Eco-friendly business cards don’t come cheap, I discovered a while back. But just in time for the BlogHer conference later this month, eco-cards have gotten a lot more affordable, with Moo.com entering the eco business card business!
Now, you can get 50 business cards– printed on 100% post-consumer chlorine-free recycled paper — for $21.99. These prices, you’ll note, aren’t actually less expensive than those from eco-friendly business card companies I’ve written about before. However, while those companies require that you commit to at least 500 cards or so — driving up the upfront cost — Moo.com lets anyone with $25 or so get their hands on all-recycled business cards.
Unfortunately, the ink used by Moo.com is not veggie-based; Moo.com says such eco-friendly inks aren’t available yet for digital print. However, Moo.com points out other eco-features of digital printing: No film separations or plates — and the chemicals used with them — are employed in the printing process. Plus, since orders can be for as little as 50 cards, there’s less chance of paper waste created by overordering.
Like Moo’s already-popular minicards, these new business cards let you print a different image on each card. And while Moo also offers a “classic,” virgin paper option, the “green” paper doesn’t cost any more. So opt for the “green” option — and see you at BlogHer!
[crossposted from BlogHer]
Update, 8/8/08: I got my own Moo.com cards!
HMmm, those look great, but they ship from London … not very green. I looked on the website for a local pick-up option but didn’t find anything.
Comment by Emily — June 30, 2008 @ 2:13 pm
it’s amazing how important these details can be for people you meet on the road. sometimes when you represent a green business, its easy to forget that our chairs, table cloths, business cards, etc etc should be as green as possible — but people always ask!
Comment by emily — July 1, 2008 @ 1:03 pm
Emily — Good point about the shipping from London thing. Another downer part of the distance is that the cards take a while to arrive –
Comment by Siel — August 8, 2008 @ 5:20 pm
Just came across this post. I love moo cards, they’re great!!! I want to give you some information about something along the same lines, but even more environmentally friendly. A new service that that one of our clients just launched, called TextID.
The new service, TextID, allows users to purchase unique text “domains”, such as their names or businesses that allows them to pass along contact information. They can give out their ID, lawn care or Angie for example, and the recipient texts that name to 555411. In just a few moments, they get a text back to their phones with contact information and the message the TextID member has chosen, which can also include a pdf file.
So, it’s basically a business card that is 100% environmentally friendly!
The site is http://www.textid.com if anyone wants to check it out.
Comment by Alicia Moura — September 23, 2008 @ 2:55 pm