The Best Ways to Dispose of Old Drugs and Beauty Products
By now, it’s no secret that the habit of just dumping your old medicines or even beauty products into the trash, down the drain or into your waste basket has a negative environmental impact. Some of this is myth and some of this is fact. Today, we’re going to debunk a common myth about flushing or rinsing and then go through the best ways to get rid of your leftover medicine and bathroom [...]
Ten Eco-Friendly Uses for Baking Soda in Homemade Cleaning and Beauty Products
If you’re trying to avoid harsh chemical cleaners and big box stores and opt for more eco-friendly alternatives, making your own homemade products out of baking soda is a great solution. Today, Postconsumers has dug up ten eco- and budget-friendly opportunities for you to make your own household and personal health products from baking soda. We think it’s important to be 100% upfront though. Despite the fact that people in the environmental community [...]
Our Favorite Pumpkin Quotes Round Two!
“Only the knife knows what goes on in the heart of a pumpkin.” Simone Schwartz-Bart […]
Tips for Recycling Cosmetics: The Best Beauty Doesn’t Hurt Nature!
Do you love your cosmetics and skin care products? There’s nothing wrong with that! Wanting to be a more responsible postconsumer and more dedicated to being friendlier to the planet doesn’t mean that you need to give up makeup and skin care products. Of course, you do need to decide where your personal line is on how large your cosmetic collection is and how important it is to you that your products [...]
We Love Pumpkin Quotes
“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” Henry David Thoreau […]
More and More and More … Sample Boxes!
At Postconsumers, we’re always paying attention to the latest ways that the consumer media is working hard to ensure that people continue passionately wanting to buy, buy, buy. We were hoping that the concept of the “sample box” would be a short-lived marketing technique. But it turns out that the sample box technique has become quite ubiquitous. And the message of those boxes is clear – you need more, and you need it [...]
The Biggest Traps of Online Shopping
You’ll find a great deal of information on the Postconsumers website about making wise shopping decisions, but we’d admit that most of them are designed for when you’re shopping in person. In fact, according to a Neilson study, nearly 80% of Americans have made an online purchase within six months. And retailers are aware of this! Leveraging the consumer mindset to get you to buy more (and buy more that you don’t need) [...]
Is Anything In Life Ever Really Free?
Especially now that consumer shopping season is in full swing, we’re being bombarded every day in our inbox, on tv and even as we walk down the street with messages about “free gifts with purchase” and “free upgrades.” It got us thinking of the old phrase, “Nothing in life is ever free.” But then we realized that some things in life are free. They’re just not usually attached to a consumer purchase. Let’s [...]
What Owns You? Our Favorite Consumerism Quotes
“The things you own end up owning you.” Tyler Durden, Fight Club Photo Credit: © Photographer: Lidian Neeleman | Agency: Dreamstime.com […]
