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Can recycled office products save the world? Maybe not. But by creating products from recycled materials that are 100% recyclable and strong, they can keep 60 million pounds of toxic material from landfills each year improving air quality and preserving forests and wild spaces.
Here’s how:
Naked Binders are made in the USA from 100% recycled, 97-100% post-consumer waste board which means all Naked Binder products are 100% recyclable. They are proud to use FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified board when making their 3-ring binders and folders and are happy to be members of 1% For The Planet in which they donate part of proceeds to environmental organizations striving to preserve the wild spaces we all love.
A sustainable binder should also be strong and good looking, so Naked Binder designed them to be both. The Naked Binder is crafted from one piece of board with the hinge pressed directly into it. This leaves no weak spots on the binder and makes for a super strong 3-ring binder. An independent lab flexed the Naked Binder 250,000 times without failing which means if you use this binder 20 times a day for 34 years, you still will not break the hinge. Now that’s strong.
So, whether you’re buying a few for the shelf at home or cases for the office, you can be sure that your purchase, not only stylish, will go on to help the greater good.
Rian on 02.10.2012 at 12:34 PM
I was curious how one can recycle products that use both cardboard and metal. Turns out that the customer needs to unscrew the rings with a screwdriver and recycle the components separately:
http://www.nakedbinder.com/how-to-recycle-your-3-ring-binder.cfm
It’s sure not the manufacturer’s fault, but even among a self-professed green customer base, I doubt many people bother. I’d be curious what % of their binders are actually recycled and would argue it’s a more useful metric than what % can be.
Sid Payne on 02.10.2012 at 23:20 PM
It’s good that they’re using 100% recycled materials to begin with though, I’d rather have one of these than something made from virgin materials.
Also, I bet it’s just as quick to unscrew the metal as it is to wash out a few soup cans, to be honest.