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Virtually everything we buy has an impact on the environment, from something as small as a birthday card to something as big as a shiny new car. And the things we buy have a price-not just in the dollars we spend, but in the cost to the environment. When we choose a greeting card made of recycled paper or a gas-saving hybrid car or any of the thousands of alternative products on the market, we're not only saving the health of the environment, we're also encouraging manufacturers to produce more and more goods that are ecologically safe and sound.

