Learn Sustainability From the Winners

On Sunday, August 8, 2010, creator of the Environmental Innovation Awards, WhatTheyThink, introduced a series appropriately named “Learn From the Winners”. This 10-week series will take a more in-depth look at each of the winners of the 2010 Environmental Innovation Awards and their contributions to eco-friendly, sustainable business practices. By the end of this series, WhatTheyThink promises you [...]

What is Sustainability?

A few months ago, in April 2010, Green Books N Binders exhibited at the On Demand Trade Show in Philadelphia. One of the first questions we were asked is “What does sustainability mean?” Surprised by such a seemingly basic question, we then spoke to the client a little longer and came to the realization – many companies [...]

Quantifying Environmental Impact

In today’s economy, very few manufacturers factor the environmental cost of a product or service into the retail price. If you were to factor in the environmental impact of a product’s entire lifecycle (from early design to withdraw from marketing), without forgetting cost associated with carbon neutral recycling, computers would not be $499, flat screen [...]

Get in the loop with Mohawk

Earlier this month, North American paper manufacturer, Mohawk Fine Papers, launched a new line of eco-friendly papers. Described to us as Mohawk “to the next environmental level”, every new paper produced in this line is renewed, recycled and responsible. Offering the largest selection of 100% PCW options, this line makes it easier for designers and [...]

Green Mythbusters

There’s a lot of information out there concerning eco-friendly paper and sustainable printing. Unfortunately, most of it can be misleading.  Below, we debunk the 5 most popular myths about recycling, and show how going green is easier than you think! Myth #1: Recycled paper is more expensive than un-recycled paper. To the contrary, in some [...]