Ignite's Green Product Picks

Low Waste Bathroom Kit

Low Waste Bathroom Kit

Green and Frugal is a Toronto-based company committed to natural and organic cosmetics and beauty products. It also promotes reusable and sustainable packaging and zero-waste initiatives. This kit will get you started on a low waste regimen first thing in the morning. It contains a safety razor, loofah sponge, hair and body soap bar, bamboo toothbrush, refillable toothpaste and floss pot for your teeth.

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Bloomin’ Fantastic

Bloomin’ Fantastic

The calming powers of lavender and the inspiration of watching sprouts grow make this a great gift on two
fronts. The eco-friendly wood planter is already filled with seed and fertilizer and just needs water. When the plant outgrows the pot, just plant the whole thing in a larger one and the cube will compost and act as a fertilizer.

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Flawless not Strawless

Flawless not Strawless

Much nicer than paper and easier to carry, these telescopic 9” steel straws in a carabiner case are the perfect on-the-go accessory to reduce plastic waste. Straws comes in eleven different colours with a silicone tip and a cleaning brush. An imprint on the case promotes your brand.

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Giving Green

Giving Green

This spacious and luxurious overnight bag is crafted in sustainable cork and vegan leather and is made at a female-owned factory in Colombia.

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Go Bamboo

Go Bamboo

These beautiful resuseable Ecoffee cups come in a multitude of designs and sizes. Made from Bamboo fibre, cornstarch and resin, they are naturally sterile with no plastic after-taste. They come with a latex-free silicone lid and sleeve. Dishwasher safe. 

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Office Party

Office Party

As a thank-you gift, these office treats offer your clients something sweeter than a sugar rush: each item in this Office Party gift box is organic and locally made in BC, from the dark organic chocolate Buddha with local hazelnut belly by Denman Island Chocolate, Denman Island, to Tuscan tomato tortilla chips by Hippie Chips in Burnaby. At $99, the medium basket is a good nosh for four to six people, or go bigger or smaller as the taste strikes. From the do-gooding Saul Good Gift Co. in Vancouver.

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Sustainable blooms

Sustainable blooms

This fresh breath of spring from Toronto-based eco|stems isn’t just any old bunch of pretty posies: the environmentally and socially sustainable florist uses only local, organic and fair trade flowers. You could keep your office in bloom with a standing order starting at $50 per week, plus delivery, or add a green touch for special events with floral centerpieces starting at $30. Delivers throughout Toronto (by bicycle and ZipCar), the GTA and surrounding area.

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Recycled CD clock

Recycled CD clock

Old tunes get new life in this sparkly clock made with three obsolete CDs and created by Edmonton's Nicola Harper who turns eWaste into usuable art and accessories. An ideal promotional or service reward for the music or electronics industry, it can be hung on a wall or perched on a desk. Precision quartz movement, and takes one AA battery (included). Gift boxed. $19.95 each, or call for volume pricing.

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Tree kits for a good cause

Tree kits for a good cause

These Clean Air Tree Kits can be custom-branded and contain everything your recipient needs to grow a tree.  Made in Canada, the kits are 100% compostable and biodegradable and are endorsed by Plant for the Planet and the UK-based World Clean Air Forest Initiative (WCAFI), which plants another tree somewhere in the world with each kit purchased. Build a campaign and custom website around your fundraising effort or corporate social responsibility initiative to engage your audience -- each kit has a unique PIN for the recipient to track global progress. Price $5.99, with volume pricing available. Contact Aaron Moscoe at The Promotional Specialists (TPS) for corporate purchases.

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