Everything carrying the EcoFam brand is part of our strategy to promote zero-waste oral care. Our toothpaste and mouthwash tablets, mouthwash concentrate, and compostable toothbrushes are engineered with the zero-waste principle in mind. For us, zero-waste is not a marketing slogan. It is a mindset and a way of life.
We sincerely hope that most our customers appreciate EcoFam products because they also believe in a zero-waste lifestyle. But even if not, we can still say with confidence that we are doing our part to support sustainability and zero-waste concepts.
Here is why we believe zero-waste oral care is worth pursuing:
1. It Conserves Resources and Minimizes Pollution
Zero-waste strategies both conserve resources and minimize pollution. On the resource side of things, manufacturing toothpaste and mouthwash in tablet form reduces the amount of packaging we need to produce. Producing less packaging reduces our resource consumption. We don't need as much energy to produce, pack, and ship EcoFam products.
We also contribute to less pollution by reducing manufacturing needs and burning less fuel to ship our products. Just by virtue of using fewer resources, we contribute less pollution. Ideally, we would like our contributions minimized to as close to zero as possible.
2. It Reduces Climate Impacts
How we produce, consume, and utilize products all have an impact on the climate. The zero-waste mindset reduces such impacts by conserving resources, minimizing pollution, and reducing the waste stream. We have already talked about resource conservation and pollution; let us talk about the waste stream.
Plastic toothpaste tubes (and most plastic mouthwash bottles, too) cannot be reused or recycled. So when a tube is empty, it goes into the waste stream. The packages our toothpaste and mouthwash tablets come in are fully reusable and recyclable. They don't have to go into the trash. And by keeping them out of the trash, customers are reducing their contributions to the waste stream.
3. It Can Actually Save Money
Although some zero-waste products cost more than their traditional counterparts, this doesn't necessarily have to be the case. Higher prices on sustainable and zero-waste products are largely the result of supply and demand. Zero-waste can actually save money if done the right way.
Consider our mouthwash concentrate. We save money on production costs by not including extra water. We can get more concentrated liquid into the same bottle, allowing us to ship more mouthwash in every load. That allows us to save money on both shipping and fuel.
You save money by purchasing a concentrated product at a reasonable price. A single 2-ounce bottle of our mouthwash concentrate is transformed into 16 ounces of breath-freshening, bacteria-fighting mouthwash, after you add water at home. You can add the water more cheaply than we can. So you are saving money.
4. None of Us Will Be Here Forever
Lastly, the entire EcoFam team understands that none of us will be here forever. What we are building now will one day be left to our children and grandchildren. With that in mind, a zero-waste philosophy seeks to leave future generations a world that is, at the very least, no worse off than we found it. Ideally, we want to leave them a better world.
Not everybody is into zero-waste oral care. We get it. But it is something that's important to us. So much so that we want the EcoFam brand to be the standard for sustainable and zero-waste oral care.
Granted, we are just getting started. But you can help us by joining the drive toward zero-waste oral care. Just commit to replacing your current products with EcoFam alternatives.
