Reduce, Reuse, Replay
It took me a while to come up with an angle for this article. I considered framing it as a conversation about manufacturing in the U.S., due to our ongoing concerns with what it might cost to print games overseas. I also thought this might be a good way to justify a conversation about the amount of waste that our industry produces. But in the end, I decided that it was just a cool thing to bring to your attention.
Our friends over at Atlas Games have an interesting range of products sold through their Replay Workshop store. Yes, they have game accessories like miniature bases and dice, but they also have crafting materials like turning blanks for making cool things on lathes. What makes these items most interesting, though, is that they are locally made from recycled materials. Give their store a look and help them return a bit of discard plastic to a more usable form.