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Jewelry
Lunette otherwise known for their feminine products also sells these beautiful earrings and necklaces made from Finnish birch which is one of the most sustainable forestries.
V - Vegan Society certified
CF - Vegan Society certified & The Finnish Key Flag Emblem.
RS - Lunette cups are reusable for years on end, and can last even longer if they're cleaned properly.
PP - comes in a paper box that should be reused to keep the earrings or necklace in.
PS - Every shipping material is recyclable as paper or cardboard and made from recycled materials. They use paper tape.
WTCN - Lunette reduces their carbon footprint by manufacturing and packaging all their products within Finnish borders.
Lunch bag
These lunch bags are super cute and made from organic cotton and have many different designs to choose from:)
O - made from organic cotton
PP - most packaging is made from 100% recycled paper
PS - Recycled shipping boxes if you choose UPS. Otherwise it will be a plastic bag unfortunately.
RS - reusable
RP - accept back silicone parts
Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve (dont get spray - not recyclable)
Chagrin Valley offers four different sustainable bug repellents: a stick, lotion bar, soap bar and a candle.
O - OEFFA or USDA organic
V - the candle and the camping & trail bar are vegan
CF - Leaping bunny certified
OP/PP - stick comes in a recyclable paper tube - soap bar comes in a recycled paper box - lotion and candle come in recyclable tin-plated steel tins
PS - Only use boxes that have already been used by friends, family, manufacturers or USPS and shredded office paper for padding. They use a heat protective wrap in the summer to protect the heat sensitive products from melting during shipping. The heat protective wrap is made from recycled materials and is indeed recyclable. You will only see styrofoam peanuts, or plastic bubble wrap from Soap and Salve if it is something they have received from elsewhere. “If you do not wish to receive any protective plastic packaging, just put a note in the comments box when you check out.” read more here.
bug repellent
Badger Balm repellent in a tin or as a sunscreen
Both of these bug repellents are gluten free and the sunscreen bug repellent is also hyper-allergenic, reef safe, and biodegradable.
O - B-corp certified company and the sunscreen is NSF certified organic.
CF - Leaping Bunny certified cruelty free
OP - tins: comes in a recyclable metal tin and recycled paper box. Sunscreen: comes in a recyclable plastic tube.
OS/PS - Badger only uses non-recyclable shipping materials in the case that it has been sent to them from elsewhere. Otherwise they reuse cardboard boxes, use 100% recycled paper envelopes, and for padding the recyclable and compostable Geami wraps.
WTCN - they offset 100% of our air travel and propane use by supporting a project in Colorado that is protecting native grasslands and preventing them from being disturbed. They have also purchased wind Renewable Energy Credits to compensate for 100% of the electricity that doesn’t already come from renewable resources. They also ship UPS Carbon Neutral!
Produce bag
This cute produce bag is handmade and perfect for any produce or grocery shopping. You will receive a random color:)
O - made from organic cotton
PP - no packaging
PS - unpacked living only reuses boxes that have already been used and paper tape
TIP: have a little fun and knit/crochet some yourself! Just make sure that the yarn is organic and sourced close to you! Caroline has crocheted this pattern but you can find many more on the garnstudio.com website.
WRapping paper
Vissevasse offers reusable gift wrapping paper, because of the immense amounts of wrapping paper thrown out every Christmas especially, but also on birthdays. If you want to include the everwrap as part of the gift to spread the trend we encourage that, but if not just ask for it back:)
V - all Vissevasse products are vegan
CF - all Vissevasse products are cruelty free
PM - “Tyvek® is an extremely pure environmentally friendly water-resistant material with no post-processing water-resistant coating.(…)The material has high purity and is not made using any recycled PET bottles or PE plastics. High purity meant that Tyvek® can be recycled as a #2 material (PE category) to create other forms of plastic products.(…) As of today, no reports indicating any form of toxicity have been received. When burnt, the material would only generate water vapor and carbon dioxide. No toxic fumes would be produced." Vissevasse also makes sure that all wooden materials are FSC certified. "The binder of our inks with the affix “BIO” in the product name exclusively contains materials, which are based on renewable resources (…) Generally the content of mineral oils in these series originating from the raw materials is no more than 1 % (…) Furtheron we confirm, that in sheetfed inks of Flint Group no toxic heavy metals as lead, arsenic, cadmium, selenium, antimony, mercury and chrome (VI) are used as constitutional raw materials.”
PS - Vissevasse uses cardboard boxes to ship everwrap in. They also save all boxes and packaging materials from their factories so that nothing gets wasted:)
Hand sanitizer
This hand sanitizer comes in a fully recyclable aluminum bottle and lasts for 220 uses.
V - no animal ingredients/derivatives
CF - ByHumankind never harm or test their products on any animals
OP - packaging is 100% recyclable
PS - products arrive to you in recycled and recyclable paper mailers
WTCN - carbon neutral shipping!