Best places to get green items

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B. Lime boutique of Champaign provides green goods. Photo by James Kyung

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    So now that you’ve decided to go green, let’s talk about where in town you can go to get started.

    Bicycles

    Urbana:

    • Baker’s Bikes (located at 1001 S. Lynn St.)

    • Bikeworks (located at 1103 W. Main St.)

    • Durst Cycle (located at 1112 W. University Ave.)

    Champaign:

    • Champaign Cycle Co. (located at 506 S. Country Fair Dr.)

    • Durst Cycle (located at 1201 S. Mattis Ave.)

    Water bottles

    • B.Lime is a green store that has a variety of eco-friendly items, including water bottles. (located in downtown Champaign at 12 E. Washington St.).

    • Champaign Surplus carries a wide selection of water bottles, including plastic and aluminum bottles. They also have various water bottle accessories (located at 303 S. Neil St., C.).

    • Other stores like Walmart and Target carry eco-friendly water bottles.

    Canvas Bags

    • B.Lime also offers a collection of canvas as well as other eco-friendly bags.

    • Local Businesses, such as Courier Café and Art Mart offer canvas bags with their logos.

    • Most groceries stores in town sell reusable totes.

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    Last post: Mar. 15, 2010 at 1:06 pm

    Timbo (unregistered user) said on Mar. 15, 2010 at 1:06 pm:

    For bicycles:
    1- Freecycle.org or chambana.craigslist.org, or
    2- Flats Fixed (find him on craigslist)

    There is no reason to spend $300 on a cheap bike (and that is the kind of bike $300 will get you) made from new parts when you can get a far better one used from the above places for less cost without supporting foreign supply chains.

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