Green Options » lanyard http://greenoptions.com/tag/lanyard Posts tagged 'lanyard' Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:57:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Avaline Corn Lanyards http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/08/avaline-corn-lanyards/ http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/08/avaline-corn-lanyards/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:57:13 +0000 John Simonetta http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/08/avaline-corn-lanyards/ 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.

The 2009 eco products are starting to show up. Avaline has improved their eco-friendly lanyard made from 100% PLA (a corn fabric that is biodegradable according to Avaline).

What can I say? It is a lanyard, not a lot of excitement here, but if you are doing an event it is a nice touch to have a lanyard that will break down once it reaches the landfill.

For green event companies these items or similar should be a no brainer. Organic cotton is also popular as are PET lanyards.

At EQP $1.40 for a 1inch wide lanyard pricing is still about your standard cotton units, but this product from Avaline has a clearer reproduction (screen printing) on the lanyard itself.

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