Maine Recyling at it's Best

As an Interior Designer I prefer to use green products that are not detrimental to the environment or those of us living in these environments. Recently while reading my newsletter from New England Home magazine I came across an article on Downeast Doormats which I want to share with you. These mats are great, they are beautiful, colorful, practical, durable, and best of all they are made of 100% recycled materials.

I am sure many of you have heard about the relatively new law which requires all of Maine's Lobestermen to replace all of their floating lines used to tether their traps with sinking line. The law is in response to a problem with whales getting entangled in these lines, the new sinking line which is being mandated is to protect the whale from entanglement. The state of Maine in conjunction with the Maine Float Rope Company is collecting this rope in an effort to diverting thousands of tons from heading to the Maine landfills and use it to create these great mats.

This is the type of product we all need to support, diverting waste from our landfills is one of the easiest things we can do to help the environment. Purchasing these mats make great holiday gift for anyone. They will help keep dirt out of our homes and offices which will increase the longevity of our existing floor, which will than help prevent them from landing in our landfill so quickly. This will save you money over time so you can see this is a win-win situation for all. I understand this is a major inconvenience for our Lobestermen, so I want to thank them for their efforts in saving the whales. It is great to learn that this law was not implemented without any thought, and I think in the long run we will all be better off for it.

For more information or to purchase a mat check out Maine Float Rope. If you have any great success stories on recycling or a green product please feel free to share so we can motivate other to live a greener life!