Environmental Policy

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

We're always working to improve the way we do business. So far, these are some of the things we currently do to help reduce our environmental impact.

 

PACKAGING

- We use paper retail bags, that are made from recycled material.

- We use fully recyclable crinkle paper & tissue paper.

- We use plastic bubble wrap only in instances where the extra protection is needed. Please reuse it before recycling.

- We use a type of styrofoam that is made of starch and dissolves in water. We only use it when we are shipping breakable items.

- The boxes we use to ship parcels are all high quality, with removable branding, which allows you to reuse them easily.

- The products we carry are minimally packaged.

- Greeting cards are mostly packaged in plastic sleeves but many vendors are starting to use cornstarch, biodegradable plastics or are finding no sleeve methods of packaging. When possible, I have been asking makers not to send the cards in sleeves. 

- Art prints are packaged in plastic sleeves for their protection. 

  

PRODUCTS

- We carry many products made of natural & sustainable materials.

- Many products we carry are handmade, which has less of an environmental impact in general than mass production.

- Some products we carry are vintage, which diverts materials from the waste stream and reuses them.

- Many products we carry originate in Canada, which reduce the environmental impact of shipping.

- We source products of a higher quality, to ensure that they survive the wear and tear of everyday longer than lower quality items.

- We try to carry items that are useful or bring joy, so that they don't spend their life in a drawer.- -