Green Options

So a 110 lbs. motor being carried by a EQP $3.17 non-woven 95 gram polypropylene bag. That is not bad.

A number of manufacturers have started to sell preprinted shopping bags in their eco-friendly lines. This bags have a great eco-friendly message to which the Ecopreneurist simply adds their own logo.

A lot of manufactures now have eco-friendly computer mouse pads for sale. And since tech companies - and tech ecopreneurists - seem to always be at the cutting edge of green, these make really good promo items.

The new nonwoven material umbrella with all bamboo shaft from Debco looks and acts like any other umbrella out there.

Finding the right tote is always a bit of a hassle for marketing teams, and with convention season and indeed Earth Day right around the corner, many Ecopreneurists want to make sure their bags stand out in the crowds.

This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of Proforma Simonetta Freelance, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy (see proformagreen.com). John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry.

Debco has likely the most jute bags available from a domestic supplier. Andrew Green of Debco was at this year’s Proforma regional meeting in Dallas showing off a number of their bags, including the E4732 Jute Tote, E4542 Basic Jute Tote, E6708 Laminated [...]

Debco’s 2009 Green Book - focused on eco-friendly and green promotional items - is now available as a .pdf at http://www.debcosolutions.com/EN-US/images/pdf/Debco_Inspirations_USA_Edition.pdf.

We wrote about Gemline’s online green site with its virtual catalog. Well Debco has gone one better (make that three better) and posted three vitual catalogs, their 2008 GIFT BOOK, MAIN CATALOGUE, and GREEN BOOK. Looks like this is the way things are head in 2009, less paper printing, less gas used in shipping, so good for Debco.

This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy (see proformagreen.com). John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry.

Debco now offers a number of lunchtime totes made from at least 25% recycled content. These bags demonstrate the growing trend to make practical, green items available to marketers.

And with the slowing economy I would remind Ecopreneurists that there is likely a much wider audience for these bags as more and more folks are bringing lunch to the office both for economic (it is cheaper than eating out) and health (bringing in healthy foods and avoiding fast foods) reasons.

Simple non woven insulated lunch coolers like the Debco Bag #NW4517 are EQP $3.04 with a one color imprint. The Debco Bag #NW6915 (a square shape designed) are EQP $3.42.  Available in black, red, lime green and royal blue, the bag we seem to be having the most success with is the Debco Bag #NW4694 non woven 100 gram polypropylene insulated cooler pictured to the right. All these bags are made from 25% recycled material, and Debco lists them as biodegradable on the Debco website.

This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of ProformaGreen, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy. John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry.

At the end of September Debco bag introduced the E4827 10oz Organic Cotton Shopper to round out their other offerings in this area of the 6oz and Econo 4oz Organic Cotton Shopping bags. It is good timing considering the end of the year Fall festiva