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Published on December 18th, 2008

Recycle Holiday Cards With Fresh & Easy

Money made from the program will help plant trees in the U.S.

Money made from the program will help plant trees in the U.S.

Holiday card recycling just got a bit easier with Fresh & Easy’s second annual “Recycle Your Good Tidings” program. Customers are encouraged to bring in their used holiday cards to local Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market locations for recycling. Fresh & Easy will donate the proceeds from the sale of the recycled cards to American Forests, a non-profit organization that works to plant trees in restoration areas throughout the country and raise awareness about the benefits of trees and forests.

Last year, the holiday card recycling program raised enough money for American Forests to buy and plant 1,000 trees in areas devastated by wildfire.”Through both natural disasters and human actions, our forests are disappearing at an alarming rate,” stated Greg Meyer, vice president of marketing and development for American Forests. “The need to restore our nation’s forests is greater than ever.”

Tim Mason, CEO of Fresh & Easy says, “We want to make it easier for customers to make more environmentally friendly decisions. If everyone in the neighborhood brings their holiday cards back to our stores to be recycled, we can make a big difference.”

Holiday cards can be brought in to Fresh & Easy stores from now until January 20 for recycling.

5 Comments

  1. nancy

    posted on December 18th, 2008 at 11:02 am

    Hi – We receive hundreds of holiday cards in our office, and I don’t know of any Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market locations here in Miami, FL . Can I possibly mail them to you?

    Thank you!
    Nancy

  2. Lori Brown

    Lori Brown

    posted on December 18th, 2008 at 11:57 am

    Hi Nancy,
    We cannot accept the cards to be mailed to us, but you can use our website to search for greeting card recycling locations in your area. Simply type in “Greeting Cards” and your zip code into the green box on the top of the website, where it says “Start Recycling.” Or visit: http://search.earth911.com/?what=Greeting+Cards&where=Miami%2C+FL&latitude=25.774252&longitude=-80.190262&country=US&province=FL&city=Miami.
    Thank you,
    Lori

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  4. Frances

    posted on December 30th, 2008 at 12:26 pm

    I’d like to know what’s best to do with unused prescription drugs and nutritional supplements.
    Thanks.

  5. Barbara

    posted on January 1st, 2009 at 9:03 am

    I’d like to mention this organization-St. Jude’s Ranch for Children. They will take Christmas & all occasion cards from November 15-February 28, 2009. The children recycle the cards and they are sold as well. Going green and for a good cause! They also will accept Campbell’s Labels for Education & General Mills Boxtops for Education to support their programs. Go to http://www.stjudesranch.org. Alot of schools in your area may also participate in the labels/boxtops programs. Check out their websites as well- http://www.boxtops for education.com and http://www.labelsforeducation.com.

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