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08-23-2016, 08:13 PM
Ace Hardware stores start labeling 'orca-friendly' products on shelves
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Move over, dolphin-safe tuna (http://www.nmfs.**aa.gov/pr/dolphinsafe/dsp.htm) and bee-friendly pesticides (http://www.certifiedbeefriendly.org/en/), and make room for orca-friendly products on the shelf.*
This week, two Ace Hardware stores in Washington state will begin placing "orca-friendly" tags on products that won't harm the marine environment of the Puget Sound, the seasonal home of endangered Southern Resident killer whales (http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/12/05/whats-killing-critically-endangered-whale).
"We weren't really calling attention to the fact that products are going down the drain or running off from gardens and into the water, so what better way to make a statement than labeling certain products as orca safe?" said Randy Burgess, owner of the two Ace stores. One store is in Anacortes on Puget Sound, and the other is in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, where orcas frequent the waters each spring and summer.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/orca-friendly-products-ace-hardware/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Move over, dolphin-safe tuna (http://www.nmfs.**aa.gov/pr/dolphinsafe/dsp.htm) and bee-friendly pesticides (http://www.certifiedbeefriendly.org/en/), and make room for orca-friendly products on the shelf.*
This week, two Ace Hardware stores in Washington state will begin placing "orca-friendly" tags on products that won't harm the marine environment of the Puget Sound, the seasonal home of endangered Southern Resident killer whales (http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/12/05/whats-killing-critically-endangered-whale).
"We weren't really calling attention to the fact that products are going down the drain or running off from gardens and into the water, so what better way to make a statement than labeling certain products as orca safe?" said Randy Burgess, owner of the two Ace stores. One store is in Anacortes on Puget Sound, and the other is in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, where orcas frequent the waters each spring and summer.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/orca-friendly-products-ace-hardware/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Orcas (http://mashable.com/category/orcas/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Killer Whale (http://mashable.com/category/killer-whale/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Seaworld (http://mashable.com/category/seaworld/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Climate (http://mashable.com/climate/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/zsw-rlZgDeE