Choose the Logo: Buy Recycled

Sometimes making the right consumer choices is hard to balance with a limited budget. For example, many of us want to buy postconsumer recycled paper in support of our own recycling efforts to save energy and trees, as well as to reduce the harmful effects of burning or burying waste. Unfortunately, recycled paper can be more expensive than non-recycled "virgin" paper and difficult to find.

But there is a way! Eureka Recycling coordinates a products buying cooperative that combines many smaller orders into a single order large enough to get a bulk discount directly from the supplier. This helps grow markets for environmentally preferable products and makes them more available and affordable.

The co-op currently offers 100% postconsumer recycled copy paper processed without the use of chlorine and compostable cutlery and food containers, at a reduced cost to you. These products look and perform like their traditional counterparts, but are environmentally preferable to paper made from trees and plastics made from petroleum.

The next Recycled Products Co-op order will be this fall. New pricing and product availability will be available in September. Contact Eureka Recycling today for more information and to join the co-op's email list to be notified of the next order: (651) 222-7678 or buyrecycled@eurekarecycling.org. Visit www.eurekarecycling.org for more information, including paper cost comparisons and environmental benefits.

Eureka Recycling is a nonprofit organization that specializes in recycling and waste reduction. Driven by a mission to demonstrate waste is preventable not inevitable, Eureka Recycling offers cutting-edge, economically-sustainable programs that serve the Twin Cities metro area.