Green

Recycling Greeting Cards

With efforts to conserve our planet’s resources in full drive nowadays, recycling has become a priority that is being discussed at the corporate level down to the average Joe. It is obvious that recycling what we use can play a positive role in stabilizing the imbalance that has been created by self-centered consumerism from not so long ago. Plans to create green jobs and so on and so forth are being discussed by political heads of state, while corporations insist on going ‘paperless’.

If you step into a greeting card store, you would find cards for every occasion which means that in order to meet the supply of cards that are bought by consumers and distributed, more trees will need to be cut down. Not unless we apply the principle of recycling to the cards that we get throughout the year.

So, how can we recycle greeting cards?

Here are some ideas:
1. Use e-cards from here on when wishing family and friends on special occasions.
2. Use the front portion of the greeting card like a postcard, and send them to your loved ones during the holidays.
3. Use pieces of the front portion or the full front portion to create a pleasant looking background for collages.
4. Use the greeting card to make placemats, coasters, package decorations, index card files, gift tags, fridge magnet clips and the list goes on.
5. If you do not have the time to do all of the above, you can still do your bit for the environment by St. Jude’s Ranch that is a non-profit home for youths collecting old holiday cards for reuse. The address that you can send them to is:
St. Jude’s Card Recycling, 100 St. Jude Street, P.O. Box 60100, Boulder City, NV 89006