Comments on: Beth’s Big Back to School Binder Debate

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By: CyndeeDuby

CyndeeDuby — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:23:59 +0000

@BethTerry Thanks tons! I had fun with them. I have two that I just finished and am ready to mail out, both customs. One has a fairy on it and fairy quotes and the other has bunnies and bunny quotes :-)
I don’t know of any plastic substitute that is acid free and archival safe for this type of thing. I’ve been looking, believe me. And unless we went to glass which is prohibitive for oh so many reasons, we’re kinda stuck until technology catches up with ALL of our green needs :-)

By: BethTerry

BethTerry — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:43:32 +0000

@CyndeeDuby Your customized ones are beautiful. You should send the pix to Rebinder to show them!I sure wish I could find a plastic-free alternative to the photo pages.

By: CyndeeDuby

CyndeeDuby — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:47:02 +0000

@BethTerry Wow, thanks for asking, Beth! Here is the link to my DIY album:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/86450969/diy-ready-to-embellish-aceo-or-atc-album

Here are some of the ones I’ve made (second, third, and fourth photos) in the listing:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/85093750/ooak-made-to-order-aceoatc-album

etsy is an artists website that has hand made, vintage, and supplies for artists

By: BethTerry

BethTerry — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:31:03 +0000

@CyndeeDuby Sounds like a great idea, Cyndee. Do you have a link to your store so we can see what you’re describing?

By: CyndeeDuby

CyndeeDuby — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:05:37 +0000

I make ACEO/ATC collector’s binders and use the Wilson Jones ones for the ones with my art work on them as they are Kraft paper with a finished edge.. I use the Rebinder ones on the DIY ones I sell. I wrap the DIY ones in muslin and use papers on the leaves to hide the edges. This creates a cloth surface for the customer to decorate. They can stamp, collage, whatever to make it their own. As I sell to both artists and art collectors, I sell an equal number of both. The binders are fantastic and sturdy! You can let your creativity run wild when decorating them! What’s not to love?

By: ken james

ken james — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:43:28 +0000

I just wanted to let you know that since your post, Naked Binder has been using FSC certified board for all the binders, folders and tab dividers.

While we do advocate reuse first, if you have vinyl binders, you may find that the useful life of that binder is not that long (even with the standard duct tape fix). To insure our products would last we have had the Naked Binders tested to 250,000 flexes without fail. That is 34 years if you use it 20 times a day. It may cost more upfront than vinyl, but you won’t be replacing this binder for a long long time.

Thanks for all your work on going plastic free!

By: document binders

document binders — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:52:14 +0000

I would go for choice No 1 as it is more environment friendly than other 2 choices,provided we utilize our trees and forest properly and sensibly.The other reason is my nephew tried to chew the re-usable plastic folder he almost choked himself.We called and ambulance and they provided him required treatment ,but that was horrible experience for me..So i would go for No 1 in anyhow.

By: mcmilker

mcmilker — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:37:53 +0000

Great debate Beth,

Interesting subject for me because I worked marketing binders and other school supplies for Avery-Dennison for a number of years.

One of the issues that manufacturers face is the fact that binders are a commodity product. The margins are terrible, many times binders are almost a loss leader.

This leaves the traditional (read big) manufacturers in a bit of a quandary. A typical school binder sells for a few bucks. An Eco-binder sells for at least twice as much (often more). And why is there this margin pressure? It comes down to large retailers who also use the binders as loss leaders.

I’m for encouraging both retailers and manufacturers to change marketing strategies to green the entire supply of binders. Wal-Mart could pay a big role in this and they have the vehicle with their sustainability campaign. (I won’t go into details, but there are ways to implement this).

OK- that wasn’t one of your choices - I don’t really need to make a choice because I have many, many old binders from my years working in corporate America and a child who is past the chewing stage :-)