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Full Name

Peggy English

Business Category

Cosmetics Skin and Body Care

Business Name

Organic Bug

Brief Description

Organic Bug is an eco-friendly and fair trade online department store specializing in brilliantly designed accessories, gifts, toys and more made by artisans and companies that inspire us to live a greener lifestyle. Catch the Organic Bug!

Your Website or Blog

http://www.organicbug.com

Additional Website

http://www.feedyoureco.com

How are You Going Green?

As part of our ongoing commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility we wholly integrate the following environmental policies and procedures into our daily business practices to keep our ecological footprint to a minimum:

environment & energy

* Organic consumables, ceramic plates & mugs, stainless utensils, re-usable containers, recycling & composting are the norm
* Use low-wattage fluorescent lighting & multi-functional energy-efficient office equipment
* Unused equipment is donated or if unusable sent to a recycling facility for reclamation
* Clean with non-toxic cleaning products
* Minimize air-conditioning & heating with the use of Energy Star rated ceiling fans
* Keep travel to a minimum by teleconferencing & researching new product online
* Balance carbon emissions we can’t reduce in our office & warehouse, for shipping & any necessary travel with the purchase of carbon offset credits through TerraPass.com
* Shutdown electronics after hours

packaging & shipping

* Reuse as much packing & packaging materials as possible from our suppliers
* Encourage suppliers to use minimal & eco-friendly packaging for products & order fulfillment
* Purchase shipping supplies that are eco-friendly and have as much recycled content as possible
* More than 70% of our products are directly shipped from supplier to customer as a way of reducing carbon emissions

paper & printing

* Send "gifts" to customers as they come packaged without adding additional gift boxes or wrapping paper
* For gifts we include a complimentary Gift Message Card made from recycled elephant POOH paper!
* Miscellaneous mail or paper used internally is recycled or shredded when appropriate for later use in packing
* Office copy paper is 100% post consumer recycled paper and used minimally
* Purchase re-inked printer cartridges & recycle used cartridges
* Letterhead & business cards are 100% post consumer recycled paper processed chlorine free & printed with non toxic inks as are our discount bookmarks for special events

paperless as possible

* Encourage vendors to supply & update wholesale information via email
* Place wholesale orders via email
* Communicate with customers via email & phone
* Printed invoices are not included with orders shipped from our warehouse & encourage drop ship vendors to adopt this same practice
* NO printed catalogs

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1 year 15 weeks

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