Does The Home Depot sell mulch from protected forests?
The Home Depot strongly encourages all cypress mulch suppliers to use wood from forests that utilize best management practices for the harvest and renewal of cypress resources. As the world’s largest home improvement retailer, and an industry leader on the environment, responsible stewardship of the world’s forests is something The Home Depot takes very seriously. We are committed to working with our vendors to conserve and preserve natural resources and are dedicated to buying only wood products that have come from forests managed in a responsible way. We take consumer concerns about Cypress mulch very seriously and continue to review the situation with industry, state and local foresters. Does The Home Depot sell mulch from the coastal areas of Louisiana? The Home Depot will not purchase or sell any cypress mulch logged from the coastal areas of Louisiana. In 2007, we notified all of our suppliers that we will not accept cypress mulch harvested in Louisiana south of Interstates 10 an
