A couple of new eco-conscious products I'm trying this month:
Clean Ones Pure Comfort reusable vinyl gloves are latex-free, BPA-free and phthalate-free. I'm not personally allergic to latex, a natural material from a rubber plant. But those who are can go into anaphlactic shock, so it seems like too big a risk to have them around.
Another product I'm trying this month is Seventh Generation's dish soap. I've avoided it until now because it's pricey, but I found a great deal on Amazon.com - six 25 oz bottles for $15.48. That's just over $2 a bottle. I'm probably going to give away five of the bottles and ask that people try the product and then buy a refill product to use in the bottle, because I object to the disposability. I think they should either concentrate this product or offer it in larger quantities so that we can refill one bottle.
Shipping small bottles is transportation-excess and creates too much CO2. I did find a 36 oz refill, and although the packaging is lighter weight than the bottles, it's not different enough size-wise to make the transportation-reduction impact a larger-sized refill - or even better, a concentrate product - could make. If someone knows whether Seventh Generation has a concentrate in this product, please let me know. I didn't see one on their website.
Clean Ones Pure Comfort reusable vinyl gloves are latex-free, BPA-free and phthalate-free. I'm not personally allergic to latex, a natural material from a rubber plant. But those who are can go into anaphlactic shock, so it seems like too big a risk to have them around.Another product I'm trying this month is Seventh Generation's dish soap. I've avoided it until now because it's pricey, but I found a great deal on Amazon.com - six 25 oz bottles for $15.48. That's just over $2 a bottle. I'm probably going to give away five of the bottles and ask that people try the product and then buy a refill product to use in the bottle, because I object to the disposability. I think they should either concentrate this product or offer it in larger quantities so that we can refill one bottle.
Shipping small bottles is transportation-excess and creates too much CO2. I did find a 36 oz refill, and although the packaging is lighter weight than the bottles, it's not different enough size-wise to make the transportation-reduction impact a larger-sized refill - or even better, a concentrate product - could make. If someone knows whether Seventh Generation has a concentrate in this product, please let me know. I didn't see one on their website.
