Eco Promotional Products for Earth Day 2010

It is that special time of year again. The Earth’s birthday, well we don’t know that for sure. So lets call it the Earth’s re-birthday, Earth Day 2010. In honor of our planet and her precious finite resources, Factory Direct Promos is proud to announce the release of new attractive eco promotional products for businesses. These crafty eco promotional items such as custom printed reusable bags made of non-woven polypropylene material or RPET recycled material, business cards made completely of seed paper, and PLA corn products are an excellent way for a business to promote their brand, message and environmental awareness amongst their potential customer base at trade shows and conferences.

Factory Direct Promos, owned and operated by Jason Tunick, based out of Coral Springs Florida has been streamlining custom eco bags and promotional products at wholesale prices to businesses since 2003. Jason has a background in advertising and marketing platforms for companies and has always been an ambassador for the environment and protecting vital ecosystems from overflowing landfills and litter throughout our streams and rivers. He entered the business-to-business realm to motivate companies to effectively drive both their brand and raise interest in taking a stand for improving the ways we handle waste in our society. Here’s Jason’s take on businesses being eco leaders for America:

“I believe that by interacting with hundreds to thousands of businesses we can reach millions. The consumer must understand that we have a duty to this planet and it cannot be taken for granted. My efforts to help companies promote their brand with eco friendly products is making a small difference, but it is a million small differences that lead to one gigantic positive outcome for all people on this planet. I hope to leave our mark by lightening our carbon foot print on the Earth and establishing a mecca for all generations to come.”

There are many ways for a business to promote their brand with Factory Direct Promos; anything from recycled paper pens to reusable stainless steel water bottles. Amongst the new eco product lines are the 100% biodegradable corn products, often referred to as PLA, an acronym for polylactic acid, which is a strong polymer that biodegrades completely within 30-45 days. Another interesting product is seed paper, made completely of seeded woven material. When these seed cards are discarded they break apart and plant in the soil. Within two weeks a sprout will break ground and a flower is born, what a provocative idea! This versatile seed paper can be used for business cards, greeting cards, promotional flyers, CD cases and much more all custom printed with company logo and message. Jason also recently introduced a line of Grow Green Kits, desk plants or herbs that simply need water to germinate and sprout. His featured lines of reusable stainless steel water bottles are a perfect way to everlastingly promote a business’ brand and be a part of the solution to the plastic bottle waste issue.

eco custom promotional trade show bags

The core competency of Factory Direct Promos has always been eco friendly wholesale reusable bags and RPET recycled custom bags. Jason is able to keep a very small turnaround time on the custom imprinted logo bags, delivering within 60 days and in stock wholesale reusable bags are shipped in as little as one week. The recycled PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) material is made from 85% used plastic water bottles. Through a process of heating and shredding the bottle is grained into fine strings of material which are then woven into the recycled bags. Yes, that is correct, the plastic bottle waste is transformed into a recycled and reusable bag. These promotional trade show bags are durable and can then be custom imprinted with company logo, message and colors. This is an extraordinary alternative to plastic trade show bags, which when handed out are typically discarded within 24 hours and add to our waste issues. So for a company to hand out reusable bags is a win-win for the business and the environment. The bag is kept for an extensive period of time, keeping the brand alive in the consumer’s mind and is not thrown away to pile up in a landfill somewhere.

Factory Direct Promos is now making an asserted effort to help spread the word in online eco forums, blogs and social networks. By creating and maintaining an  eco blog resource full of updated reusable bags news and information on recycling, plastic waste, and other green issues, Factory Direct Promos is directly engaging the world-wide eco friendly community like never before. Jason’s team writes original articles on the issues green-minded people care about, and portraits of other interesting eco-minded companies and organizations detailing their perspective on methods for a greener planet. This reusable bag blog is the medium to create an active eco community online and tighten the fabric of the web to motivate more discussion and debate on which direction we should move as a people to solidify our planet for the future. So on this Earth Day 2010, the first of the new decade, Jason is reaffirming his oath to the environment and his leadership in the B2B market to help companies promote their brand, environmental awareness, and their inherited responsibility to our planet and future generations.

