I started Eco-Artware.com in 1999 to provide unique, well-made and stylish gifts for people searching for environmentally friendly gifts online. From
the beginning, we have always offered eco-friendly items made from reused, recyclable and natural materials.
Our artists have a special
imagination and talent to identify and use sustainable materials–these supplies are not always easy to find. It sometimes takes detective work to
locate retired aluminum road signs to make into chairs, obsolete
typewriters to give up their keys for cuff links, old bicycle parts for
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good) materials such AS 33 rpm records and transform them into innovative
bowls and coasters.
At Eco-Artware.com, we care about
workers’ rights and quality of life, and check that all the people who make our products receive fair wages and work reasonable hours in good
conditions.
We pack your orders in a way that is also easy on our environment. Most of our packing peanuts and bubble wrap are reused from
boxes we receive, and we spread the word to our neighbors and local stores to let us know when they have some available. We also find some by
answering notices on Freecycle.org and our local neighborhood web chatroom. When
necessary, we buy only biodegradable packing peanuts. We hope you will find a little space to store these supplies, too, and use them for your future
shipping.
With the help of our visitors and returning customers, Eco-Artware.com has compiled a Recycling Guide, a growing directory of resources to help find new homes for everything from appliances (in good
working order) to wedding dresses. If you know of a good resource, please let us know and we will
add it.
Sustainable living is about choice. Until the term “environmentally friendly” is a universal standard like “preshrunk,” we need to look for
it. We know you are looking for it, too, because you are here. I hope Eco-Artware provides you with stylish, design-savvy gift choices as we see what
other steps we can take toward an environmentally friendly world.
If you have any suggestions, questions or thoughts, please let us know.
Sincerely,
Reena Kazmann
Director
