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This last week, my children returned to school. I was careful to re-use as many items that I had and only buy what I needed opting for items that I could recycle at the end of their lives. I had it with the typical plastic coated binder that ended up in the trash heap at the end of the school year.
I even went so far as to call out Avery Dennison,and ask them to start a take back program for their binders. (P.S. Despite my numerous emails and phone calls to my public relations contact at the Company, I have yet to receive a return phone call. I guess they just expect me to go away. For a Company like Avery who is engaging in so many sustainable efforts, they get an F in my book for public relations.)
I refused to buy new pens and pencils since we had enough to give to everyone in the town. Have you ever realized how many pencils and pens you own? They are like rabbits. Before you know it, you acquire a dozen new pens and pencils, and you have no…
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