As Christmas is coming closer you might be asking yourself which is a better option in terms of the impact on the environment: a real Christmas tree or a fake one? To be able to answer this question, there are a number of factors that need to be considered, such as how far the tree has traveled, how much energy went into producing it and how it is recycled.
Read MoreIn an earlier post I wrote about microbeads in consumer care products. Unfortunately, those are not the only petroleum-based ingredients that can be found in the products we use on a daily basis. Petrochemicals, chemical ingredients derived from petroleum, can be found with a variety of names, like paraffin, petrolatum, toluene, phenoxyethanol and mineral oil. But they can also be hidden under the umbrella of perfume or fragrance.
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