amom23
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Post by amom23 on May 24, 2021 21:13:35 GMT
Do you ever think about your supplies ending up in the landfill after you are gone?
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lynn0117
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Post by lynn0117 on May 24, 2021 21:17:22 GMT
I don’t really think about it but I’m sure that will happen. My scrapbooks will probably end up there too.
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Post by MARIBETHR on May 24, 2021 21:25:00 GMT
I do, supplies ending up there don't make me sad but all of the art and scrapbooking pages I have created using those supplies certainly does. We had a (and I say this lightly) an "antique" store in our area and they had a going out of business sale so my only visit there and what did I find, stacks and stacks and stacks of photo albums with thousands of family photos.....I could not believe it, all those memories lost to the descendants of the creators of those photo albums.
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Post by grammadee on May 24, 2021 22:22:54 GMT
The part I actually feel bad about is all the packaging that comes with the product and is never used at all. All that heavy clear plastic bubbled over a big cardboard or thick styrofoam backing to which a small usable item is attached makes me angry. Of course that same peeve applies to almost everything we purchase, from clothing to toys to printer ink to kitchen tools. Think of how much fuel would be saved if we could fill the whole truckload with PRODUCT rather than packaging!
I feel guilty about my adhesive choice, b/c the cartridges not only have all that plastic and cardboard waste, but they also have the plastic reel and cage that snaps into the reusable applicator.
As for my creations ending up in landfill, I hope the CM reps were right when they told me if I used acid and lanin free products my pages would last forever. I can imagine a historian at some time in the future going through my albums and enjoying the stories of how we live now.
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Post by cmpeter on May 24, 2021 23:34:02 GMT
I think they will end up at the local Value Village/Goodwill. Unless I pass away early, then my scrapping friends will come and take what they want and the rest would be donated.
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Post by Embri on May 25, 2021 1:26:18 GMT
It doesn't really bother me.
Entropy is the natural state of the Universe - eventually, everything goes back to nothingness sooner or later. Most of my stash is just paper so regardless if it ends up recycled or donated or trashed, it'll cycle back into nature. Legacies are overrated.
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FurryP
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Post by FurryP on May 25, 2021 4:08:12 GMT
It doesn't really bother me. Entropy is the natural state of the Universe - eventually, everything goes back to nothingness sooner or later. Most of my stash is just paper so regardless if it ends up recycled or donated or trashed, it'll cycle back into nature. Legacies are overrated. Yeah, I don't really care what happens to it when I am gone. It was all for me and my enjoyment of creating whatever I created or shopped for. |
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camcas
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Post by camcas on May 25, 2021 8:13:03 GMT
My family know to call a family friend who is a junior primary teacher and she is welcome to it all!
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Post by kmage on May 25, 2021 14:09:15 GMT
I am less concerned with the "after" and more with the "before" processing. I wish there were scrapbook companies who were into using recycled paper, or that I could find that were more environmentally friendly with the dyes, and the printing. I've tried to look into AC and find their environmental impact statement, but I can't seem to. I emailed them once about it and got nothing back.
I would pay more per sheet of paper if I knew they were making strides to replant trees, aid in efforts to combat deforestation, ect.
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Post by kmage on May 25, 2021 14:18:48 GMT
I did find this from the Berkley Craft Fair:
PAPER CRAFTS
Best Practices: Use 100% post-consumer recycled paper (PCW) or tree-free paper such as hemp, flax,
kenaf, bagasse, cotton, or banana. Look for Processed Chlorine-Free (PCF). Vegetable-based inks are
considered safer than petroleum-based inks. If you use non-recycled paper, look for Forest Stewardship
Council (FSC) certification, which comes from sustainably-managed forests.
Sourcing: Salvaged paper products are available at some second-hand stores, such as The East Bay
Depot for Creative Reuse, Urban Ore, and SCRAP. Check out Canopy’s Ecopaper Database. Some brands
to consider: New Leaf Paper, Mohawk, Ecosource Paper. Environmentally-conscious print shops, such as
Greenerprinter, Autumn Express.
Reduce Waste: Buy paper products from second-hand stores. Use the blank side of once-used paper.
Explore making your own hand-made paper from discarded materials.
Avoid: Non-FSC paper made from virgin forest products; paper bleached with chlorine.
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Post by oh yvonne on May 25, 2021 14:22:24 GMT
I try to reduce/reuse/recycle as much as possible. I save plastic zipper bags that bed linens come in, especially sheets and pillow cases. They are great for holding things like washi, etc. They are sturdy and see through.
I'll use shoe boxes, reuse baskets, you name it. I just got a Persnickety photos delivered in a sturdy box with a flip top lid. I am using that to glimmer mist stuff in.
I try to keep things out of the dumpster as much as possible, and only make thoughtful purchases. Its habit at this point.
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Post by papersilly on May 25, 2021 22:47:18 GMT
i'd like to believe i have a pretty decent stash that someone may want. my goal is to give as much away as possible before trashing them. but yeah, i could see the really super old embellishments ending up in landfills.
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Post by joblackford on May 26, 2021 0:43:56 GMT
I don't. It all will eventually. Everything will. We will all be forgotten, most of our stuff will be pointless and meaningless in a generation or so, finished albums maybe less so, but the supplies are just stuff. And there's so so much of it...
Our stuff might actually do better in the landfill than if it sits around in the elements degrading - a properly managed landfill should not biodegrade so if/when it all gets mined for futuristic-whatever-we-can't-imagine some of it might even be quite intact. Maybe people will wonder over it. Or maybe they'll be so overwhelmed by the massive quantity of junk we've managed to produce in the past 100 years they'll have other feelings. How do any of us feel when we clean out the house of a deceased relative and have to deal with their stash? Especially for a craft we don't do.
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