It’s also so true about “looking green” but not certainly being green. Our company actually looked into getting on the green bandwagan and trying to make a buck (I was more interested in making a difference). Anyhow, after doing a bit of research we decided to ditch the idea. One because it would be hard to us to market the goods at the price our customers want to pay. Two because the facilities (dyers, knitters, spinners) to make a truly green garment are very far and few between.

Unfortunately, if there is not a profit to be had, most companies will not spend all that money to either build new facilities or remodel their current ones – good for the environment or not. I just hope that this “trend” continues long enough for these factories to see that they can make a return on green wares or the government steps in and puts limits on the amount of damage they can do to the environment. Textiles can be so bad, so many chemicals!

When it goes through the recycling process, it really comes out looking like regular paper (unless it’s been printed on and then it has little black dots like fancy vanilla ice cream). To make it look recycled, the paper makers actually add all those little fibrey bits and unbleached what have you to give it that appearance. And adding that ‘homestyle extra pulp’ adds to the cost of the paper.

Silly isn’t it?

I’m excited about this new round of project spectrum!