- 1). Choose recycled notebooks over regular notebooks. Many schools are opting for choosing eco-friendly paper, however, many students are told to bring their own notebooks to school. You are sure to find an eco-friendly notebook to match your child’s personality. Instead of the notebooks being made from trees that were cut down, the notebooks are made from post-consumer waste.
- 2). Look for pencils that are made solely from recycled materials.
- 3). Forget about the paper brown bags and invest in a reusable lunch bag. A paper bag will end up getting thrown out after the child is done with their lunch. A reusable bag will be able to be packed up and taken home for the next day. They’re also a good investment as they will be worth the cost over the paper bags, not to mention that they can easily be washed.
- 4). Instead of buying juice boxes, but a bottle of juice and fill up a water bottle. Individual juice boxes get tossed out at the end of the meal and accumulate a lot of waste. A water bottle can easily be filled up and rewashed.
- 5). Buy a staple free stapler instead of a regular one. Think about how many staples that your child could go through in a week, even if it’s by using the teacher’s stapler. Instead, choose a staple free stapler which works by folding or stitching the corner of the papers together.
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