How does Watkins reduce waste and make a positive impact on the earth?
• Offer a full line of natural personal care products with formulas that are at least 95% natural, with many 99% or more. • Offer a full line of plant-based home care products that are free of pollutants and biodegradable. • Offer a full line of USDA certified 100% Organic Herbs and Spices and All-Natural Pure Extracts. • Adhere to a strict paper, plastic, and aluminum recycling program. • Utilize biodegradable packing materials. • Use soy-based ink in our printed marketing materials. • Employ e-communications and encourage customers, Associates, and vendors to obtain information online instead of in printed form. • Gravity fed filling processes: We fill our bulk dry mixes using time-tested gravity feeds. This allows us to conserve energy that would normally be used to power a pneumatic or conveyor system. • Use lighter weight product packaging. Simply reducing our plastic bottle weight for various products has saved thousands of pounds of plastic from waste. • Encourage vendors to use
