee

 

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