Preserve
From WikiChoice
| Expert | Better World Shopping Guide |
|---|---|
| Score | A+ |
Preserve® makes "stylish, high performance, eco-friendly" [1] products such as tooth brushes, razors, plates, and other house hold products. As a company, we strive to combine socially and environmentally responsible business practices with groundbreaking design to create products that people feel good about having in their homes. We believe that choosing eco-friendly products doesn’t mean having to sacrifice quality, price, or performance.[2]
In 1996, founder and president Eric Hudson was committed to the need to use our earth’s resources more efficiently and responsibly. The developing plastic recycling market represented a great new opportunity to reuse our earth’s resources (plastics are made from oil and natural gas—making up roughly 9% of the world’s petroleum usage). However, at the time that Preserve was formed, there was a lot of concern that recyclables were not necessarily turning into new products. Seeing an opportunity, Eric started Preserve to reuse Earth’s precious resources and turn them back into products that people wanted. He worked with dentists, scientists and engineers to create Preserve’s first high-quality product from recycled plastics—the Preserve Toothbrush. Since then, Preserve has grown into a dynamic, green lifestyle company offering a range of everyday products for almost every room in your home. Using innovative methods, we turn used materials into razors, colanders, cutting boards, tableware and more! As we grow, our core principles remain the same
• Preserve products are made from 100% recycled plastics and 100% post-consumer paper. By using recycled materials, we save energy, preserve natural resources and create an incentive for communities to recycle. • All of our plastic products are recyclable, either through our postage-paid labels and mailers (toothbrushes and razor handles) or at the curb in communities that recycle #5 plastic. • We make our products in the USA, so that we can ship them shorter distances, using less fuel and limiting our environmental footprint. • We don’t test on animals. Period. • Preserve products are made to last—and to look good doing it. The Preserve team is made up of 17 people and a host of talented interns who bike, walk, train, and drive (some in bio-diesel fueled cars) to our office outside of Boston intent on bringing Preserve and our mission into more homes everyday.
http://www.preserveproducts.com/aboutus/index.html
ETHICS
- Summary – summarize the ethical issues of the product or company.
- Worker Treatment
- Human Rights
- Animal Rights
- Transparency in Communications (i.e. are they honest in their marketing and PR?)
- Community Support (i.e. do they support the communities they work in?)
ENVIRONMENT
- Summary – summarize the environmental issues of the product or company
- Clean and Renewable Energy
- Renewable Resources
- Waste Disposal and Recycling
- Environmental Stewardship (kind of a catch all for what doesn’t fit in the rest)
- Safe Materials
- Sustainable Practices and Innovations (i.e. are they improving their everyday practices?)
VALUE
- Summary – summarize the product or company value (i.e. cost vs. quality)
- Product Quality
- Customer Satisfaction
- Customer Service
- Competitive Pricing