Recycled Glass Products Benefit the Environment and Society
100% recycled glass products including floor, countertop and bathroom tiles, suncatchers, ornaments, vases and candle holders make a great gift for almost anyone on your list. Aurora Glass carries a wide variety of recycled glass products available on line at www.auroraglass.org. You can also purchase them locally at Hard Copy Recycling and Eco-Gifts, 454 Main Street in Longmont, 303-772-2902. Your gift will help the Earth and our community as well. Aurora Glass is part of St. Vincent de Paul’s strategic recycling initiative for a healthier community. All profits assist homeless and low-income people through emergency services, housing, jobs, training and other charitable endeavors.

Elegant, Natural and Sustainable Accessories
Natural Spaces sells only products made from recycled or natural and sustainable materials. Their product line includes luxurious linens made out of 100% organic cotton, elegant and functional recycled glass dinnerware, stylish recycled aluminum home accessories, beautiful recycled brass garden and home accessories, and much more. Cold War leftovers such as brass bullet casings, ship propellers, battery clamps and radiator fittings have been recycled and transformed into beautiful doorbells, knockers, outdoor faucets, garden markers, and sundials. Visit Natural Spaces’ web site at www.naturalspaces.com.

Light Up Your Winter with Recycled Candles
There are many varieties of recycled candles on the market. Lovelights Candle Company of Boulder, CO uses recycled materials purchased from local businesses whenever possible as well as natural hemp wicks. Their candles come packaged in re-used materials. Mountain Flower Candles creates uniquely beautiful oil lamp candles using recycled glass bottles, dried wild flowers and pure paraffin oil. You can purchase all of these beautiful candles at ArtMart on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder.

Firefly Creative Lighting at Future Solutions
Winter is a time for warm lights and peaceful settings. Let Future Solutions help light your way with their recycled tin can wall sconces, hanging lamps, night lights and candle holders. Each unique light fixture is made with old tin soup, coffee or other small metal cans and carefully etched and welded with a jeweler’s weld. The wall sconces can be hung inside or out. Future Solutions also carries a wide assortment of household accessories, recycled glass place settings, watercolor artwork set on top of old music sheets or road maps, recycled jewelry, recycled scrap metal garden art and recycled content office supplies. You can visit their showroom at 9769 W. 119th Drive, Suite 4, Broomfield, 303-460-7007 or check their web site at www.futuresolutionsinc.com.

Winter Wonderland at Hard Copy Recycling and Eco-Gifts
Hard Copy Recycling and Eco-Gifts is a great location to buy environmentally-friendly gifts any time of year. They carry a wide variety of recycled content products including crazy crayons, 50% post-consumer cardboard building blocks, recycled plastic cutting boards, gift boxes, book box safes made from old books, old silverware wind chimes, and stationery items, to name a few. Hard Copy Recycling and Eco-Gifts is located at 454 Main St. in Longmont, 303-772-2902.

A Little Something for the Sports Enthusiast
If you made a New Year’s resolution to exercise more or get out and enjoy nature, two used sporting goods stores will help you make it happen. Play It Again Sports and Boulder Sports Recyclers sell used equipment on consignment and offer a wide variety of biking, hiking, climbing, camping, skiing, golfing and skating equipment. They also carry baseball and soccer supplies. Boulder Sports Recyclers is an independent store located at 1727 15th St. in Boulder, 303-786-9940, and Play It Again Sports is a national franchise with over 700 stores, including one in Boulder located at 653 S. Broadway (Table Mesa Center), 303-499-2011.

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