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How To Have An Eco-Friendly Valentines Day

Eco-Friendly and organic ideas for Valentines Day gifts

Looking for eco-friendly Valentine's Day gifts for your other half?

offers customers a wide variety of eco-friendly greeting cards to meet all of your Valentine's Day needs. Hallmark prides themselves on providing customers with large quantities of  cards that are printed on recycled paper and made of recycled fiber.

Look for the Hallmark "green" icon on greeting cards for your eco-friendly option.

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Michaels Arts and Crafts of Ramsey offers a wide variety of eco-friendly Valentine's Day crafts for children and adults of all ages.

One such craft idea for this Valentine's Day is homemade soap, which requires individuals to melt and shape their own soap. This is a great idea for anyone who wants to save money, make a creative Valentine's Day gift and be sustainable!

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Grocery stores such as Shoprite in Ramsey, in Mahwah, along with CVS locations in Mahwah and Ramsey also offers brands of organic candy for this Valentine's Day.

While at CVS, you may want to pick up some organic beauty aides for your green-minded sweetheart. The drug store carries a line of Burt’s Bees organic beauty products, Canus products, which are made with goat milk. Canus products include soaps, lotions, foot spas, and gift sets.

If you have any other ideas for ways to celebrate cupid's day while making the world a little greener, post them in the comments!

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