Green Deal

March 8th, 2016

London Drugs RecycleBag helps spread the Green Deal word to big crowds at the Healthy Family Expo 2016.

It was a happy herd of moms, dads, toddlers and tots (and the occasional stroller gridlock) that descended on the Vancouver Convention Centre East Sunday March 6th. Some of our favourite Green Deal brands were also there, including Nature’s Path, Seventh Generation, New World Natural Foods and our booth-mates, Earths Choice, serving up delicious organic coffee all day long.

It was a great way for families to sample tasty treats, look for healthier, greener product alternatives and enter to win some great prizes.

But one of the most popular items was our recycled (and recyclable) What’s the Green Deal RecycleBag, which lists the things you can recycle at London Drugs. We gave every single one of them out, and it was gratifying to see so many families taking home our message of recycling.

Big thanks to Maria and Kevin from our Olympic Village location and Tracy and Ty, from our Davie Street Store for hanging out and handing out all day long. Bonus points for Ty who was our official spokes-voice, starring on the Healthy Family Expo video!

If you want to know more about the Healthy Family Expo, have a look at some of the photos below and check out their website. It was a great day of activities, music and green goodies!

Ray from Earth’s Choice was the all-day organic coffee guy who kept us going!

Ty puts on his interview face.

The London Drugs Green Deal RecycleBags were everywhere at the show!

Natire’s Path was serving up their EnviroKidz organic cereals. Mmmm!

Climbing walls, concerts, free healthy snacks – lots to keep the kids busy!

March 1st, 2016

London Drugs networks with the Green Business World at Globe 2016, March 2,3,4.

The GLOBE Leadership Summit is North America’s largest and most influential sustainable business leadership summit. As part of our retail leadership journey in sustainability, London Drugs will be there – to learn, connect and share inspiration.

It’s a high-level forum for inspiration and collaboration between business, government, and civil leaders, to turn environmental challenges into business opportunities, taking place at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

London Drugs is no newcomer to GLOBE – in 2012 we were a finalist for Canada’s Greenest Retail Practices Award. The 2016 event promises to be very inspiring, indeed.

Among other leaders, there will be speakers from Seventh Generation, GE and BMW. Your What’s the Green Deal team will be attending seminars on supply chain innovation, brand sustainability, sustainable products and transformational companies.

And the whole show will be kicked off with an opening speech from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Watch this blog, and follow us on Twitter for updates as we search for inspiration and innovations to make our London Drugs What’s the Green Deal products, recycling and communications even better for YOU.

To the GLOBE and beyond!

February 22nd, 2016

We’re going to the 2016 Healthy Family Expo in Vancouver, March 6th (And you should, too!)

The Vancouver Convention Centre East Building is once again about to host Vancouver’s Premium Eco and Health Event for the whole family. The Healthy Family Expo is an all-day festival of music, activities and some of the most awesome products and ideas gathered in one place – from organics to local manufacturers, baby products, health services and more.

The London Drugs Green Deal team will be on hand to talk recycling, Green Deal products and sustainability. Our friends from Earth’s Choice will be offering coffee, and there will be lots of prizes and surprises to sign up for.

There’s a climbing wall, human hamster ball and concert stage to keep the kids occupied, while parents can browse the show and enter to win a one-tear lease on a Toyota Prius.

Best of all, it’s FREE for kids 12 and under (accompanied by an adult) and you can save $3 oon your adult ticket buy buying in advance online or at your local London Drugs store. (See Customer Service)

Admission includes open seating for Bobs & LoLo concerts and all-day access to everything in the Active Kid Zone.

Advance tickets bought by midnight on March 3rd are entered to win $200 to spend at the Healthy Family Expo! (Click here to register your ticket if you purchased it at London Drugs)

While you’re there be sure to drop by and see us! And also say hi to our friends at Nature’s Path, Top Daddies and David Suzuki’s Queen of Green.

February 16th, 2016

The land may still be snow white, but Saskatoon will be thinking green, at the Saskatchewan Living Green Expo Feb 26 – 28

It’s a great opportunity for Saskatchewanians to see a world of sustainable and healthy choices, and London Drugs will be there.

The Expo Stage features everything from Yoga to green cleaning, solar panels, local cooking and more.

For professionals, check out the Green Edge series, featuring high-tech talks on heating, lighting, Passive House design and other technical learning opportunities.

The Saskatchewan Living Green Expo is also a great place for kids to learn more about the environment and green living at the fun & interactive KidSphere – featuring activities and speakers just for kids.

