Our Eco Checklist for Recommended Products
Although our foremost aim is to recommend products which help reduce your exposure to harmful synthetic chemicals, we are also concerned to ensure general environmental sustainability.“There is no such thing as perfectly ‘green’ products: environmentally preferable products are ‘greener’ not ‘green’, and marketing them as such is entirely fair” (www.sinsofgreenwashing.org – Marketer’s Guide)
- We support producers that pursue continual improvement of their environmental footprint across the entire life-cycle of their products
- All products recommended by us are solely produced from environmentally sustainable sources eg recycled materials, organic/sustainable farming practices, sustainable plants such as bamboo, fair trade practices
- We are against animal testing. All recommended products are only tested on humans.
- Any product recommended by us that claims to have third party certified status has been verified eg organic certification, eco certification
- All products recommended by us are free from petrochemicals and any chemicals considered moderately or highly hazardous by accepted standards such as those of the Environmental Working Group (n.b. this is in regard to disclosed ingredients only – we do not have products independently tested. However, it does also include disclosed hazardous chemicals used in the growing/processing e.g. formaldehyde in clothing and chemical sprays on cotton plants.
- Products recommended by us have minimal packaging and handling, and where possible use recycled or recyclable packaging materials.
- All products recommended by us have low disposal impact i.e. they do not contain contaminating components and are practically compostable, recyclable or have a very long life-span.
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