About FactoryDirectPromos.com
Factory Direct Promos Inc was founded by Jason Tunick in 1996. Located in Sunny South Florida, Factory Direct promos, Inc. is a direct manufacturer of Eco Friendly Promotional Products imported direct from his exclusive factories overseas. The website features over 100 eco products such as reusable and recycled bags, stainless steel water bottles, recycled lanyards, organic t-shirts, corn pens, seed paper bookmarks, seed paper shapes, recycled baseball caps and more. Jason Tunick’s twelve year commitment to finding and using renewable resources in his design, development and manufacturing of environmentally friendly premium products, makes his Eco Life product line a pioneer in the eco movement.

If you’ve never heard of seeded paper, you’re not alone; who knew paper made from seeds could produce a flower or any plant for that matter? Yes, despite the paper making process, the seeds can still germinate which allows them to sprout when planted.  Seed paper is a beautiful, attractive, and easily recyclable product that can include a variety of plant seeds.

But why should we use and spread the word about recyclable seed paper and all recycled paper for that matter?  According to the CWAC (Clean Water Action Council) the answer is because of the environmental damage caused by the paper industry, which is much more than just deforestation:

8 major environmental damages caused by the paper industry (CWAC.net):

• Contaminated Sediments, Fish & Ducks — major source of toxic chemicals in rivers.
• Continuing Toxic Pollution — major source of toxic chemical pollution.
• Conventional Air Pollution — large source of  air pollutants like carbon dioxide, nitrous oxides, sulfur dioxides, carbon monoxides and particulates.
• Energy Consumption — energy intensive, drawing larges amount of electricity from public utilities, or forcing mills to build their own power plants.
• Water Consumption — uses a great deal of water.
• Solid Waste — generally produces a large amount of solid waste
• Deforestation — Worldwide, enormous tracts of forest are affected by the paper industry, contributing to the world’s tragic deforestation trends.
• Corruption of Democracy — The paper industry is a special interest and is well taken care of by the politicians and government.

Most of us are aware of global warming, man’s ever-growing carbon footprint, and harmful man-made pollution of all kinds.  We see with our own eyes the harmful toll on the environment caused by the cumulative effects of our individual human actions and habits.  We want to reduce, reuse, recycle, and make this world a better place for future generations, but sometimes we need to be encouraged, inspired, and reminded.  Seed paper is a great way to inspire each other to go green.

If you’re a business professional, environmentalist, business owner, salesperson, or just sending your annual holiday letter to friends and family, using seeded paper as your correspondence stationary is a great way to convey your personal or organization-wide commitment to reducing your carbon footprint while also saving trees.   Every time you give out your seed business card, or send out your holiday seed cards you are spreading the good news about seeded paper, recycling, and the absolute necessity for all of us to live and be eco friendly.  As the 40^th anniversary of Earth Day approaches (April 22^nd), there has never been a more appropriate time for companies to show their commitment to reducing their carbon footprint by adopting green practices to make this world a better place for future generations.

The mission of BioGreen Systems Inc is to help educate and bring awareness
to the fact that there are safe, non-toxic, “green” alternatives available
to replace the toxic and potentially hazardous products the average person
now uses on a daily basis.

At BioGreen Systems, Inc. we take great pride in being able to provide a
complete line of high quality “Green Products” for Personal Care, Home
Cleaning and Laundry Care. These are the types of products that we all use
on a daily basis. What is most important to you in your search for “Green
Products” to use in your home or office? Is it the quality, the value, the
benefits to you and the environment, the availability, the company’s “green
integrity” or all of the above? Whatever your answer, BioGreen can meet your
needs.

BioGreen’s products are the very best that science and technology has to
offer, they are not tested on animals and are truly non-toxic, earth
sensitive, “green” products. They are not only safe, but also, cost
effective and multi-purpose. (Example: BioGreen’s EcoPure, mixed 20 to 1
with water, costs less than 50 cents per quart!) Most importantly, the use
of BioGreen’s products will help protect not only you and your family, but
also the surrounding environment. Our products are easily available, just a
“click” away when ordered online and shipped directly to you. Since
BioGreen’s products are so highly concentrated, (many are mixed with water
before using, saving you money) they require less packaging, which means
less fuel to ship, thereby having less of an impact on the environment. By
careful packing BioGreen is able to ship the products in the least amount of
packaging possible. With our use of packing peanuts made from cornstarch,
which are completely water soluble and are harmless to the environment, this
demonstrates just one more way that BioGreen gives evidence of our “green
integrity”.

