Ecover Redux
Chickies, I have FAILED you. Just now, while getting lunch at my local natural foods store (with my own tupperware, natch), I saw Ecover’s Floor Soap and decided a little too impulsively to add it to my tab. Then, returning to my desk, I examined the label a little closer and discovered that the product is made in Belgium. In an “ecological factory” with grass roofing, wood beams from sustainably managed forests, and bricks from coal-mine waste, but a Belgian factory nonetheless, which means this floor soap traveled thousands of miles to reach my grubby little hands, spewing pollutants in its wake.
I’ve edited my previous post to include this detail, and I’m quite certain the other products I mentioned in the body of my post are made in the U.S. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa.
Here’s a sad emoticon to illustrate how contrite I am over this blunder:
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cindy said,
April 13, 2006 at 5:01 pm
thank you for all your great info. on this lovely site. some of your canadian readers may be interested in a brand called vip. their products are local (to me), bio-degradable, and some are ultra-unscented which i enjoy being allergic to perfumes. even natural cleaners can be sources of allergens, you have to watch the amount of perfume oils they put in things. here’s their site…
http://www.vipsoap.com/products.html
green LA girl said,
April 14, 2006 at 2:32 am
Wait — But how dost thou explain the post about cleaners made in NZ published right after this post?
Thanks for clarifying though :) Always important to know where things come from :)
The Worsted Witch » Implements of Green said,
April 30, 2006 at 3:44 pm
[...] Besides diluting Ecover’s Floor Soap according to directions for the floor cleaner, I’ll be using Care2’s recipe for an all-purpose cleaner made from washing soda, a dab of liquid soap, and hot tap water (plus a few drops of papaya essential oil someone gave me). [...]