Each year billions and billions of metal staples are manufactured in pollution-spewing factories. And each year most of these end up on landfills, causing further harm to the environment. "if every office worker in the UK saved just one staple a day, we''d save 72 tones of metal a year!" (source: wasteonline.org.uk). The Eco Staple Free Stapler revolutionizes how you fasten papers together The Eco Staple Free Stapler cuts out a tiny strip of paper and uses it to "stitch" up to four pages together. Cool tip: "Staple" twice - in mirror image - for an even better hold.