My grandmother has an unusual habit. She buys birthday cards for her family and friends, but she never signs them. Why?
So that we can all use them again. And this is not a post-Inconvenient Truth development. She's done it all my life. While, I admit, reusable cards might seem a little odd, reusable envelopes on the other hand sound pretty reasonable ...
And now, finally, Ecoenvelopes has developed a reusable envelope that is approved by the United States Postal Service. For anyone with a home office, this is a nice way to tread a little lighter.
The envelopes zip closed, eliminate the need for a separate reply envelope, and are manufactured with paper from managed forests and contain up to 100 percent post-consumer waste content.
According to info on EcoGeek, every one million ecoEnvelopes used saves an estimated 250 million BTUs of energy and 37,000 pounds of greenhouse gasses.
You can order samples here.
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You can do the same thing by inverting a used envelope and re-sealing it with tape or glue.
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Very cool! The City of Mesa, AZ, had cool reversible envelopes--they sent your water bill in an envelope that you could origami around to invert into an envelope with their return address on it. I wasn't sure if they had a pay-direct option, which of course would've eliminated any need for envelopes at all.
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Great ideas! resealing and origami. But envelopes in large quantities for business would not be able to glue or tape.
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