Who Is Keeping America Beautiful?

You may know that during the last First Friday Artwalk, Framewoods invited the Topeka Branch of Keep America Beautiful to share their mission with our art enthusiasts. On their website you can find all sorts of recycling information for the Shawnee County area including a directory of where you can recycle nearly anything within the area. I would definitely recommend checking out their website.

As the nation’s largest community improvement organization, Keep America Beautiful has worked for more than 50 years to inspire individuals and organizations to be more environmentally responsible. Keep America Beautiful engages more than 1,200 local affiliates and participating organizations across the nation to create cleaner, greener and more livable communities through efforts like the Great American Cleanup.

Recycling a package or product after it's been used is a good way to help our planet but not everyone thinks about how they might be able to be earth friendly when they acquire products. Here at Framewoods we have several environmentally friendly ways to create your framing design so that you can stay green even as you preserve your treasured pictures and memorabilia. From environmentally friendly frames created with sustainable wood sources to our 100% cotton mats.

One of our favorite mat suppliers Crescent RagMat just joined the ranks of supporters for Keep America Beautiful. "We’re proud to join the ranks of other leading companies like The Glad Products Company; Pepsi-Cola Company; The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and the Solo Cup Company in their support of Keep America Beautiful." a Crescent representative says. And we are please to support Crescent in their efforts for a greener earth.  

The RagMat line of matboard has always been made with 100% cotton and provides an acid free, conservation environment for your frame design. We have prefered this mat product over paper mats for the past several years because:  

• Cotton is a sustainable product that reduces the use of trees for matting and mounting boards
• Cotton has a natural, lasting brightness that does not require extensive chemical processing
• RagMat is designed to preserve and beautify the cherished artwork and photography of individuals

So despite the natural beauty and conservation qualities of the Crescent RagMat line of matboard we can also be assured to be helping to Keep America Beautiful.  Please come in to see our selection of frames and learn more about the quality of Crescent RatMat.

Design Studio Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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