Some of the many benefits of purchasing recycled-content products include:

1. Conservation of natural resources and energy
2. Reduced pollution and greenhouse gas emissions
3. Preservation of landfill space
4. Support for small businesses
5. Creation of jobs
6. Fostering of new markets and competition

See the "Where to Go" section below for local companies that carry recycled-content products, such as:

• Office supplies (e.g. paper, calendars, binders, notebooks, envelopes, etc.)
• Plastic products (e.g. garbage liner bags, letter trays, trade show displays, etc.)
• Automotive supplies (e.g. re-refined motor oil, antifreeze, oil absorbent materials, etc.)
• Construction and remodeling supplies (e.g. paint, carpet, tiles, benches, etc.)
• Restaurant and retail products (e.g. napkins, plates, cardboard boxes, cash register tape, wrapping paper, etc.)
• Landscaping and gardening supplies (e.g. mulch, compost, compost bins, fencing, hoses, lawn furniture, etc.)

Where to go

• All of Santa Barbara County (2)

  • Jordano’s — 550 South Patterson Avenue
  • Livingreen —

• Carpinteria Area (1)

  • Carpinteria Valley Lumber Company — 915 Elm Avenue

• Santa Barbara Area (6)

  • Art Essentials — 32 East Victoria Street
  • Bedrock Building Supplies — 208 North Calle Cesar Chavez
  • Hayward Lumber Company — 421 Laguna Street
  • Letter Perfect Stationery — 1150 Coast Village Road
  • Office Max — 219 East Gutierrez Street
  • Smart and Final — 217 East Gutierrez Street

• Goleta & UCSB Area (6)

  • Channel City Lumber Company — 35 Aero Camino
  • Goleta Building Materials — 91 Frederick Lopez Road
  • Hayward Lumber — 79 Frederick Lopez Road
  • Home Depot — 6975 Marketplace Drive
  • Smart and Final — 7090 Hollister Avenue
  • Staples — 7015 Marketplace Drive

• Santa Ynez Valley (1)

  • Neilsen Building Materials — 1230 Mission Drive

• Lompoc Valley & VAFB (1)

  • Home Depot — 1701 East Ocean Avenue

• Santa Maria Valley (8)

  • Hayward Lumber — 800 West Betteravia Road
  • Hernandez Sewing, Inc. — 2360 Thompson Way, Suite J
  • Home Depot — 2120 South Bradley Road
  • Jak Sak — 523 South Railroad
  • Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc. — 1760 South Broadway
  • Office Depot — 1427 South Bradley Road
  • Rizzoli’s Automotive — 1149 West Tama Lane
  • Smart and Final — 1721 Soutrh Broadway

• Outside Santa Barbara County (37)

  • Adapt Ad Specialty, Inc. — 13618 Lemay Street
  • Amazing Recycled Products — P.O. Box 312
  • Bamboo Clothes — 1846-A West 169th Street
  • Be Green Packaging — 800 Presidio
  • BuyGreen.com — 14 Goodyear, Suite 135
  • Clean Flame Firelogs — 100 Kentucky Street
  • Clothes Made from Scrap — 2701 Meeting Place
  • Debra’s List —
  • Dolphin Blue — 7324 Gaston Avenue, Suite 124
  • Duraflame — P.O. Box 1230
  • Eco-Artware.com — 3100 Connecticut Avenue, NW #131
  • Eco-Products, Inc. — 4755 Walnut Street
  • Ecologic Designs, Inc. — 2500 47th Street, Suite 12
  • EcoMall —
  • Give Something Back — 3658 Ruffin Road, Suite C/D
  • Green America — 1621 "K" Street, NW Suite 600
  • Green Home LLC — 505 Montgomery Street, Floor 2
  • Green Toys — 4000 Bridgeway, Suite 100
  • Greendisk — 1988 18th Avenue, Suite B
  • Guided — 7908 South 228th Street
  • LetsGoGreen.biz — 2588 Jeremiah Industrial Road
  • Nerman-Lockhart, Inc. — P.O. Box 211
  • PaperNuts.com — 441 Eastchester Avenue, East
  • Patagonia — 235 West Santa Clara Street
  • Pine Mountain Consumer Affairs c/o Royal Oak Enterprises — 1 Royal Oak Avenue
  • Recycled Products Cooperative — 386 North Coast Highway 101
  • Resource Revival — P.O. Box 440
  • SimBio USA, Inc. — 7 NW 2 Street
  • Skichair.com — 4 Abbott Place
  • The Green Office — P.O. Box 22515
  • The GreenLine Paper Company — 631 South Pine Street
  • The Ultimate Green Store —
  • TreeCycle.com — 22808 Forrest Creek Drive #102
  • Wax Box Fire Log Corporation dba Clean Flame Firelogs — 100 Kentucky Street
  • Weisenbach Recycled Products — 437 Holtzman Avenue
  • West Paw — 32050 East Frontage Road
  • World Centric — 101 "H" Street