Conservative gifts.In recognition of America Recycles Day Nov. 15, online retailer Eco-Artware.com (www.ecoartware.com) is urging American businesses to think green this holiday season. "Every year at holiday times, Americans give and receive countless gifts that create new waste and impact the environment," Reena Kazmann, founder and director of Eco-Artware.com, says. "Why not give out company awards, presents and office party gifts that are unique, aesthetically pleasing and made from eco-friendly materials?" The products carried by Eco-Artware.com are crafted by experienced and established artists from recycled and reused materials, as well as from natural and biodegradable biodegradable /bio·de·grad·a·ble/ (-de-grad´ah-b'l) susceptible of degradation by biological processes, as by bacterial or other enzymatic action. bi·o·de·grad·a·ble adj. materials. For a more personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. approach, companies can collaborate with Eco-Artware.com's artists any time of the year to create customized items that feature the company's name or logo and can reflect its values. Eco-Artware.com's environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] gifts include indoor/outdoor transit chairs each made from 19 pounds of retired aluminum traffic signs; New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. taxi medallion clocks made out of 10,000 expired metal taxicab medallions donated by the New York City government; circuit board business card cases made from manufacturers' rejects; record label coasters and bowls--one of the site's best sellers--made from original, unplayable vinyl LPs supplied mostly by record stores; and glass centerpiece bowls made from broken windows destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for the landfill. Eco-Artware's complete catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. can be seen at www.eco-artware.com. |
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