Come see us! We will be telling the world about our recycling programs, and you can enter to win a sweet gift basket of great Green Deal products.

It’s the province’s largest green living expo, so don’t miss it. See you at Prairieland Park!

February 11th, 2016

Got a Great Green Friend? Send them our Video Valentine.

From the Saskatchewan Mom who brings in all her kids batteries, to the Lower Mainland team that takes care of our electronics recycling, to the kids who clean up the roadside litter in Prince George, it takes a big green village to make a difference. So we wanted to say ‘Thanks’ and show our love with this little Valentine’s Day video. If you have a special green person in your life, feel free to pass it along to them. Because sharing appreciation for everyone’s efforts, is the REAL Green Deal. Happy Valentine’s Day!

January 27th, 2016

London Drugs voted one of BC’s top 10 influential brands in 2016.

BCBusiness and market research firm Ipsos once again rated BC’s leading brands, and London Drugs is proud to be right near the top. London Drugs has been one of BC’s ‘Most Loved’ brands on the BC Business list for the last few years, but this year the survey went beyond ‘love’ to rate brands for ‘influence’.

Ipsos’s Michael Rodenburgh says, “To actually have influence means that you have a level of impact beyond what you’re delivering, “These brands have a fundamental impact on how you operate in the world—that’s the distinguishing factor.”

Key attributes included brands seen as socially responsible; and as making a positive contribution to B.C. – two central goals of our ‘What’s the Green Deal’ sustainability program.

We can’t say for sure that our in-store recycling or Bring Back the Pack programs had a direct influence on our ranking. But we will definitely take this recognition as a sign of encouragement and vow to continue our efforts to help our customers shop, and live a little greener – in BC and beyond.

“The most influential brands are part of our daily lives, our routine, and ultimately they help make life better, more interesting and more meaningful,” concludes Rodenburgh. “Achieving that is no easy task.”

For 2016, we look forward to making our influence an even more positive, and sustainable one.

For more info on the survey and results, check out the BC Business article here.

January 15th, 2016

Recycle your waste with Febreze and London Drugs

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London Drugs & Febreze have joined with the eco-friendly innovator TerraCycle® to provide a second life for air and home care waste. Save used air and home care products and recycle them at your nearest London Drugs store.

For your convenience, the collection boxes seen above are set up at the front of the store near Customer Service or in the air and home care products aisle.

Every air and home care product that is dropped off for recycling benefits more than the environment. For every unit collected at a London Drugs location, TerraCycle will donate 2 cents to the Canadian Cancer Society. The air and home care waste is recycled into items like park benches, waste bins and more!

December 22nd, 2015

Five helpful green holiday tips from London Drugs

DECEMBER 21, 2015, RICHMOND, BC – Once Christmas morning arrives there is always the question of what to do with the wrapping and packaging. How to power your new gadgets and what to do with old electronics and appliances. Here are five green tips from London Drugs this holiday season :

1. Recycle your packaging
Now people can actually recycle their packaging where they bought it. Our comprehensive Bring Back the Pack recycling program provides an opportunity for all packaging from London Drugs products to be properly recycled. This answers the question of what to do with the Styrofoam surrounding your brand new TV or the cardboard and plastic wrap around your new kitchen toy. London Drugs has been actively recycling Styrofoam since 2008 and has diverted over 250,000lbs of it from landfills.

2. Recycle your old electronics & small appliances
Bring in the old electronics and appliances that were replaced over the holidays for proper recycling. Besides electronics like TV’s, computers and video players, customers can also recycle any small appliance with a plug at their nearest London Drugs. This includes toasters, microwaves, kettles, hair dryers, curling irons, televisions, alarm clocks and even cordless phones.

3. Rechargeable Batteries
Did you receive an electronic game or toy? Consider using rechargeable batteries to extend your play, reduce waste and save money in the long run. Popular sizes are all available with compact chargers and provide a great value for those toys designed to entertain your children, big and small, for hours on end. And remember, you can bring in your old batteries for recycling to any London Drugs. For more information on Rechargeables vs Regular Batteries check out our blog article here.

4. Recycle your broken Christmas lights
A string of broken lights is not trash. It contains copper wire and other elements that are worth recycling. Old lights can be taken back to your local London Drugs store. Look for energy-efficient LED lights to replace them.

5. Donate your old cell phones and smartphones
Instead of discarding your old cell phones and smartphones; drop them off at London Drugs for proper recycling in a Call2Recycle collection box.

