1. Check the material from which the container is made. Most of this type of products come in recycled containers or are made of materials from natural sources such as sugarcanehe bamboo and the corn starch. Check if the boat of your shampoo has the legend «free phthalates» (phrase free of ftálica, chemical compounds that hurts health and creates pollution) or «free ca pb ba» (lead -free, antimony and barium), if so, make start with the right foot.
2. In order for a product to be friendly with the environment, the following characteristics must be indicated: be free of toxic, biodegradable components, from ecological crops, reduce the carbon footprint, be recyclable and if the case, save energy.
3. If they are food, check that they have a seal that indicates that they are biodegradable and organic. Be biodegradable It means that substances can decompose in its chemical formula and sometimes become energy for other organisms. While organic It means that food is made and produced from natural substances.
4. Cosmetics that have been tested in animals are not environmentally friendly, check this point with attention before buying any beauty product.
5. If your product is VeganIt means that it is not made with part of an animal. This does not mean that it is organic, some of these products can be composed of dozens of chemicals, to avoid this, seek to have the «organic» seal.
6. Make sure you have any of the universal cetification stamps, such as the green point and the Ecolabel label.
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