WELCOME to The Loop, Issue 25 Jan/Feb 2004 A Bimonthly Newsletter for Friends of Close the Loop® This month's issue includes... 42 Ways to Trim Your Holiday Wasteline St. Jude's Card Recycling Program Wanted: BIAS-PLY tires WHAT'S YOUR OPINION? Marketplace: Exceptional Products New items this month! Propose an Article 1. 42 Ways to Trim Your Holiday Wasteline - Are you a waste-wise warrior or a waste-wise wannabe? Americans throw away 25% more trash during the Thanksgiving to New Year's holiday period than any other time of year. The extra waste amounts to 25 million tons of garbage, or about 1 million extra tons per week. So, to help trim the trash wile trimming the tree, The Use Less Stuff (ULS) Report offers a challenging checklist of simple things you can do to reduce waste while you eat, drink, and make merry this holiday season. To take this test, please visit www.cygnus-group.com/use-less-stuff/ULSDAY/42ways.html by Robert Lilienfeld. 2. St. Jude's Card Recycling Program - People from all over the world send St. Jude their used card fronts. The children precision cut the card fronts and glue them to pre-printed card stock. St. Jude's Ranch for Children is a nationally recognized and fiscally responsible community focused on the individual needs of abused, abandoned and neglected children of all races and faiths. Our family is dedicated to breaking the vicious cycles of child abuse and welfare dependency. Our safe home like environment ensures unmatched healing services so that each person can achieve his or her full potential. Please visit: http://www.stjudesranch.org/Content/history.asp Please send card fronts to: St. Jude's Ranch for Children 100 St. Jude's Street Boulder City, NV 89005-1618 3. Wanted: BIAS-PLY tires If you have or know of a source for WIRE FREE bias-ply tires in truckload quantities anywhere in the nation, please send an email with contact information to closetheloop@msn.com. Our children's tire swing manufacturer is in great need, thanks! 4. Opinion Poll - Submit your answer to this month's Close the Loop® Poll about what was the best environmentally friendly gift you received this holiday season? To respond, click here. Thanks for last newsletter answers to what products you would like to see made from recycled plastics, we received inputs from truck bed liners to lawn ornaments, curbs, pens & pencils. 5. Marketplace: Exceptional Products We are excited to announce two new products to our recycled offerings: · Recycled Silverware Fan Pulls - Fork prongs are delicately wrapped around a large marble. Adds beauty & functionality to your ceiling fans! Price: $22.50 each · Record Album Boxes - Perfect for gifts or treasuresEach top and bottom half of the boxes are covered in a protective clear glossy plastic to add durability and lined with a velour type fabric to add style. Price: 2 for $20.00 NEW FENCING on the market Patented process, in development for the last ten years, ready for full production guaranteed you've never seen anything like it - Beautiful recycled plastic post & rail fencing in a rustic brown color will never rot, 2 & 3 rail posts. Now available from CLOSE THE LOOP, check it out! Start planning now & getting quotes to apply for grants for improving your children's playground in the spring. Please check out our ASTMI tested rubber mulch & rubber pavers taking care of our children & the environment. For more information on any of these products, please visit: www.closetheloop.com or call us at 866.629.8414. Propose an article If you have an informative article that you would like us to feature in an upcoming newsletter, please email your article to closetheloop@msn.com. If we use your article, a link to your web site will be featured as well. As always, we are interested in any comments or feedback and would love to hear from you! Inspirational Quotes: "Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means." - Albert Einstein "True peace is not merely the absence of tension, but it is the presence of justice." - Martin Luther King Jr. "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln A heartfelt thanks for believing in Close the Loop. Together we can accomplish great things in 2004- Happy New Year & Peace to all! |
