Lanyards are not only useful, they are environmentally friendly. Most are made from environmentally friendly resources, which can be recycled thereby reducing the waste that is causing landfills all over the world to fill up.
Environmentally friendly lanyards are often manufactured from plants that are a renewable resource. Cotton is one plant that is often used to make lanyards. The cotton plant has been harvested as a crop for hundreds of years.
Bamboo is another plant that is being used to produce heavy duty lanyards. There are a number of things that make bamboo perfect for this kind of application. Bamboo is part of the grass family and is one of the fastest growing plants in the world. Certain species of bamboo have been known to grow as fast as 10 cm in a twenty four hour period.
Farmers who grow bamboo as a crop are more than able to meet the needs of the world at present and due to its fast growing nature, they should be able to stay ahead of demand for decades to come. Additionally, the plant is one that is very hardy and can grow almost everywhere. Bamboo can and does grow on every continent except Europe and Antarctica.
Lanyards do last a long time, but there does come a point when they are going to need to be replaced. Since many of them are made of plant products, they can be recycled. Places that handle cotton recycling can take any old lanyards that you throw in the cotton recycle bag. You just have to make certain that you remove any of the metal from the lanyard before you throw it away.
One of the biggest contributors to the landfill problem is the plastic water bottle. In fact, these bottles have become such a problem that some cities have banned their use. The lanyard can provide a simple solution to this problem. All a person has to do is attach a refillable water container to their lanyard. Rather than buying a new bottle every time you get thirsty and want a drink of water, you can use your refillable container. At present, 40 million plastic bottles are tossed away every single day. Think of what would happen if everybody simply used a refillable bottle.
Another great thing that a lanyard can do to help the environment is to provide a quick trash bag. Children who are out biking or walking with their parents do not often hang onto their wrappers until they reach a trash can. A smart parent will create a lanyard trash pouch. The next time you go on an outing with your children, tell your child to keep all of their trash in their pouch. Not only will this help the environment, it will make certain that as a parent you do not have to deal with all the wrappers and used tissues.
Sure, these ideas may seem small, but if only a fraction of people began using their environmentally friendly lanyards to help with the bottle water problem it would make a huge difference. It is important that every person on the planet do what they can to help keep our world beautiful. Every little bit does count and does make a difference.