Tag, You’re It
Photo from Fetching Tags
While researching “How to Green Your Pet” for Treehugger, I came across some sustainable options for pet I.D. tags. To tie them all together, check out the U.S.-made I-can’t-believe-that’s-hemp collars by Earthdog—y’know, if that Swiss Family Robinson look doesn’t work for you. Also available: breakaway cat collars made from 100-percent hemp.
 These tags are handcut from recycled diamond-plate aluminum and then polished so brilliantly your pup can almost see its face in it. You can choose from one of almost a hundred catchphrases (such as “Bad to the Bone” or “Who Farted?”) or you can come up with your own custom wording. Lightweight yet durable, the tags come in six sizes and four different shapes. Your pet’s name and your phone number can be inscribed on the back. I think Chekhov’s should say “You Smell” or “Cylon Agent.” ($15, Robbins Pet Care)
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 Fetching Tags are made from lightweight aircraft-quality aluminum and are twice as thick as regular I.D. tags. Shopowner Jen e-mailed to let me know that the tags contain recycled content, though they have no way of determining how much exactly. “Aluminum is the most efficiently recycled metal that we humans use,” she says. “Something like 2/3 of aluminum ever brought into production is still in use in some form.” Again, you get your choice of catchphrase in front, and your pet’s name and your number on the back. Comes in three sizes and four shapes. ($30, Fetching Tags)
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 You’ve undoubtedly seen Maize Hutton’s Mommy and Daddy Tags made from silver that was reclaimed from old film negatives. Now your pet can get its own 1×2-inch Wagg Tag from the same recycled silver. You cat or pooch’s name is engraved in front, along with the appropriate pet image, and your number goes on the back. Because the tags are constructed from very fine silver and can dent easily, they’re not for the rambunctious animal. ($55, Mommy Tags)
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Dustywheat said,
March 4, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Definitely cylon agent. That’s the cat I’ve met.
Dustywheat said,
March 5, 2007 at 12:04 pm
i realize I already posted a reply, but maybe they should make a tag like this;
http://www.boomerangtags.com/page.php?c=collartags&k=h
This tag is the one I have for Buckwheat and Dusty. It’s quiet as, doesn’t clang with the license (I know some people don’t like to license their dogs, but it’s already saved me worry with Dusty, but that’s another story) because it doesn’t hang, it’s on the collar. maybe I’ll suggest it.