SUSTAINABLE STICKERS: what to look for & where to find them

As an artist, I loved the idea of creating stickers of my paintings. Yet, I had a question nagging at the back of my mind: Are stickers sustainable / eco-friendly? Can they be?

In this video I try to answer that question, and share what I found in days and days of Google searching, so that finding answers & potential resources is a bit easier for you.

Time stamps:
Intro
00:00 What you can expect out of this video

Part 1: What to look for and consider in eco-friendly stickers
00:41 What kind of stickers are particularly problematic?
02:01 Five factors to consider for sustainable stickers & why they matter
06:59 Summary of the five factors
07:48 Why I choose eco-friendly stickers

Part 2: Potential resources for eco-friendly stickers
10:09 Overview of what types of links I will share in Part 2
11:24 Companies that will produce custom, eco-friendly stickers
12:01 Sustainable sticker comparison / samples
21:42 Sustainable sticker paper source for at-home printing & cutting
22:39 Eco-friendly packaging stickers
23:34 A directory of environmentally conscious (packaging) resources for planet-loving
designers & businesses

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Links mentioned in video:
Sticker it biodegradable stickers:
https://stickerit.co/biodegradable-pa...

Sticker it eco friendly stickers:
https://stickerit.co/eco-friendly-sti...

Zap creatives eco paper stickers:
https://zapcreatives.com/collections/...

Eco enclose
https://www.ecoenclose.com/eco-friend...
(see question on their site, "Do you offer blank sticker sheets?")

No issue
https://www.noissue.co/

A better source
https://abettersource.org/

Additional interesting links if you want to keep researching/the kind of sources I got my information from:
https://clarifygreen.com/environmenta...
https://www.purelabels.com/blog/not-a...
http://www.distantvillage.com/sustain...
https://www.plctx.com/blog/material-o...
https://elevatepackaging.com/blog/eco...
https://hydropac.co.uk/switching-to-e...
https://www.sixb.com/blog/biodegradab...

And additional suppliers that looked interesting (but I did not read into deeply):
https://elevatepackaging.com/full-she...
https://freckledfuchsia.com/blogs/new...
https://www.alocalprinter.co.uk/card-...
https://www.prweb.com/releases/lightn...

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