Below is my letter to Whole Foods. Note that I mailed back the plastic scooper with the letter.
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Dear John Mackey and Other Whole Foods Decision Makers,
I care a lot about the environment and I know you do, too. That’s what unites us, and that is why I do a lot of my shopping at Whole Foods. When I take a trip to your store, I’m always happy to buy the nice goodies in your bulk bins, and I always appreciate the fact that many of the meats and dairy products you sell come from healthy, free-range animals that are raised in an ethical and environmentally friendly way.
What I do not enjoy is the plastic scooper that I found in your 365 Everyday Value Laundry Power. As an advocate for reducing the plastic that this nation consumes, as well as someone who wants to be nice to the Earth, I spent a lot of time hunting around Chicago for an affordable laundry soap that wouldn’t pollute the Earth (you’re probably not surprised that such a soap is hard to find in the Midwest). When I finally found your 365 soap, I was overjoyed. I thought I had found the answer to all of my laundry woes. But, of course, that feeling died when I opened my new box of detergent and found that plastic scooper.
So my plea to you is this. Please stop selling your 365 laundry power with a plastic scooper!
If you do this, I will continue buying your detergent. For the time being, though, I won’t be buying it again. I am switching to Ecover brand laundry powder, which comes with a convenient and biodegradable cardboard scooper.
Oh, and if you remove the plastic scooper, please contact me so that I can let all of my blog readers know. To read my blog, which contains lots of kind references to Whole Foods as well as a copy of this letter, visit http://lifelessplastic.blogspot.com.
Sincerely,
[me]
Below is my letter to Whole Foods. Note that I mailed back the plastic scooper with the letter.
Comments
1) Unexpected plastic (like the scooper you found)
2) Plastic packaging, either shipping materials or extra plastic packaging inside a product.
3) Plastic that arrives unsolicited in the mail or at my doorstep (like CDs or door hangers or phone book bags)
Anything else that you feel is unnecessary and want to get their attention. I mailed back the free bag I got from Discovery Channel at the Green Festival because it smelled truly toxic when I got it home.
Send it all back and tell 'em why. Sounds good to me.
The deodorant stone came in just a tiny amount of packaging which I recycled. I selected the one that did not have a case on it so it's deodorant stone all natural.
I found mine at Wild Oats which is located in the Chicagoland region. Cheers, and I'd love to put you on my blogroll. Shannon