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What are Eco-Friendly Products?
How do we choose them?
Purchasing the right healthy and eco-friendly products that meet your lifestyle needs can be confusing. To make your alternative purchasing decisions easy, we have completed this research for you.
OnlyGreen applies a consistent evaluation process to ensure that the products that we offer are in fact eco-friendly and of the highest quality.
When selecting a product, we look at every aspect of its lifecycle. We focus our information gathering and evaluation on six key areas. Together, they make up our Product Selection Criteria.
OnlyGreen applies a consistent evaluation process to ensure that the products that we offer are in fact eco-friendly and of the highest quality.
When selecting a product, we look at every aspect of its lifecycle. We focus our information gathering and evaluation on six key areas. Together, they make up our Product Selection Criteria.
- Materials/Ingredients
- Are they organic?
- Are chemicals used?
- Do they comply with health regulations?
- How are they harvested?
- Are they a renewable resource?
- Manufacturing Methods
- Are chemicals used during processing?
- Does the manufacturer utilize fair trade practices?
- Are the products tested on animals?
- Is it made using renewable energy?
- Packaging
- What materials are used?
- Is the packaging minimal or excessive?
- Can it be reused, recycled or composted?
- Delivery/Location
- Where do the materials originate from?
- Where is the product made?
- Is the product or component parts assembled in one location or multiple locations?
- Use of the Product
- What makes the product eco-friendly?
- Is it consumable, reusable or disposable?
- Disposal
- Is it reusable, recyclable, biodegradable or compostable?
- What impact does disposal have on the environment?
