Do you go that extra mile and make sure to have your reusable mug, cup, water bottle, or cloth bag handy for those impromptu stops? I am sure you won’t be surprised to learn the amount of waste associated with these one time use products. For example, 25 billion paper cups on average are throw away every year by Americans.
By simply purchasing sturdy reusable cloth bags or stainless steel bottles and cups you are reducing the amount of your daily waste tremendously. There are many companies out there “claiming” to be green when, in fact, they are not so green. Therefore, it is nice when I come across a company that is actually trying to do good, and help make a greener impact with other companies.
Factory Direct has been working with corporations, non-profits and small businesses for the last 15 years, providing items like eco-friendly drinkware, seed business cards and greeting cards, recycled pens, USB drives, shirts, lanyards and reusable bags for companies like The Home Depot, The Salvation Army, Marriott and more. Factory Direct Promos has proven their commitment to helping organizations go green.
They started their Eco Life Brand with a vision to manufacture environmentally friendly products that will help companies large and small do their part to:
- Reduce pollution
- Reduce landfill waste
- Reduce toxic releases
- Reduce demand on forests
- Reduce energy consumption
I love that they recently created an info-graph “Why a reusable cup?” To me it is obvious why we should, but to others who may just be beginning their green journey this is a perfect way to explain how their small act of using a reusable cup can can make a difference.
So, why not try to lessen your impact on the planet and learn simple ways that you can make a difference one coffee cup at a time!
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Why Reuse a Cup? via Reusable Bags – Factory Direct Promos
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I am the Good Girl Gone Green. Seeing garbage cans overflowing with recyclables breaks my heart.
Hi Stephanie, both Jason, our company founder, and myself want to say thank you for choosing to write about Factory Direct Promos on Good Girl Gone Green. We hope our message reaches far and wide and it is experts like you, in the green online space, who help us to do that. We hope we can repay you in the future and want to start by listing you on our Green Blogs page on our Facebook.
Shane
It was my pleasure, Shane! And thank you!
Excellent post! Thank you for spreading the word. I LOVE my reusable cups.
I wish more people used them. They make them for hot, cold, smoothies, water, etc. It’s so easy.
It makes me cringe when I see people walking around with those wasteful Starbucks cups! blah!
I never leave home without some sort of cup for those “jus incase moments.”
That is a great info-graphic! Pinned
Thank you so much, Deirdre!
I am all about reuseable cups! Great post!
Thank you, Gabby.
That info graphic is awesome! I honestly had no idea using reusable cups saved that much wood. That is pretty eye-opening.
It is crazy how many trees are cut down!
Thanks for the infographic! I’ll be sharing it on my blog soon. I’m all about spreading the message of sustainability.
Awesome! They willbe so thrilled! Thank you.
It is always good to use reusable cups rather than the plastic ones. I make sure that i have one in my office and i always bring my drinking bottle.
I wish everyone had one at their office, just like you!
Convincing infographic! one paper cup seems like such a small thing, but it’s our aggregate numbers that turn it into such a problem. I’m fortunate that CelloDad makes a roaring good cup of latte that I enjoy at home. But I need to re-think drinks containers for take-out treats from the local café, and on trips. Thanks for the inspiration.
I’m going to bookmark your blog for the future. Keep writing awesome posts like this.