Sustainable Branded Ideas
Eco promotional gift ideas
Sustainability
There is suddenly a demand for more sustainability when it comes to almost all products, and that is also true with branded notebooks as well as gift ideas. Our industry is full of straight-to-landfill tat, but we believe that there is a better way.
Finally changes are happening, solutions are quickly being found. We can already offer a great range of more eco-friendly ideas, and more and better ones will follow if demand increases.
Discover a range of eco-friendly gifts
A more sustainable choice, this notebook is made from recycled paper
✔ Eco - made from recycled content
✔ Made in Italy - for quality and sustainability
✔ Choices - options for colours and branding
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
Series 2 bottles are an smart take on the original classic, in all new colours as well
✔ Brand impact - Chilly’s is the go-to name in drinkware
✔ Colours - wide range to choose from
✔ Useful - people will love and use this as a gift
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
A notebook made from recycled plastic bottles and recycled paper
✔ Eco - both cover and pages are made from recycled content
✔ Choices - multiple colours to choose from
✔ Made in Italy - for quality and sustainability
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
A 100% recyclable notebook, with a grained cover for an attractive finish
✔ Sustainable - 100% paper-based
✔ Made in Italy - for quality and sustainability
✔ Choices - options for colours and branding
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
The eco choice - each mug sold will remove 1,000 plastic bottles from entering our oceans
✔ Brand impact - Ocean Bottle are a recognised name
✔ Eco - big impact from each bottle purchased
✔ Useful - people will love and use this as a gift
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
Each bottle funds the clear up of over 11kg of discarded plastic - the eco choice
✔ Brand impact - Ocean Bottle are a recognised name
✔ Eco - big impact from each bottle purchased
✔ Useful - people will love and use this as a gift
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
The original Appeel notebook, made out of apple waste for more eco notebook
✔ Sustainable - made from recycled content including apple pulp
✔ Made in Italy - for quality and sustainability
✔ Choices - options for colours and branding
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
A simple card cover book made in the UK with recycled cover and pages
✔ Eco - made from recycled content
✔ Made in UK - sustainable option
✔ Choices - options for colours and branding
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
An all-new Appeel notebook made from apples but with a grained cover and matching elastic & pen loop
✔ Sustainable - made from recycled content including apple pulp
✔ Made in Italy - for quality and sustainability
✔ Choices - options for colours and branding
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
Slimline recyclable notebook with excellent eco credentials
✔ Sustainable - made from 100% recycled paper and FSC cards
✔ Made in Italy - for quality and sustainability
✔ Colours- huge choice of colours
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
A classic pen design, but made from minerals
✔ Eco - made from minerals to reduce plastic content by 60%
✔ Style - the stone content gives aditional weight
✔ Quality - made in Switzerland
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
A reusable coffee cup that has a big impact - each sale funds the clearance of 1,000 plastic bottles
✔ Brand impact - Ocean Bottle are a recognised name
✔ Eco - big impact from each bottle purchased
✔ Useful - people will love and use this as a gift
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
The most popular Senator pen now available with a recycled plastic option
✔ Eco - made from recycled plastic
✔ Choice - lots of colours to choose from
✔ Quality - made in Germany
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
An innovative alternative to plastic pens, made using biopolymers
✔ Eco - biopolymers will naturally degrade
✔ Style - clean modern design
✔ Quality - made in Switzerland
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
A really good sustainable choice when you want a pen to go with your Castelli notebook
✔ Simple - the easiest add-on to a Castelli notebook
✔ Choice - several colours to choose from
✔ Low MOQ - from just 25 pieces
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
Our most popular Senator pen, made with bio-plastic for a sustainable choice
✔ Eco - made from bioplastic
✔ Choice - lots of colours to choose from
✔ Quality - made in Germany
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
Entry level pen with a bio-plastic barrel for a more a sustainable choice
✔ Eco - made from bioplastic
✔ Choice - lots of colours to choose from
✔ Quality - made in Germany
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
Round or hexagonal pencils in a range of colours. Pantone matching available
✔ Eco - pencils are a fantastic alterntive to pens
✔ Choice - we can offer any colour matching
✔ Popular - people love the simplicity of a pencil
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
Coloured notebooks from Lebanon with an animal motif
✔ Eco - made from degradable materials
✔ Unique - the animal motif is an original feature
✔ Choices - options for colours and branding
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Fast turnaround with personal support
Q&A Sustainable Stationery
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Yes, and no. Yes in that a lot of stationery is paper-based and so is already more recyclable than many other products. But no for many reasons that you might want to think about.
So anything plastic - such as pens - is a problem for sustainability. Even some notebooks have a cover that is made from a PU (i.e. plastic-based) substance. That is why a notebook like the Castelli Nature stands out. It is entirely paper-based and so can be recycled once used.
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No, even a notebook like the Castelli Tucson will need the cover removing before you can recycle the paper inside. That said, many if not most people will keep notebooks as they are full of useful information.
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The answer is hopefully. This is where you get into FSC and recycled paper, knowing where the paper originated from. Most paper is in quality notebooks like ours is FSC (i.e. from a responsibly managed source), but it is worth looking out for.
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So a lot of pens will be a problem here as they use plastic, and not just for the barrel but for the refill inside. There are now new pens on the market that use bio-plastics, such as the Senator Liberty Bio pen.
This is a big step forward, but still leaves some parts of the pen such as the clip and refill using non-bio plastic. And recycling a bio-plastic pen is not as straightforward as you might wish it to be.
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Well, long before we invented the ballpoint pen we came up with a more sustainable solution. The pencil. Yes, the humble pencil may well be the answer to your sustainability problems. With no plastic to worry about, it is also a popular choice just for its simplicity and even a cool-factor that a pen can’t match.
Series 3 bottles are an update for 2026 on the popular Series 2
✔ Improved stay-cold/stay-hot tecnology
✔ Sustainable - made from 90% recycled content
✔ Useful - people will love and use this as a gift
✔ Ideal for staff & client gifting
✔ Brand impact - Chilly’s is the go-to name in drinkware