Waste or Natual?

Recently, my friend asked me to order something from Neal's Yard. I vaguely heard of it. When I looked at their website, they said that they were Carbon Neutral, no animal testing, to use organic matters where possible etc. It seemed good to me, so I bought some product online for myself to try as well.

A few days later, I looked at the box and thought: 'did I order too many stuff? How come the box is so massive?' But that was not the issue. I opened the box and couldn't believe what I saw - the box full of white plastic fillers! I had to put my hand in to search for the bottles.

Unfortunately, I think they break their promise. I have decided to share my thoughts about this on their Facebook page: '... I thought your company cared about the environment and believed in "Less is More"!?'

18/08/13 Updated - They replied: '...We always want our products to arrive with you safely, and as your order contained a number of 200ml glass bottles and essential oils, we selected a box that would allow space between the products, so as to avoid any damage during transit. The white chips that came in the box are corn starch and they’re fully decomposable so they can be put onto your compost heap afterwards – you don’t have to worry about them being plastic!...'

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