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GladRags was founded in 1992 in Portland, Oregon by Brenda Mallory, who was inspired by the simple utility, earth-friendliness and comfort of her young daughter’s cotton diapers. It began as a home based business that quickly outgrew the extra bedroom and moved to its own building. Today, GladRags is still a small company, but with a big presence, promoting positive attitudes toward menstruation and making the environment a safer, cleaner place. GladRags can be found in health food stores and natural pharmacies nationwide. Not only does GladRags offer a product designed to reduce our impact on the environment, but they have also set up sustainable business practices, both for customers and in the office.
We want to share with you some of their commitments to sustainable
business practices:
For Customers
- Provide GladRags in organically-grown cotton
- Source conventionally-grown cotton from local fabric
suppliers when available
- Packaging made from 100% post consumer paper
- Manufacture GladRags locally to reduce
transportation emissions
- Sell reusable, rather than disposable, products
and/or naturally derived products
- Promote healthy, conscientious living through our
products, blog, newsletter and website
In The Office
- Compost all organic office waste
- Recycle all paper, aluminum, plastics and glass
- Refill printer ink cartridges rather than purchase
new cartridges
- Purchase surplus boxes and packing materials for
shipping
- Reuse all shipping packaging that we can
- Encourage staff bike commuting by participating in
the Bicycle Commuter Act
Made in Portland, OR, USA
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