With the realization that many of the household items we use everyday are contributing to global warming, the paradigm is rapidly shifting and many consumers (and businesses) are changing their buying and selling habits in an effort to be more eco-friendly. Did you know that Market America has been at the cusp of the green movement since the beginning? Over the past 15 years, we have been offering products that are environmentally-friendly, from products that keep your body healthy, clean your house and filter your water.
Consider this, Snap™ and GlobalCare™ products are made with biodegradable, phosphate free ingredients. High concentrations of phosphates in surface waters raise the growth of phosphate-dependent organisms, such as algae and duckweed. These organisms use great amounts of oxygen and prevent sunlight from entering the water making life difficult for other organisms. Snap and GlobalCare products have always been phosphate-free, so without even knowing it, you have been helping to reduce the effects of phosphates in the environment by simply choosing to use Snap and GlobalCare.
Most plastic bottles — nearly 25 billion bottles per year — despite being recyclable, will end up in a landfill. Using PureH2O™ Water Filtration Products help to reduce the waste generated from plastic bottles. By filtering the water out of your tap with the PureH2O Countertop Water Filter and grabbing your PureH2O Sports Bottle, you can dramatically decrease the amount of bottles that end up in a landfill, and do this at a fraction of the cost of bottled water.
Go Green (or stay Green) with Market
Snap All-Purpose Natural Concentrate (6209)
Snap Heavy-Duty Concentrate (6207)
Snap Laundry Detergent (6200)
Snap Fabric Softener (6205)
Snap Dishwashing Liquid (6203)
GlobalCare SP7 (6521)
GlobalCare S.O.S. – Original (6500) Fresh (6526)
GlobalCare Lawn Power (6519)
GlobalCare Plant Power (6515)
GlobalCare Pool & Spa Cleaner (6511)
GlobalCare Nursery Magic (6508)
GlobalCare Pet Magic (6503)
PureH2O Countertop Water Filter (14030)
PureH2O Sports Bottle (14033)
Also, don't forget to recycle all your bottles - if they end up in a landfill, they are only contributing to waste build-up in our environment. Check with your city or town on how to recycle your plastic goods.
2 comments:
Speaking of green, can someone help me with this one---is PRIME BALANCE chemical and pesticide free. The product info on portal does not indicate one way or the other. Can you answer, hopefully with some backup documentation, this or refer me to someone else. Thanks for your help.
In regards to "Leading the green movement" this question is for Loren Ridinger. Today 9/2/08 -under the news headlines of our portal there was an article titled, "Beauty without toxins". Its about a woman who was urged by a very educated MD to stop using every product after she suggested that her health problems were linked to her cosmetics. The products themselves didn't contain estrogen, but rather certain synthetic chemicals that can mimic estrogen in the body. Because her grandmother and mother both are breast cancer survivors, and because studies indicate that exposure to environmental, or artificial, estrogen increases cancer risk, she cleared out her shelves.
Her search for alternatives led her to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (www.safecosmetics.org), through which manufacturers pledge to phase out the use of chemicals linked to health problems and replace them with safer ingredients. That led Ann Garrity this spring to develop Organic Diva, an online resource on chemicals, cosmetics and health that also is a marketplace for companies that have signed the Compact for Safe Cosmetics.
ORGANIC DIVA'S FAVORITE BRANDS
_Suki facial cleansers and foundations
_UV Natural sunscreens
_Zum soaps and lotions
_Afterglow lipstick and blush
_Wee soaps, lotions and sunscreens for babies
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DIVAS' DIRTY DOZEN
Here's a list of synthetic cosmetic ingredients known to cause or strongly suspected of causing cancer, birth defects or endocrine (hormone) disruption, as compiled by nutritionist and author Ann Louise Gittleman for the Organic Diva website.
_Methyl, propyl, butyl and ethyl paraben
_Imidazolindyl urea
_Diazolindyl urea
_Petrolatum
_Propylene glycol
_PVP/V copolymer
_Sodium lauryl sulfate
_Stearalkonium chloride
_Synthetic colors
_Synthetic fragrances
_Phthalates
_Triethanolamine
I was wondering if we at Market America have looked into these harmful products? If we are going "Green" with all of our cleaners etc, why not considering offering women and men another healthy and forward thinking alternative? Organicdiva.com should be offered an opportunity to become a Partner store with us. If anyone knows how to get this blog to Loren since she is our incredible Mastermind behind Motives cosmetics it would be great. I'm sure she would be interested....
Sincerely,
Jennifer C.
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