Environmental Footprint
As an individual, it is in the little things where one can make a difference. Paying attention is the first step.
Most of the time we deliver our packages to the post office by bicycle! Good for us, good for the planet.
So that your order arrives in perfect shape we use a combination of paper, plastic and foam. All the packaging materials we use are at least second use, in other words recycled. Boxes may also contain space filling puffy little bags. These, too, are not virgin materials but recycled from other uses. We even ask clerks at stores if they have any and schlep them back to the warehouse.
Shipping is in corrugated cardboard boxes which generally have high recycled content. USPS boxes are new Cradle-to-CradleCM certified.
The least sustainable part of our packing is the tape. We use 3M Scotch packaging tape made in the USA which minimizes its carbon footprint when compared to cheaper Chinese tape.
Our web host is located in Oregon which is blessed with a lot of hydropower and wind power. Their electricity purchase agreements mandate 100% of the power used to host our site is from renewable sources.
Probably the worst thing we do is fly back and forth to Asia, can’t help that. Also we fly our products in rather than using ocean cargo which has a smaller carbon footprint and is less expensive. We do this for quality assurance reasons.
