Your Questions About Green Living

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Maybe these will help:
http://www.aveda.com/pdf/ourmission/
ingredients_policy.pdf

http://www.dld123.com/q&a/index.php?cid=4824

Sorry! I see that you cannot access the first site. However, the second site has a link to the first site.

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1.2.Yeast is a safe, effective eco-friendly way to help keep your septic system operating well. Once a month, fill a small bown with about a cup of warm water, then sprinkle one or two teaspoons yeast (or one package) over the water, then “proof” it (make sure it is active) by sprinking about one teaspoon of sugar over it. Wait until the yeast is dissolved and sort of frothy, then pour down the drain and flush with warm water. The yeast helps dissolve solids in your septic system, but is much cheaper and just as effective as the commercial products that are sold for this purpose.

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Eco-friendly Product: A product that may be recycled; and/or a product that does not harm the environment and is biodegradable.

Organic Food: Food that is grown (carrots, tomatoes, etc) without using chemicals.

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Many eco-friendly products are more expensive than average commercial, non-eco, products. So you don’t have to be rich but you may have to be selective in what you purchase.

Here are some other thoughts to mull over on the topic…

Many people’s first reaction to the idea of buying eco-friendly products is that they can’t afford them. Products that don’t harm the environment can sometimes come at a higher price to the consumer. There are reasons for this however, and understanding them may help people to get past the initial sticker shock:

+ Competition pushes prices down, but in the current market there is very little competition between companies producing eco-friendly products. When there’s more compet. Prices will drop.

+ The larger the quantity of a product produced the lower the price. Currently there is not enough demand in the eco-friendly market for manufacturers to produce at these price-lowering levels.

+ The processes used to make eco-friendly products often are more costly to the producer. In organic farming for example, the lack of pesticides leads to the loss of larger portions of their crop and ultimately a smaller quantity of food. This causes a reduction in profit for the producer and also the quantity-price dynamic discussed above.

+ Many companies are able to produce cheaply only because they exploit the land and labor used to make their goods. They can choose to manufacture their goods in countries like China where basic human rights are ignored and this lowers the price consumers see on the label.

These are just a few of the reasons why eco-friendly products carry higher price tags.

What consumers need to understand however, is that the “cost” of a product may be much more. Cleanup and health care costs, as well as damage to the planet are figures that need to be factored into the price of non eco-friendly products.

There’s your talk points…

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Yeah, any product other than from plastics is great for the mankind.
So propably the corn too causes a good result after all it is from a plant not from a factory