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As the Lunar New Year craze hops away from us, Valentine’s Day looms ever nearer. With so many options available on Etsy, we understand that it can be difficult to make your choices. So, we thought we’d put it more out there that we are environmentally forward thinkers and hopefuls.
As it is, T is making the stars and crafts on the East Coast and will send packages across the country to K, on the West Coast, to put into jars to be sold. This means a lot of thought goes into how the stars are packaged, what material are used, and how to remain environmentally friendly despite plastic being the much easier and cheaper solution.
As for T, she has opted to used paper soup cups with lids for holding her stars she is making and once she has made an abundant amount to fill the cup, she will count out 100 at a time and put them into the Cleanomic compostable zip bags. Then, once the box is ready to be packed, the bags and packed and then sent off. No extra materials are added because paper and air don’t need much cushioning. And no unnecessary taping is required after the box is sealed.
As for K, once she receives the stars, she keeps them in their packaging and uses them in bags to store until she needs them for a design. Once the baggies are emptied, she can reuse them for other uses around her apartment and/or to package food. Because these bags are compostable, she can just recycle them, too.
For the boxes, paper is mostly used to cushion everything. Paper can be recycled and reused for multiple purposes and some harder papers can be used for animal usages and etc.
Stars Seen 