Some of us here have worked in recycling--actually driving a recyling truck don't ya
know!--and we have been recycling at home for years... so we know what recycling and
reusing is all about.
In our business we reuse as many materials as possible--as reuse is the first and
best practice in the conservation of materials. You will sometimes see your packages
coming to you in second-use boxes, boxes which we received during our business. For
the same reason you will sometimes see packaging materials which are anything but
natural and renewable; these are packaging materials which we have kept from
shipments to us and spared from a future in the landfill. For our normal packaging
we use newspapers. Clean, renewable sheets to protect the individual products and
"normal" for padding. They are a little heavier than some other materials, but we
feel that at least the printed ones had an original use and now have a second one as
well. Also sometimes it's the only way the shipping department gets up-to-date on
current events--such as they are. The Yerba Mate Tea Gourd does not necessarily
espouse any of the views to be found within our packaging material.
Reuse, reuse, reuse... as we mentioned before, is the best way to get the most out of
everything we have created in this world. We hope that, after you receive our
products, you find a use for the box and the paper. Did you know newspaper works
great on windows with a little ammonia? Also you can build room dividers out of flat
rate boxes that offer division and sound baffling as well! O.K.; maybe we're pushing
it--but you get the idea.
Our bio-diesel powered promotional vehicle, which we do not have,
does not drive all around the country for no real good reason other than promoting
our products and creating hype about our brand name. It does not burn fossil fuels,
or bio fuels, or need the creation of solar panels; it does not need to be made out
of costly carbon fiber or use deep cycle batteries of either heavy metal: lead or
nickel-cadmium. Neither does it sit idle; not taking passengers where it needs to go.
We just don't have one. We drive a little Subaru to the post office and back every
day 1/2 a mile. I'm working on calculating our carbon footprint but, I assure you,
it is not a very big one for this little company. We try and keep it simple.
