I was at Walmart today. Sunday morning is the best time to go – no lines, no crowds and sales staff are all around to help. (Thought to ponder: Are sales staff in retail stores inversely proportional to the number of customers in the store?)
Walmart has changed noticeably in the last 2 years. Its become a lot hipper, has coffee pods, organic produce and ‘green’ products.
That takes me to my story.
In the main aisle that runs the width of the store and that has the highest traffic, I found 2 products.
The first was Garnier Fructis’ Shampoo. Not your common garden variety shampoo. This was Pure Clean and it proudly proclaimed to be a 94% Biodegradable Shampoo with no silicone, no paraben and no dye! And… the bottle contained 50% recycled plastic. I loved the product slogan: Go Pure. Go Green.
How cool is that!
The 2nd product was geoGirl lipstick. The lipstick’s container itself was made from cardboard – really cool. The packing was also cardboard, very attractive and made from ‘planet-friendly materials including renewable corn and recycled paperboard’. The little packing opened up to 3 little pages with tips on recycling and a glow-how tip. GeoGirl also donates a portion of net profits to support girls’ causes.
Incidentally, these are made in the US of A! I would want everyone to buy this product!
The prices? In both cases, prices were the same as the ‘non-green’ products.
Kudos to these companies for being environmentally responsible and to Walmart for displaying these products so prominently.
