Promotional pens are one of the best selling promotional items of all times, but in these days of eco-consciousness, what message to printed plastic or metal pens send about your business? If your company is doing its bit to help keep the Earth green, there's no reason that your promotional gifts and advertising giveaways should contradict. There's an entire range of standard promotional items that are eco-conscious, and send exactly the message that you want your customers to hear.

You don't have to sacrifice stylishness to be green any longer, either. Some of the newest writing instruments on the recycled products market are absolutely stunning in their design. From the sleek, modern lines of a high quality pen made from recycled game consoles to the warm, natural feel of a pen made with certified sustainable wood, these are promotional pens that are made to be displayed. And your customers will love to display them ? who wouldn't show off the unique designs and smooth lines of pens that are totally friendly to the environment?

While promotional pens are great advertising, green promotional pens can also serve your office staff. When you replace your usual office pens with a range of pens that are created to be biodegradable using a specially designed card barrel and recycled parts, you're keeping potentially thousands of pens out of landfills where they'll take decades to degrade. Schools can also help make a huge difference by including recycled pens and pencils made from sustainable wood in their students? school supplies.

Recycled promotional pens are also the ideal giveaway for green public service campaigns. They can be printed with a recycling motto and handed out at rallies and public events, or delivered with a printed card that offers suggestions for living a green life. Schools and clubs can profit while delivering the message of sustainable forests with a range of colored pencils made entirely from sustainable woods that have been certified by the Forest Stewardship.

Some green promotional pens are especially suited to specific sectors because of the products used in making them. There are green pens made from recycled CDs, CD cases, game consoles, computer parts, car parts ? even from recycled pen parts. Imagine the impact of using promotional pens that are created from recycled CDs when you sell computer software or produce audio CDs, or the novelty of handing out pens made from recycled car parts when you sell automobiles or service cars.

You can find many uses in advertising and promotion for green, eco-friendly pens. They fit into any promotional campaign or use for which you'd use traditional pens, but give you the added cache of running a campaign that's friendly to the earth. In a world where there are concerns about the rate at which we are using our natural resources, you can stand out and make a difference as a company that cares about our environment, and is willing to walk the walk as well as talk the talk.