Supernatural Botanicals

A perfect green utopia!  A green city of the future…whose ready to move?  I know I’d certainly sign mortgage papers in this car-free, waste-free, carbon-free land of green perfection.  Check out this clip for a look at a perfect green city. 

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“If everyone in the country elected to buy one package of 100 percent recycled napkins instead of the non-recycled variety, that act alone would save one million trees.”

    -Jennifer Powers, spokeswoman for the Natural Resources Defense Council

Going Green goes far beyond recycling.  Lyocell is a fabric most know better by its brand name Tencel. It has a soft finish, packs light and is made from cellulose (vegetable matter), or wood pulp, typically a mix of hardwood trees like oak and birch. This makes it a natural fabric, and it is noted for its durability and strength, in addition to its eco-friendly manufacturing techniques.

Lyocell is made by chipping wood, breaking down the wood fibers with the non-toxic chemical amine oxide, and then placing the material in a spinneret. The spinneret produces long fibers, which are then dried and woven into cloth.  …What’s not to love about that?  Be cognizant of what you are buying.  Buy Green!

   Where do I recycle compact fluorescent bulbs?  Home Depot!  Good to know.  Since I’ve never had one of my compact fluorescent bulbs burn out before, I was unsure how to recycle it when it finally happened.  A simple search on Earth 911  gave me all the answers I wanted on where to recycle things such as paint, engine oil, batteries, cell phones, and, alas, compact fluorescent light bulbs, etc.  This is a great reference for proper recycling.  Just plug in what you want to recycle and your zip code, and get all the information you’ll need to do the right thing. 

If you need the reasons to recycle, below are 10 of them.  At this point, I’d like to say we are too smart not to recycle.  You can reduce so much of your garbage, thus impact on landfills….(it’s a serious issue, Google it), by recycling.  You can call whomever picks up your trash and ask them for a recycling bin.  You’re throwing the garbage away and taking it to the curb anyway, it’s really just a matter of sorting.  But if you need further convincing, see if one of these 10 reasons to recycle move you. 

1. Good For Our Economy
American companies rely on recycling programs to provide the raw materials they need to make new products.

2. Creates Jobs
Recycling in the U.S. is a $236 billion a year industry. More than 56,000 recycling and reuse enterprises employ 1.1 million workers nationwide.

3. Reduces Waste
The average American discards seven and a half pounds of garbage every day. Most of this garbage goes into to landfills, where it’s compacted and buried.

4. Good For The Environment
Recycling requires far less energy, uses fewer natural resources, and keeps waste from piling up in landfills.

5. Saves Energy
Recycling offers significant energy savings over manufacturing with virgin materials. (Manufacturing with recycled aluminum cans uses 95% less energy.)

6. Preserves Landfill Space
No one wants to live next door to a landfill. Recycling preserves existing landfill space.

7. Prevents Global Warming
In 2000, recycling of solid waste prevented the release of 32.9 million metric tons of carbon equivalent (MMTCE, the unit of measure for greenhouse gases) into the air.

8. Reduces Water Pollution
Making goods from recycled materials generates far less water pollution than manufacturing from virgin materials.

9. Protects Wildlife
Using recycled materials reduces the need to damage forests, wetlands, rivers and other places essential to wildlife.

10. Creates New Demand
Recycling and buying recycled products creates demand for more recycled products, decreasing waste and helping our economy.2.5.

   You’re trying to do your part by being healthy and being Green simultaneously, by drinking lots of bottled water and recycling, right?  But did you know that if you are recycling your bottled water containers with the caps on, it’s all for not?  When the recycling plant finds bottles that have the caps on them, they chuck them to the side and those don’t get recycled.   Think of the hundreds of thousands of bottles that don’t get recycled because of a simple cap.  Make sure and get those caps off of the bottles before recycling…and then tell everyone you know.

  It’s no surprise that we’re all about the Green.  Supernatural Botanicals is proud to be a pioneer company utilizing a Green approach to skincare.  Our Green principals go far beyond all-natural and eco-friendly skincare products.  We also exercise a Green approach in our lab as well, from recycling, printing, using cleaning products that are not harmful to our environment, proper lighting, weather-proofing, packaging, etc.

Being Green means being cognizant, being in the moment, being accountable, and being responsible.  Pick one simple thing, such as using compact fluorescent light bulbs (sold everywhere), to start your own personal Green journey.

It’s only a matter of time before the planet punks us (for lack of a better word) into being more eco-friendly.  So lets beat it to the punch and show the planet that we are appreciative and worthy of it.