By working with several key vendors throughout the year London Drugs continues to achieve a 90% plus waste reduction rate in all of its stores across Western Canada. For more information on recycling at London Drugs visit the recycling section of our greendeal.ca website.

December 14th, 2015

The Great Green Gift Basket 2015

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18 ideas from $3 – $30 to please those hard-to-buy-for  eco-minded folks on your list and gift the planet a little along the way.
1, 2. For furry green friends: Grab a LOOFAH ORGANIC DOG TOY ($9.99)  or ‘The world’s eco-friendliest’ WOOLY  CAT TOY ($4.99)
3. Knock on wood. Made in Canada from Canadian maple, eh! MADEWOOD  CUTTING BOARD ($19.99*)
4. Grab a cup to go. 100% e-cycle plastic with no-spill lid ALADDIN RECYCLED & RECYCLABLE MUG ($14.99)
5. Feel the Love. Certified organic, non-GMO and gluten-free. Definitely not naughty. HIPPIE GARDEN CHIPS ($5.99)
6. Dip it good. Organic snackin’ is where it’s at. QUE PASA CHIPS ($3.69)
7. Tea for 100. Certified UNCLE LEE’S ORGANIC GREEN TEA 100’s ($3.99)
8. Rewrite. With pens made from recycled milk cartons ONYX + GREEN RECYCLED PENS ($4.99)
9. Dish it up. Throw greener parties with wheat-straw compostable ware WORLD CENTRIC PLATES 20’s ($4.79)
10. Do the Drive. Organic, Local, Fair Trade, Rainforest Certified COMMERCIAL DRIVE COFFEE ($9.98*)
11. Better bee good. 100% Natural BURT’S BEES LIPBALM ($4.99)
12. For the mistletoe lover. 86% pure olive oil, non-GMO KISS MY FACE BAR SOAP ($2.99)
13. Tea for eaters. Certified Organic TRADITIONAL MEDICINALS EATER’S DIGEST TEA ($4.99*)
14. Holiday wake-up. Certified organic,. Fair Trade, BC roasted ETHICAL BEAN COFFEE 340g (13.99)
15. Energize! With green power! ENERGIZER RECHARGE PRO ($29.99)
16. Chocolate!! Certified organic GREEN & BLACK’s 100g ($4.39)
17. Sweet. Certified organic 100% pure Canadian LONDON NATURALS MAPLE SYRUP 375ml ($9.99)
18. And don’t forget… THE BASKET
Try a greener wrapping solution with this all natural LONDON DRUGS WOOD AND SEAGRASS BASKET – In 2 handy sizes ($9.99 – $14.99)
Want to discover more great green products? Look for our in-store signs and visit our greendeal.ca website.
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* Prices at time of writing, some sale prices may not remain in effect.  Check your local store and LondonDrugs.com for updates

November 5th, 2015

Congratulations to London Drugs’ Sustainability Vendor Partner of the Year for 2015 – There’s a Method to their Green-ness!

The Green Deal team was front and center at the Annual London Drugs Partnership Show in Toronto this week, as Clint Mahlman and the executive announced our first ever Sustainability Vendor of the Year.

It was a tough choice, as so many of our Green Deal product suppliers have amazing stories to tell, and are making real change in the retail landscape.

Method products took home the honours, with their cleaner ingredients, recycled packaging, B-Corporation status and LEED Platinum factory.

We shared the LD event trailer with the Method folks, and got to watch the video featuring their new ‘Soap Box’ facility, recently built in South Chicago.

Of course, this won’t be our last sustainability award, so we hope our Green Deal shoppers, vendors and partners continue to weigh in on the stories and priorities that matter most to them.

Congratulations, Method! You are the REAL Green Deal!

Green Deal Sustainability Consultant Lorne Craig with the Community Events Trailer at the 2015 London Drugs Partnership Show

London Drugs RecycleBag helps spread the Green Deal word to big crowds at the Healthy Family Expo 2016.

London Drugs networks with the Green Business World at Globe 2016, March 2,3,4.

We’re going to the 2016 Healthy Family Expo in Vancouver, March 6th (And you should, too!)

The land may still be snow white, but Saskatoon will be thinking green, at the Saskatchewan Living Green Expo Feb 26 – 28

Got a Great Green Friend? Send them our Video Valentine.

London Drugs voted one of BC’s top 10 influential brands in 2016.

Recycle your waste with Febreze and London Drugs

Five helpful green holiday tips from London Drugs

The Great Green Gift Basket 2015

Congratulations to London Drugs’ Sustainability Vendor Partner of the Year for 2015 – There’s a Method to their Green-ness!

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