A quick search on the internet reveals a few Kraft paper-finished Binders with the Eco description attached to them.
I wonder why we call them ECO.
Because of lack of better option?
The Vinyl or other Plastic covers are replaced with paper. But the complicated metal mechanism presenting the sharp tooths of metal rings is still there— and the heavy covers and the mechanism weigh a lot. Plus, there is a never-ending headache: What size should I buy?
0.5″?
1″?
1.5″?
2″?
3″?
What would you do presented with a binder without all the above headaches?
Ringless binders with tabs
Same Ring-less Multi-binder with two sets of paperwork inside. UP to 350 pages.
This Binder reduces 80% of the materials and waste used for the Ring Binders.
No Spine and NO Rings still perform the same function and are much more pleasing because of their flexibility.
They come in two Flavors.
0-2″ Multi-binder. Two sets of ties bind two sets of paperwork.
0-3″ up to 6″ Spineless binder
ringless multi-binder with one set of paperwork
Both weigh around 2 ounces and are cut from a flexible sheet of tear-resistant paper.
Spineless Binder Covers with two tagsCompare Sizes. Black three-ring Binder with a ringless binder on topStack of Spineless Binders with visible tags
I recently read a post by KAT, Idaho’s proud parent of a school-age daughter.
There are funny questions about the availability of medical help for kids carrying backpacks heavier than themselves, the number of 3-ring binders of all sizes littering her closets, and the abundance of other school supplies lingering in her house.
Very few people take on this subject since most of us take the reality as it is without a word of protest. There is no alternative, they think. Even if they would go outside marching with signs protesting the terror of school supply reality, there is not to hope much somebody will help.
Years ago, when going to school, I used one copybook, always starting with the first page during each lesson and tearing it out to have it new and fresh for new upcoming subjects. How did I get away with that? God only knows what smart kids can do to survive school.
My creative use of paper did not end there.
Being always a fan of paper and paper-made things, I won the school competition by constructing a Steam engine model from paper. At my older age, I concluded that paper printing and distributing flyers and papers about communist government activity was a good idea.
The fate of similar Paper addicts followed…
So being an expert on “PAPER, or rather paper addict, ” I can offer KAT advice.
Do not use Ring Binders. Instead of the long selections of Colors and sizes and misaligned rings and Spines dominating your landscape, use a “ringless Binder.”
I devised it as another paper to hold the leaflets. Yes, a Single sheet of paper with a few ties cut into the covers holding any number of pages and not exceeding the thickness of the stack, not even a fraction of the inch like the ring binder spines DO.
No metal rings, parts, heavy covers, and spines. Just a plain Flat sheet of tear-resistant paper.
It is an ECO-friendly contraption eliminating 80% of the material normally used in a ring binder.
It will reduce the stacks of used and unused binders to a few discreet pages in your situation.
I am sure your kids will love the fact that the Ring binders are gone and, no doubt, will finish off the ringless binders very quickly, so there will be no residue left in your closets after school years. They are Eco – recyclable.
Can you imagine? You do not tear apart pages anymore.
You can remove and replace them in quite an orderly fashion. I wish I had one years ago.
Are you looking for Eco-friendly Binder?
