Eco Friendly Blog
We update this blog with our news and views on eco living and going green. Being environmentally concience is very important in business and at home.
Mobile Solar Charger
Solar energy and solar power products are a great way power your electronics and gadgets. These promotional products are energy saving and use only solar energy. This shows that we can do more to go green and save the environment from the effects of climate change.
This great solar powered mobile charger comes with a USB cable and a selection of different fittings to be able to charge most phones. This charger uses a solar panel and can be used anywhere, allowing you to charge your phone wherever you go.
(GPE E6355)
Eco-Friendly Shopping and Green Gifts
The end of the year is fast approaching and it is Christmas shopping time! Why not help your clients and staff by going green and giving them some fantastic eco-friendly shopping bags. Our great Long Handle Eco-Friendly Shopping bag is a great, cost effective cotton shopping bag. These bags are renawable and reusable and will make a fantastic eco friendly promotional product.
Bag Size: 42 x 38 x 0.2
Spring Time at Eco-Friendly Gifts
It is Spring and the theme for the month at Brand Innovation is Eco-Friendly products. This month we focus on all our green, eco and earth friendly products and raising environmental awareness and growth. We've even got a new little office plant to inspire us!
We are surrently upgating our great eco-friendly gifts website and adding some new eco promotional products and corporate gifts and soon we'll even be supplying spekboom sprouts and seedlings. Join us this Spring and go green!
The Environmental Impact of Plastics
The conservation of our planets resources is now a world-wide issue. Plastics are continuing to replace metal parts in a relentless search for sustainability and low cost in the point of sale industry. Converting metals to plastics also provides benefits to performance across many other sectors, including aerospace and automotive engineering where reduction in weight is key. Any product that a manufacturing company places on the market will have an impact on the environment. We take this seriously, so are therefore constantly researching new manufacturing techniques and materials in an effort to reduce our carbon footprint.
Most conventional plastics are made from materials such as PVC or polypropylene, which although is recyclable, will not biodegrade over time. Therefore these types of plastics have long term implications to the environment, with the potential to reside in the ground for a very long period of time. Although additives can be added to the plastics to help speed up this process, there is still no environmental certification for this.
Degradable or Bio degradable plastics are typically produced in two forms, injection moulded plastics, and films such as organic fruit wrappings. These plastics will degrade or biodegrade over time, although they do require a specific environment of moisture and oxygen which can be found at most professionally managed composting facilities.
Bio Compostable plastics have components that are derived from renewable raw materials. These are typically natural plant or corn based and fully compostable. Turning from plastic into carbon dioxide, water and biomass. These products are classed as renewable carbon.
Over 200 million tons of plastic is manufactured annually around the world. Of this only 26 million tons of plastic waste is recycled.