Learn more about their green sustainable products on their website. We all need to be more concious of the toxic and unnecessary waste we produce on a daily basis. Wendy and Gordon are leaders in the green revolution!

Sensitive Planet Inc is a user friendly online store that offers unique yoga, ayurveda, holistic and earth friendly & cruelty free products. Our products utilize the ancient wisdom of the yogis of India to provide exclusive products of higher consciousness, natural remedies, and awareness enhancement and it is for this reason we call ourselves as the enlightening market place.

Our core products are- Scent of Samadhi, a natural herbal uplifting fragrance that had been used by yogis for hundreds of years; Copper Cups, in the traditional mugs called ‘tumblers’ to energize water while drinking; enlightening meditation/yoga music that breaks the kinesiology calibrations scales; sacred jewlery utilizing basic wisdom forms; ayurvedic formulas etc.

We ensure that at each process of the products we deal with, we are contributing to the betterment of humanity in some way- for example- our Scent of Samadhi pouches are made by socially and physically disadvantaged women in South India; and a percentage of our sales supports the global sanctuaries for retired animals project.

Visit their website to learn more about their unique yoga and meditation products! Be Ariven = Be Awake.

Universal Botanicals’ Green Certified Cleaning Products are Chemical Free, Non Toxic, Biodegradable and most importantly, SAFE FOR CHILDREN!  Our Green Cleaners are made from 100% renewable & sustainable resources and are approved for the chemically-sensitive, immuno-compromised, those with asthma & allergies, babies and even your pets!

Universal Botanicals is the first and ONLY company to package its Green Cleaners in BIODEGRADABLE BOTTLES!  Over time, this will exponentially reduce our landfill dilemma and the oceanic plastic pollution mass, providing a safer world for future generations!

Universal Botanicals also features Benefect Botanical Disinfectant, the ONLY Disinfectant to ever have any  type of Green-Certification that is also 100% Chemical Free and Biodegradable.  It is EPA Registered & Approved and has been tested to kill over 99.99% of bacteria (including MRSA, STAPH, STREP, E-coli and much more), viruses (HIV, Influenza etc.) and even mold and mildew.  There’s nothing else like it in the world!

Visit Universal Botanicals today to learn more about how you can utilize green cleaning products in your home to make it safer for your children and pets and healthier for our environment!

Equine Nutrition
We understand and believe that nutrition is the key to performance and health. There are interesting health and performance similarities between human and horse, particularly when either is developing physical perfection and athleticism. When we ask more of our horse we need to give back in the way of nutrients to ensure continued health and stamina. This is vital and we want to be here to supply you with the highest quality products possible. It does not matter whether you are competing at any level or have a beloved pet in your care we know you want the best quality nutrients. We provide the industry’s highest concentration of active ingredients.

Organic Skin Care
Organic Skin Care Online is proud to provide you with organic skin care that is safe and nourishing to your skin and body. Our full line of skin care, baby care, body care and toothpaste provide with everything you need to nourish your skin with products you know are good for you and the planet too! We know how important your health is and so understand why you would want to put only certified organic products on and in your body. You will love the way they make your skin and hair feel too.

Organic Cosmetics
We believe looking great shouldn’t mean you have to put yourself at risk of making your body ill. Nature gives us the plants and fibers we can use to protect our skin, smell great, and have lovely healthy skin too. It is our mission to help you get all the organic products you want while feeling great about what you put on your skin. The rise of various illnesses in women may have a correlation with the toxins in regular products we have been using without realizing how harmful chemicals can be.

Cozy Egyptian Cotton Sheets
Egyptian cotton is noted across the world for its quality, durability, and luxurious comfort. For that reason, we only offer 100% Egyptian cotton. Crafted from cotton grown in the lush Nile River Valley, Egyptian cotton is sturdy, yet its softness is enhanced with each washing. Unlike other sheets, Egyptian cotton sheets just keep getting better with age. Whether you need a king pillow case or the luxury of a goose down pillow, trust us with all your bedding needs.