Environmentally Responsible Advertising Sluggers!

Alright. Finally. The 'Big Guns' are at the plate. Excitement is in the air and everyone is paying extra to see if they can clear the bases....here goes.


First up is a pair of pens from ID Line. Both of these pens, the Goodkind Woody (at the top)and the Goodkind Timbercrank fill all of the categories we established for environmentally responsible pens (see our earlier post here for that discussion). All of the Goodkind Brand pens do. First, they are reusable ... in the pen world, that means that they are refillable. Brass refills, which themselves are made of recycled brass, are just $0.60 ea plus shipping. Second, they are manufactured from sustained yield birch, use a non-toxic varnish and are embellished with laser engraving rather than ink imprinting. Third, the steel clips and crank are made from recycled steel. So, these pens are reusable, sustainable, non-toxic and made from recycled materials. Definitely a pen that touches all the environmentally friendly bases!




Now up to bat is one of our heroes, the RCP from Graphco Line. This long ball hitter features a barrel made from recycled cardboard, which is also biodegradable, and the clip is bamboo...one of the most sustainable crops around. All this environmental friendliness AND it is currently on sale through the end of September! Sale price is $0.44 each plus shipping. Set up is FREE. BOOM...out of the park it goes.

I will try hitting the cycle with environmentally friendly key tags next time.

Steve
www.raggo.com

Hit for the Cycle with Environmentally Friendly Ad Products

Reviewing our categories of environmentally responsible promotional products, we hold that they will be

1) recyclable, reusable or biodegradable
2) renewable, sustainable, organic or somehow do no (or less) harm to the environment when manufactured, or
3) made from recycled materials.

Let's see if we can hit for the cycle with eco friendly ink pens.

Hitting first is an entry from one of my favorite pen companies, Bic. It is the Bic Ecolutions Round Stic pen. With a body made from 74% pre-consumer recycled material, originally used in the production of automotive part trays, it fills the roll of the lead off hitter by getting on with a single...it satisfies category 3 above. It is also currently on sale for $0.29 ea plus shipping through the end of August, but since all 3 of our categories above are not filled by this pen, it is only 'a hard hit single.'









Next up is the Legend from Target Line. This pen's body is made from corn (a renewable resource) based plastics and is biodegradable, so it fulfills both categories 1 and 2 above. Its low price and low minimum order are also very attractive, so we will call this hit a stand up double!


Our sluggers will be up next time to provide us with a couple of 'environmental long balls'. I can't wait to show them to you. Until then...

Steve
www.raggo.com