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Some 70 percent of products are made from recycled material, including recycled wire, sheet metal, wrought iron, water hyacinth rope, papyrus, soda cans and waste paper.","products":[{"product_id":"cycling-whimsy-earrings","title":"Cycling Whimsy Earrings","description":"Ingenious artisans hand-form these wire bicycle earrings, giving whimsical tribute to eco-friendly transport around the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"tenthousandvillagesus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45177469796655,"sku":"4120080","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/9356\/1135\/products\/4120080-WEB-1.jpg?v=1685019709"},{"product_id":"wire-owl-gift-bookmark","title":"Wire Owl  Gift Bookmark","description":"\u003cdiv data-content-type=\"row\" data-appearance=\"contained\" data-element=\"main\"\u003e\u003cdiv data-enable-parallax=\"0\" data-parallax-speed=\"0.5\" data-background-images=\"{}\" data-element=\"inner\" data-pb-style=\"60E70E60EA73D\"\u003e\u003cdiv data-content-type=\"html\" data-appearance=\"default\" data-element=\"main\" data-pb-style=\"60E70E60EA74E\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo you know someone who thinks reading is a hoot? 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The Wire Elephant Gift Bookmark is there to remember your spot when you doze off in the middle of a story. The elephant-shaped copper wire bookmark is shaped from copper wire by the skillful hands of Kenyan artisans in Kisumu. and the paper backing is made from water hyacinth. The invasive plant species has plagued Lake Victoria and severely affected the livelihoods of fisherman. 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