Help the environment by recycling
Living in a country that always seems to offer plenty can cause complacency when it comes to consideration of natural resources and their finite nature. There really is a very limited supply of petroleum and other natural resources, and if we want our own grandchildren and their grandchildren to experience God's abundant gifts, then it's up to all of us to help the environment by recycling.
Here are some interesting tidbits of information from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Steel Recycling Institute and the University of Massachusetts in Amherst:
enough aluminum is thrown away to rebuild our commercial air fleet 4x every year
enough paper is thrown away annually to make a 12' high wall from New York to California
we use enough plastic to wrap all of Texas every year
we toss enough iron and steel each year to continually supply the nation's automakers
The Green Earth Market was established as an environmentally friendly alternative to the enormous mass merchandisers which dot our country. Our mission is to offer an ecologically responsible, high quality substitute for every single item you can purchase at one of these brick and mortar mass retail stores.
From tools for the garden made from recycled plastic products to cotton clothing which is fabricated from organically grown, pesticide-free cotton and hemp, you can find outstanding alternatives which protect and preserve your personal health and the health of the planet.
Reduce, reuse: recycled plastic products
Plastic is one of our biggest landfill hogs, and considering that plastic didn't even exist until the last century, this fact is disheartening. Even with municipal recycling programs in place, over two billion tons of plastic bottles alone make it into our landfills every single year. Obviously, not everyone is doing their part to help the environment by recycling.
But the Green Earth Market gives you the opportunity to increase your role in helping the environment. We offer many recycled plastic products for purchase. When you seek out these alternative products in place of virgin plastic products from mass retailers, you are helping to support and perpetuate the businesses of ecologically concerned manufacturers who understand there's a better way.
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