Cynthia Becker's Quality Choices goes GREEN: We are reducing our carbon
footprint to ZERO. Plus we are making our products carbon neutral, and we are shipping our products with carbon neutral shipping.
Soon we will be packaging our CDs in 100% curbside recyclable polypropylene and shipped with practically no packaging to throw
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mission is to provide goods and services that improve the quality of the lives of the individuals we interact with directly.
At the same time we intend to continue to find more ways to reduce our environmental footprint and help restore the life support
system of the planet. We shall also contribute a percentage of our profit to support organizations that
give people the resources they need to take care of themselves and their communities in generative ways and that work to create
a level playing field for everyone. And to encourage others to do the same.
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The new business model: The purpose of a business
is to make a profit in ways that add value and improve the quality of the lives of its employees, customers, any and all communities
it might impact as well as the life support system of the planet because we are all in this together. All human beings are created equal. It is to everyone’s advantage
that all of us work towards assuring that everyone has the ways and means to take care of themselves and their families and
that every child on the planet has a fair and equal opportunity for their future. It is the obligation and duty of those of
us with the power and resources to proactively work to create that level playing field for all humans everywhere on the planet.
It is our duty and obligation to leave our children and grand children with a better world to live in than we have
now and to teach them to teach their children and grandchildren to continue doing the same. The best way to improve economy is from the bottom up. Each person that moves up out of poverty becomes
another consumer, contributor and taxpayer. All businesses benefit from this bottom up movement either
directly or indirectly. In addition to being a good thing to do, it makes economic sense.
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 OUR COMMITMENT
TO THE ENVIRONMENT
PROBLEM 1: The familiar hard plastic jewel cases that virtually all commercially produced
CDs, CD ROMs, and DVDs are packaged in are brittle; they frequently crack split and break making them useless, frustrating
and often damaging your disc. PROBLEM
2: These traditional cases cannot be reused, recycled or decomposed. Hundreds of millions of these plastic cases
end up in landfills every year where they may stay and pollute the environment for centuries. PROBLEM 3:
Because these cases are so fragile they require packing and shipping material to protect them during shipping. These packing
and shipping materials generally cannot be reused, recycled or decomposed and also end up polluting the environment.
PROBLEM 4: In addition, the packing and shipping materials add extra weight during shipping which increases
the carbon footprint left by shipping these products.
SOLUTION 1: As soon
as our current stocks run out we are replacing all of our old hard CD cases with safe unbreakable 100% curbside recyclable
polypropylene cases from Univenture. SOLUTION 2: Our new polypropylene cases are 100% curbside recyclable just like
a milk jug. SOLUTION 3: The polypropylene has a little give to it so they feel kind
of soft and flexible but they actually protect your CD better than the old hard cases because they never crack or break.
SOLUTION 4: Our new cases actually weighs 40% less than the old hard cases. And because of their durability
they can be shipped with practically no packing or shipping materials. There is nothing to go to the landfill
and a much smaller carbon footprint from shipping. SOLUTION 5: All our CDs are produced locally to by Classic Tape and Duplication to reduce shipping. All our new inserts will be printed locally at Creative Imaging on 100% recycled paper using environmentally friendly inks on the
World’s “Greenest” Printing Press: Xerox iGen3. PLUS: We are very proud of our new cases. They
give our CDs a unique modern look and feel that we really like, but take a closer look at the advantages and we are sure you
will fall in love with them as we have. PLUS, PLUS: As far as we know of, we are the first company
to produce and market commercial CDs using these polypropylene cases and these environmental standards. SOLUTION 6:
In addition to all this, we are making our CDs available as MP3 downloads directly from our website. When you buy an “INSTANT
DOWNLOAD” there is no packing and shipping, no CD, no case, nothing to recycle, no carbon footprint. It’s the
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