I can’t believe it’s nearly the end of January, it only seems like yesterday that we were getting the last things ready for Christmas !
Are you one of the many people who have made a resolution and, if so, are you still sticking to it ?
There will be lots of people this year who will be keen to do a little more to help the environment, this includes me and we can only hope that everyone’s small part will make a big difference.
I’m going to try and recycle more, use the car less, compost more and buy english or organic produce if possible.
At Essential Oils Online we are commited to helping the environment and here are a few things we have/are doing to help cut our carbon footprint:-
We’re moving premises this weekend to a unit which is nearer to us. This means that we can cycle, if the weather’s nice, and when we do have to use our cars, the journey will be shorter.
We are now using compostable packaging (they look like white ‘wotsit’ crisps) in the parcels we send out, or we use packaging that we have recycled from another company. We also recycle as many boxes as possible which we receive from our suppliers.
We have changed our bank account recently to the Co-op Bank who are an ethically guided bank.
We use local suppliers and companies wherever possible.
We have an increasing amount of organic products.
We sell a large selection of English essential oils, wherever possible, to reduce the carbon emissions from travelling.
And finally all of our base products and blends are produced in the UK and they are all SLS/SLES and paraben free.
We will try and do more as the year progresses and take pride in what we have managed so far.
Everyone can do their small piece, be it recycling, cycling or more.
If you have any suggestions or ideas, we would love to hear - thanks for reading !