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ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES

"We make decisions every day, at home and at work, that impact the health of our families, our communities, our environment. No one is perfect—we’re all trying to do better—but we should try to do something. If every company empowered their people to find ways to lessen their impact on the earth, we’d see a lot of positive changes." -- Lucinda Alcorn, National Distributor Team Leader

Like you, Tom’s of Maine employees are concerned about caring for the natural world and staying healthy while minimizing their impact on the environment. At every level of our organization, our people focus on making products that serve your needs in ways that honor your (and their!) concerns about issues such as water pollution, energy use, and ingredient safety.

From sourcing to manufacturing to packaging, we pay close attention to the details and always strive to improve the environmental impact of our products and processes. We also actively support the preservation and protection of our nation’s rivers and waterways through our Rivers Awareness Partnership.

We’re far from perfect, but hope that our efforts continue to create positive change and improve our sustainability with each passing year!

Our boxes travel round trip

Cardboard boxesBill Hetzel talks about the impact re-using boxes has had both at Tom’s of Maine and at our vendors.

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Saving rivers, one person at a time

Michael Stewart won our video contest“We asked you to share your video stories of how you’ve helped rivers as part of our Clean Water program. Take a look at our winner, Michael Stewart, and see the real change he's created in his own community.” Rob Robinson, Partnership Leader

Watch Michael's winning video

A guide to recycling our products

Recycle symbol“We get a lot of questions about what materials can be recycled, so we created a list that sets out what we use to make our packages and how they can be recycled (all of them are recyclable!)” Patti Murphy, Consumer Dialogue Leader

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