NEWLY LAUNCHED SUSTAINABILITY MARKETPLACE
ECO-LOCALS.COM
We have to ask. Is the industry using the old tactics to fix an even older problem? Non-transparent economies and corporations. That's the problem. Here's a piece of a solution:
An online marketplace like bunnz, etsy or ebay, but with a catch!
Free to use AND manufacturers need to meet minimum sustainability requirements to get listed!
We also provide a portal for low-carbon couriers to respond to your requests for deliveries from anywhere anytime!
Our minimum requirements are:
- Over 50% extracted and harvested within 1,000 km from the final manufacturing point
- Over 50% recycled, re-used or upcycled if applicable
- Cannot contain environmentally or biologically harmful chemicals (e.g. palm oil, corn syrup, msg, artificial dyes, etc.)
Minimum Requirement 1 of 3 - Resource Declaration Maps:
All ads should have an interactive Google MyMap to show where their resources come from.
Minimum Requirement 2 of 3 - Ingredient and Additive Declaration
Eco-Locals Product Table:
All ads should have a stylized table showing where all their resources come from. This would include stuff like which pesticides were used and in which quantity.
Minimum Requirement 3 of 3 - Banned or Restricted Ingredients:
Products must not contain the following unless naturally occuring in trace amounts and disclosed. Recycled metals and plastics are exempted.
Aluminum
Arsenic
Aspartame
BPA
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) and BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)
Brominated Oils
Cadmium
Caramel Coloring
CFCs/HCFCs
Chromium
Coconut Products (unless all GCs met)
Copper
Chlorinated Paraffins
Coal tar dyes
Fluoride
Glucose or Fructose Syrup
DEA or DEA compounds
Dibutyl Phthalate
Halons
Formaldehyde-releasing preservatives
Hexacalent
HFR
Long PFC
Lead
Mercury
MSG
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
Parabens
Polyurethane
Oxybenzone and Octyl Methoxycinnamate
Palm Oil Products (unless all GCs met)
PBDE
Petroleum By-products used as additives
Polyethylene Glycol Compounds
Phenol, Phthalate
Polystyrene
Potassium Benzoate
Potassium Bromate
PU
PVC or other chlorinated plastics
Retinyl Palmitate
Short PFCs
Siloxanes
Sodium Benzoate
Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) / Sodium laureth sulfate (SLES)
Sodium Nitrate
Sodium Phosphate
Styrofoam
Sulfur Dioxide
Synthetic fragrances, dyes or colors
Triclosan
Urea Formaldehyde
Products can also not contain any other products identified as mutagens, or reproductive/developmental neurotoxicants in within Canada or the United States.
Manufacturers provide their own data and manage their own listings. This way they can rely on their own consultants to provide transparent data and are required by law to tell the truth!
Users can comment, report and review products to point out any potentially dishonest behavior!
In addition to our minimum requirements, we have developed some of the EASIEST-to-understand sustainability labels on the market. There are two sets of marketing labels we make available to manufacturers for free,
Environmental Product Declarations
Eco-Locals.com Green Commitments
Learn more about EPDs and Environmental Product Declaration Tables in our other Steemit post, Holistic Sustainability Reporting for Consumer Products and Meals!