School Supplies that are O.P.P.
The “go green” movement has revived slogans from decades ago, appearing on T-shirts that exclaim “Green is the new black”, reusable water canteens that have “Make Love, Not War” and “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”, and now using Naughty-by-Nature’s 1990’s hit “O.P.P.” to make pencil holders cool.
Indeed, if you are buying school supplies (or perhaps you are an office supply junkie such as myself) you may consider dropping by Target to pick up their $1 line of fun recycled supplies.
Terracyle has been taking a number of items such as drink pouches and empty snack containers, which they turn into nifty school folders and these crafty zip-pouches for your pens.
On the same end-cap, Target had these great recycled-paper-barrel pencils.
My indisputable favorite recycled item they carry is this “O.P.P. Other People’s Plastic” tie-dye effect recycled plastic pen cases. If I could have thought of a single reason to buy yet another pencil case, I would have spent the $1 and been thrilled about the purchase. I was disappointed the case does not indicate what percentage of recycled plastic it is, so it could be as little as 10% and largely not that green. Further, the product was made in China. I really do not want to buy “made in China”. If it had been made in the US, I probably would have splurged and bought some anyhow.
Ultimately, before you buy anything, the greenest option is to decide if you really need it at all. If you are only purchasing it because it is “the right price” or because the sexy green appeal, you are still contributing to unnecessary manufacturing, energy consumption, and waste.
Sustainably yours, Ashley Sue
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Hi Ashley Sue,
Speaking of recycled school supply products, check out my recycled kraft paper book covers at http://www.bookcityjackets.com — they’re updated versions of the paperbag book covers we made for our textbooks as kids. This is the perfect back to school item (cool, useful and green) for readers who don’t have drawers filled with paper bags from the grocery stores because they always bring their own.
~Jeremy
http://www.bookcityjackets.com
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I bought those pencils for this year’s school supply list. I really like them. I totally agree; I wish they had been made in the USA. I guess Papermate makes some green ones, too, but they are $1.50 for a dozen. These were hard to pass up for $1/16!! The bags were cute, but we didn’t need one. Also on the same endcap were pocket folders made from unused chips boxes — similar to the pencil bags. Those we bought. I was surprised that none of the items on this endcap were anywhere near the school-supplies section, though! More people might have chosen them.
My daughter would like to get a pencil holder and her friend told her she got hers from Target and now they don’t sell them anymore. Can you tell me where we can buy these now?
Thank you
Susan Neumann