Green Options » cloth pads http://greenoptions.com/tag/cloth-pads Posts tagged 'cloth pads' Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:48:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Get Sewing and Save Some Trees http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/02/18/get-sewing-and-save-some-trees/ http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/02/18/get-sewing-and-save-some-trees/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:48:10 +0000 Becky Striepe http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/02/18/get-sewing-and-save-some-trees/

We use a lot of paper in our day to day, but it doesn’t have to be that way!


[Creative Commons photo by Eunice]

Americans go through 700 pounds of paper products per person on average every single year. That’s a lot of trees! On top of things like paper towels and tissues, billions of menstrual products end up in the bin. In 1988, a field study found that 6.5 billion tampons and 13.5 billion sanitary pads and their packaging end up in America’s waste stream annually. You’ve got a weapon to fight all this waste right in your craft room: your sewing machine or even a simple needle and thread! Here are a few ways you can stitch your way to less waste.

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