Sustainability
<p><font size="4">Sustainability is a pretty big idea. If you're like me you wonder "what can I possibly do to make a difference?". Especially when some of us live and work in areas that don't even support recycling!!! And what does "sustainability" even really mean anyway?</font></p> <p><font size="4">So, Sustainability is most often defined as: meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.</font></p> <p><font size="4">Seems pretty simple, actually. Being in manufacturing, the issues of environmental sustainability seem to come up a lot. While we may not be able to do as much as we'd like, I figure every little bit helps and if everyone did a little bit it would make a huge difference overall. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Here's how the Dr. Wong's Essentials® family is bringing sustainability to our little part of the planet:</font></p> <h1><font size="4"><strong>Environmentally </strong></font></h1> <ul> <li><font size="4"><strong>Recyclable Cardboard Boxes:</strong> are used in our packing/shipping department for every package we ship from our offices (so, yes, those pretty white boxes you receive from us are recyclable). </font></li> <li><font size="4"><strong>Biodegradable Cellophane Candy Wrappers:</strong> are used in every bottle to keep the capsules from becoming damaged during handling and transit. Also compostable and produced from sustainably grown cottonwood trees.</font></li> <li><font size="4"><strong>Recyclable Peanuts:</strong> are also used in every large package to ensure each bottle arrives in perfect condition. Oh, and the peanuts do offer some insulation against the cold and heat during shipping as well!</font></li> <li><font size="4"><strong>Recyclable Newprint:</strong> is used in smaller packages to ensure each bottle arrives in perfect condition. </font></li> <li><font size="4"><strong>Recyclable Program:</strong> For 2025 we are putting in place a <strong>recyclable program</strong> for all the boxes we receive from our suppliers as well as any paper products that can be recycled. In this program we will be working with the city locally as well as with a Fort Worth recycling company where we will be taking our recycle materials or sponsoring a local pick up for the entire area (since we do not have a recycle system in the area where we office, yet).</font></li> <li><font size="4"><strong>No Plastic Bottles</strong>: We supply our office with reusable 5 gallon water dispensers to reduce the plastic bottle impact in our local landfills. The water we purchase, is from a local sustainable source with it's own unique "healing" history. Click "<a title="Crazy Water offered to employees at Dr Wong's Essentials" href="https://drinkcrazywater.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>" if you'd like to find out more about this "Crazy Water" we offer to our employees.</font></li> <li><font size="4"><strong>Charitable Contributions: </strong>There are some environmental organizations that we support and you can read about them on our Giving Back page. <strong><br /></strong></font></li> <li><font size="4"><strong>Future Ideas:</strong> In this industry, companies are just beginning to look into creating plant based plastic bottles (check out the new 100% plant derived PET bottle Coca-Cola has developed) or recyclable bottles and so they aren't available yet. But, we are watching the market to see when they become available in a form that is usable for our products.</font></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><font size="4"><strong>"Being family owned, we know what it means to care about our employees and we treat them like family. That's why we say the "Dr. Wong's Essentials® Family" often.... because that's who we are." Michele Wong, President/CEO</strong></font></p> <p> </p> <h1><font size="4"><strong>Socially</strong></font></h1> <ul> <li><font size="4"><strong>Made in the USA:</strong> Every Dr. Wong's Essential<strong>®</strong> product is manufactured in the US in fact, we manufacture all of our products in house which gives us the ability to make sure the people who are responsible for the end product are taken care of. </font></li> <li><font size="4"><strong>Competitive Wages: </strong>Every employee is paid at or above the industry standard for their job description.</font></li> <li><font size="4"><strong>Flexible Scheduling: </strong>People have lives plain and simple. And, sometimes family "issues" need to be addressed so an employee and their family can be healthy and happy. So, we do have flexible scheduling (and always have). That's one of the reasons our office hours are 9 - 3:30 for those of you who've never thought about it - those are school hours. We make sure our employees have the ability to see their children off to school safely and ensure their safe return home afterwards.</font></li> <li><font size="4"><strong>Safe Working Environment: </strong>Here at WAM Essentials, Inc we do everything we can to ensure a safe working environment for our employees whatever that means from eye wash stations, to shower facilities, respirators, etc. </font></li> <li><font size="4"><strong>Furthering Education: </strong>Education is very important to Dr. Wong and we support our employees who wish to take extra classes or get a degree. In any instance, WAM Essentials, Inc. pays a portion of the total tuition for the employee.<strong><br /></strong></font></li> <li><font size="4"><strong>Community:</strong> We are always looking for new ways to support our local community: supporting our local Read and Ride programs, making donations to local food banks, giving to local household items charities as well as supporting our local Chamber in their fundraising and charitable projects.</font></li> <li><font size="4"><strong>Charitable Contributions: </strong>There are some socially minded charitable organizations that we support and you can read about them on our Giving Back page. </font></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>