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<p>This year, 23 billion disposable coffee cups will be recycled or, worse yet, tossed in the trash. Most of those cups were manufactured using 100 percent bleached virgin paperboard, as recycled paper just isn't strong enough to hold hot liquids, AND they're laminated with polyethylene to keep beverages hot and prevent leaking. That's why my employees received the gift of a reusable coffee cup--just fill, drink, wash and repeat! And it looks like the paper version, so you won't feel deprived of your coffee-to-go fix. Try the Eco-First Acadia Mug from Copco (www.copco.com), about $8. And did you know you can buy eco-chic purses made from "re-tire-d" inner tubes? Search for Two's Company on Google.</p>

<p>This year, 23 billion disposable coffee cups will be recycled or, worse yet, tossed in the trash. Most of those cups were manufactured using 100 percent bleached virgin paperboard, as recycled paper just isn't strong enough to hold hot liquids, AND they're laminated with polyethylene to keep beverages hot and prevent leaking. That's why my employees received the gift of a reusable coffee cup--just fill, drink, wash and repeat! And it looks like the paper version, so…

September 5, 2010

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Random acts of green
September 5, 2010 9 p.m.

Random acts of green

Remember the joy of finding a penny on the sidewalk when you were a kid? Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck! Such a simple find, free for the taking. I had the good fortune to feel that girlish glee again recently. On a hectic business trip to the big city, I stopped by a cafe for lunch, and as I was leaving, I noticed a book lying on top of a trash bin just outside the door. Hardbound, clean dust jacket, popular fiction. Was it lost? I picked it up with the notion that I'd take it inside to the cashier. But a small yellow sticker on the spine of the book caught my eye. The sticker read, "Traveling Book! Look inside..."