Eco Choice Award winners selected by popular vote at NYIGF
Retailers choose best green Gift & Home products
Home Accents Today Staff -- Home Accents Today, 2/7/2011 9:53:58 AM
NEW YORK — Three companies received Eco Choice Awards for presenting the most innovative and environmentally responsible gift and home products at the winter New York International Gift Fair.
The Eco Choice Awards, co-sponsored by NYIGF and Green Retailer magazine, were bestowed to green gift and home products in three categories - Most innovative, Most sensitive use of materials and Most sellable. Retailers attending NYIGF voted for their favorites from about 200 green products in NYIGF's SustainAbility: Design for a Better World display. Winners were selected for inventiveness, newness, aesthetics and functionality.
"The demand for eco-friendly products continues to grow, especially among design-savvy consumers," said Dorothy Belshaw, NYIGF director and GLM senior vice president. "Thousands of retailers have weighed in this week with their top picks."
The winners of the winter Eco Choice Awards are:
Most innovative: Growbottle Upcycled HydroGarden by Potting Shed Creations
The Growbottle is made from up-cycled, repurposed restaurant wine bottles and is meant to be reused indefinitely in conjunction with replant kits, or recycled. The hydro garden method is fast, high yielding and a low impact way to garden right in a windowsill. Potting Shed manufactures all products by hand, resulting in minimal waste. The company designed this product to be self-contained requiring minimal packaging.
Most sensitive use of materials: Teatulia Premium 100% Organic Teas by Teatulia
Each component of this product can be recycled or composted - both the eco-canisters and corn silk pyramid teabags are compostable and biodegradable. All packaging materials are recycled, and displays are made from 100% reclaimed Rocky Mountain Beetle-Kill Pine. These single-garden direct teas require less transportation to reach consumers. All Teatulia Teas are 100% USDA Certified Organic. These teas are cultivated using the Fukuoka Farming Method, which has created a closed-loop ecosystem in which rainfall is the only irrigation. The company's farming methods are sustainable, and the cooperative social model directly benefits the people in the surrounding community.
Most sellable: Galison Green Bon Voyage Writer's Notebook by Galison Books
This product is made of 100% recycled paper. Due to the simplicity of the format design, it can easily be recycled again. This company's factory is audited and complies with ISO standards.
The fourth semi-annual Eco Choice Awards will be presented at the summer NYIGF, which runs Aug. 13-18, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center here.
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