Recycled Promotional Items
The promotional gifts industry continues to expand its supply of recycled promotional items. Within the last year we have seen environmentally friendly product alternatives become available for almost all the standard corporate gifts lines we supply. Within the recycled products section of the Promotional Gifts Store we offer a wide range of items made from ‘green’ materials. The best priced also feature within our Essential Gifts Store – recycled promotional items collection. There are actually two types of ECO promotional gifts. The first is made from recycled materials such as plastics, denhim or paper such as money or newspapers and even old car tyres. Examples of this type of product would include plastic mugs, coasters, mousemats, keyrings and pens. Wooden-cased products also fall into this category and include pencils, pens and flashdrives that use wood for their barrels or outer cases which has been farmed from sustainable sources. These woodlands may also be FSC certified. From overseas markets we are also seeing bamboo offered as an alternative casing, especially for flashdrives. The second category of ECO promotional items can be classed as those made for the green thinking client rather than offered to tap into a growing trend. Solar powered calculators have been around for a long time off course but now we are seeing more solar and even water powered products. Off course fuel-cell powered devices are many years away but there are also some interesting green promotional gadgets coming onto the market such as a fuel-cell powered remote control car which could be ideal for executive and more upmarket promotions. What we are also seeing is the general cost of recycled promotional items falling as they become more popular but also as manufacturing volumes and processes become more efficient. Recycled promotional items are definitely here to stay but there are few suppliers and websites like the Promotional Gifts Store that can offer true alternatives to those everyday essential corporate gifts and promotional items.
