Guest guest Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 > > Tuesday, April 25, 2006 > > IDEAL BITE ~ a sassier shade of green > > =============================================== > Today's Daily Tip: A Cut Above - Eco-Friendly > Shaving > =============================================== > > Is baby smooth skin cause for eco-alarm? > > The Bite: > 2 billion disposable razors end up in US landfills > every year. > Switching to a more eco-friendly razor can reduce > this waste and even, > ahem, shave some expense off your personal care > products. > > > The Benefits: > - Look for razors with recyclable parts, such as > plastic handles. > Disposable razors contribute an annual estimated 2 > million lbs of > plastic waste to landfills. > - Razor cartridge sharpeners extend the life of your > blade, reducing > the number of disposable razors you use by up to 75% > per year. > - Kick it old-school style with a straight razor and > hard soap. The > blades are permanent, offer the closest shave, and a > good > vegetable-based soap is better for the environment. > - Electric razors, aside from their potentially > toxic hardware makeup, > can last for years, many have rechargeable > batteries, and they provide > a good shave without the packaging and chems in > creams or gels. > > > Personally Speaking > OK, seriously. If you are a guy who can use a > straight razor and that > brush and lather thing, we might faint dead away > while watching. It’s > hot. Plain and simple. > > > Wanna Try? > - DOVO Genuine Ebony 5/8 Spike Point - one of many > straight razors > by DOVO ($100). > (http://www.classicshaving.citymax.com/catalog/item/522940/2104673.htm) > - Preserve Eco-Friendly Recycled Handled Razors - > made partially from > recycled yogurt cups. The company also offers > postage-paid, mail-in > recycling ($7). > (http://www.veganessentials.com/catalog/preserve-eco-friendly-recycled-handle-ra\ zors.htm) > - Razor Saver - get up to 130 shaves from one razor > ($12). > (http://www.thesustainablevillage.com/servlet/display/product/detail/31831) > - Creative Energy Technologies Rechargeable Shaver > - ($51). > (http://www.cetsolar.com/dccordless.htm) > - Creamy Shave Gel by Nature’s Gate - soothing and > certified organic > ($7). > (http://www.veganessentials.com/catalog/creamy-shave-gel-by-natures-gate.htm) > > > Bang for the Bite Rating: 4 Apples (out of 5) > A Biter who uses one 15-cent disposable per day for > one year would > spend $54, enough to buy an inexpensive electric or > hundreds of > replacement blades. > > > Cocktail Tip > Men spend an average of 5 months of their lives > shaving. > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > Visit Ideal Bite on the web at > http://www.idealbite.com/ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > Blog about it at the Ideal Bite blog! > http://idealbite.blogs.com/ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > Make just one change for the environment, start with > Ecover. ECOVER. > Effective Cleaning - Ecologically. 800-449-4975. > (http://www.ecover.com) > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > > > > > © 2006 Ideal Bite, Inc. > > > All editorial suggestions in this tip are the result > of testing and a > preference for the tip topic. No advertiser has paid > to have its > company referenced in the tip. Advertising on the > Ideal Bite can be > found as separate and distinct units, namely the > skyscraper banner > along the side and/or a small image with text along > the bottom of the > email. From time to time, if we know that a certain > company is going > to be mentioned or featured, we inform them in > advance and allow them > to purchase paid advertising space if they would > like to do so. But we > promise -- we won't recommend anything we didn't try > and didn't like > -- and no one can pay to be featured in the tip. > > > > This email was sent to info, by > dailytip > > Un: Send an email to info Ideal Bite | 178 Clinton Street | Suite 4F | > Brooklyn | NY | 11201 > > I have decided to do the 2006 CN Tower Climb for World Wildlife Fund. This link should take you to 'My Climb Page', where you will be able to sponsor me online if you so desire. Thanks. http://wwfcentral.ca/NetCommunity/Page.aspx? & pid=233 & srcid=232 & frsid=129 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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