Sustainability

​Recognize the power in your hands.

Where is "away" when something gets thrown away?
​That's a valid question that should be considered - not only by consumers when selecting the items they buy and use; but especially for those in the sourcing, manufacturing and procurement industries, whose choices and decisions impacts the environment on a much greater scale.

An aware consumer may make the decision to refuse a plastic straw, while in one go, an aware procurement officer could make a decision of procuring 500,000 paper straws instead of plastic ones.

If you're a purchaser, procurement officer, manufacturer or a buyer, you are in fact in a unique position to protect the environment.  All it takes is taking a moment to consider the more eco-friendly alternative material to what you are looking to produce.

“Recycling, packaging, businesses are changing all of those things because that’s what consumers want.” 
– Jerry Greenfield, Co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream

Our Commitment to Sustainability

We can all do our part to work towards sustainable living.  Here's 2 ways how Handpicked is contributing:

“If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, designed or removed from production.”
– Pete Seeger, Folk Singer & Social Activist