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Who doesn’t love to spruce up their office? Adding candles or a beautiful laptop stand (that doubles as a ventilator) can make us all feel good. But, did know that a lot of the items that you have in the office are made from plastics? Yep, even candles. This can be especially harmful if they’re single-use items or non-recyclable. Thankfully, there are eco friendly office supplies that are made from recyclable materials and can be refilled or composted at the end of their life.
When making choices about what to buy for your office, it pays to look to brands that offer sustainable products. This can help you to reduce your carbon footprint and avoid the need to run out to buy additional disposable items on a regular basis. From plantable pens and pencils to sustainable water bottles, everyone can find something to make their work routine more about reducing and reusing or if you prefer the term- ‘greener’.
DE STRESS Home Aromatherapy Candle Refill Duo
Scentered is wellness brand offering natural balms, essential oils and candles that come in reusable, refillable and recycled packaging. This soothing candle will add ambiance and mindful well being to your home office. Its therapeutic blend of lavender and chamomile (both which have been shown to have a calming effect) is ideal for those who suffer from anxiety, nervousness, worry, etc. It’s time to STOP. INHALE. RESET.
Environmental Impact: This 100% natural, vegan-friendly candle is made with high performance, plant-based wax and essential oils. You can read more about their ingredient list here. All parts of the balm and candle packaging are recyclable. Furthermore, their glass candle jar can be reused and repurposed in a multitude of ways.
Welly Bamboo Water Bottle
Welly is a reusable water bottle brand named after founder Ben Kander’s mom Elly. It is a company that offers highly functional, sustainable, and beautifully-designed products that promote healthy lifestyles. Each Welly Bottle comes with a small mesh infuser that can be used to brew coffee or tea and is guaranteed to keep your drinks cold for 24 hours, or hot for 14.
Environmental Impact: Welly makes it simple and enjoyable to reduce our reliance on single-use plastic by providing high-quality, stylish insulated drinkware that can be used again and again. This water bottle is made with bamboo, a natural, renewable resource and premium grade 18/8 stainless steel. Even better, Welly donates 1% of each sale to water projects that bring clean water solutions to those who need it most.
Upcycled Record Notepad
Jot down your ideas in Jeff Davis’s nostalgic notepad. Any 5″x8″ notepad can be used and refilled. All his products are brought to life by a small team of fabricators in his Philadelphia workshop.
Environmental Impact: The cover is made from salvaged vintage records making it a unique and one-of-kind gift or addition to your list of eco-friendly office supplies. The paper is 100% recycled. And, you can refill with any 5”x8′ notepad paper.
Eco Seeds Plantable Pens
It’s time to replace those plastic pens with plantable ones. You won’t need to bother to get along with the refills anymore. These pens will blossom in your garden after you are done with their use.
Environmental Impact: These 100% recycled pens contain 4x less plastics than regular ones. The best feature of these pens is that they offer a variety of seeds to plant in the soil – seed name is printed in each pen.
Sprout Plantable Pencils
Every year, 15 billion pencils are produced around the world. This is the equivalent of 300,000 trees being used every second. Three American and Danish students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston designed an eco-pencil in 2012 that can grow a plant once you place it in soil. The Sprout pencil is based on the premise that positive change may be achieved by taking little actions and employing basic inventive solutions.
Environmental Impact: These pencils are made from sustainable and certified wood. This means that a new tree is planted for each tree harvested and used to make the pencils. Also, Sprout pencils are 100% natural, non-toxic and they include 10 different non-GMO seeds. Once you’ve finished writing with your Sprout pencil, instead of throwing it away you can plant it to grow fragrant herbs, luscious flowers or even fresh vegetables.
Myeco Designs Plantable Business Cards
Eco-friendly office supplies that promote zero waste are a great way to get your message across. Use these as business cards or note cards to write down your goals, dreams and watch them grow! They are perfect to treat yourself or as a gift for the home office of plant lovers and eco conscious people alike!
Environmental Impact: Each card, which is handmade in Boulder, Colorado, contains seeds from both annual and perennial wildflowers. Plant an entire garden for a baby shower or wedding, or make a wish for yourself every year. Plant as you would any other seed: plant in 3mm deep soil, water every few days, ensure they get plenty of sunlight, allow 1-3 weeks to blossom.
Leibruce Bamboo Laptop Stand
This bamboo computer stand dissipates heat build-up and keeps the laptop cooler than if it were on your desk. It can be adjusted to 6 viewpoints, allowing you to choose the optimal angle for your body and your needs whether typing or reading. You may take it to the office, home, coffee shop, or anywhere else you want to utilize it because it folds quickly and easy to carry.
Environmental Impact: This laptop stand is handmade of natural bamboo, which is considered one of the most sustainable materials out there. Bamboo grows quickly, requires no pesticides, and regrows after harvesting, requiring no replanting. It’s antimicrobial by nature, water resistant, and incredibly durable.
Bycopala Cork Laptop Sleeve
By Copala’s laptop case is designed for notebooks and laptops with a screen size of 13-13.3 inches, making it ideal for MacBooks. Staying away from plastics, all-natural cork and cotton are used instead. The padding protects equipment from bumps, dirt and moisture. It’s also light and easy to transport to school, work, and travel.
Environmental Impact: This laptop case is handmade from cork, which is a renewable, sustainable material. Because it is minimally processed and the materials are all-natural you can recycle the case after use.
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