[SustainableTompkins] Victory - Sears/Kmart Adopts PVC Phase Out Policy!

Thu Dec 13 10:51:11 PST 2007

Good point Molly. I think Mike Shade would probably have that info
Tony

On Dec 13, 2007 1:24 PM, Molly Brewton <mb105 at cornell.edu> wrote:

> Maybe they would know who, in Sears, we can thank.  I think it's very good
> for companies to know that consumers are aware of what they do.
>
> Molly
>
> At 11:43 AM 12/13/2007, you wrote:
> >Yes, We can thank the Center for Health & Environmental Justice, Lois
> Gibbs
> >and Mike Shade. Their contact info is:
> >CHEJ http://www.chej.org/
> >Lois Gibbs chej at mail.democracyinaction.org
> >and especially Mike Shade mike at besafenet.com
> >who coordinated the campaign.
> >best
> >Tony
> >
> >
> >On Dec 13, 2007 11:21 AM, Joey Gates < earthdayithaca at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Tony,
> > >  This is great news!
> > >  Is there anyone we can email a thanks to?
> > >  Joey
> > >
> > >
> > > Tony Del Plato <tonydelplato at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >  Hi all,
> > >
> > > With your help we did it again! *Only one month after announcing our
> > > Target
> > > victory, we're proud to announce Sears Holdings (Sears and Kmart) has
> also
> > > committed to phasing out PVC, the poison plastic, in their products
> and
> > > packaging. *This is a huge victory for CHEJ's PVC Consumer Campaign as
> > > Sears Holdings, the parent of Sears and Kmart, is the nation's sixth
> > > largest
> > > retailer with over $50 billion in sales/year and approximately 3,800
> > > stores. *Big thanks go out to Evangelical Lutheran Church of America,
> the
> > > Investor Environmental Health Network, and everyone that signed onto
> the
> > > initial letter to Sears back in March'06 for helping to amke this
> victory
> > > happen!*
> > >
> > > While several retail outlets are now engaging in PVC phase-out
> policies as
> > > a
> > > result of all of our hard work, adding Sears and Kmart to the list is
> > > remarkably significant: 3 of America's top 6 retailers are now
> proactively
> > >
> > > phasing out PVC!
> > > *
> > > Help us continue the incredible momentum in 2008, preventing harm for
> > > everyone involved in PVC's life cycle. Here's how you can help:*
> > >
> > > - Help us leverage these exciting victories by *making a
> > > tax-deductible donation to this winning
> > > campaign.
> > > *
> > > - *Take action
> > > * for a healthy tomorrow.
> > > - *Learn more*about
> > > this major victory.
> > >
> > > Sears' actions will not only help parents looking for safer products
> but
> > > also fenceline communities fighting PVC's toxic lifecycle from
> Louisiana
> > > to
> > > China. Edgar Mouton, President of Mossville Environmental Action Now
> said,
> > > "Money talks and I hope that the vinyl companies polluting my
> community of
> > >
> > > Mossville, Louisiana are listening to Sears and Kmart, who will stop
> > > selling
> > > vinyl products and using vinyl packaging." Mr. Mouton's neighborhood
> is
> > > home to no less than 5 vinyl production plants, the largest
> concentration
> > > in
> > > the United States.
> > >
> > > When you mention Sears to someone, especially at Christmas time, it
> > > elicits
> > > memories of the Sears catologue and toy shopping; Sears holds a place
> in
> > > America's collective memory. It is fitting, right, and proper then,
> that
> > > Sears Holdings has been willing not only to recognize the potential
> > > dangers
> > > and harm caused by some of the products it currently sells, but has
> made
> > > the
> > > right decision to begin ridding its stores of this toxic PVC material.
> > >
> > > We hope you will join us in continuing the momentum in 2008.
> > >
> > > Yours for a healthy toxic-free future,
> > >
> > > Lois Marie Gibbs, Executive Director
> > > Center for Health, Environment and Justice
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Mike Schade
> > > PVC Campaign Coordinator
> > > Center for Health, Environment and Justice
> > > 9 Murray Street, Floor 3, New York, NY 10007-2223
> > > Phone: (212) 964-3680
> > > Fax: (212) 349-1366
> > > mike at besafenet.comwww.besafenet.com/pvcwww.chej.org
> > >
> > > Sign up for the PVC Action Network, and help us protect our families
> > > and communities from dangerous chemicals in consumer products. Click
> > > on "sign up" at www.besafenet.com/pvc
> > >
> > > Thanks everyone
> > > Tony Del Plato
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > May the conscience and the common sense of the peoples be awakened, so
> > > that
> > > we may reach a new stage in the life of nations, where people will
> look
> > > back
> > > on war as an incomprehensible aberration of their forefathers!
> > > Albert Einstein
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May the conscience and the common sense of the peoples be awakened, so that
we may reach a new stage in the life of nations, where people will look back
on war as an incomprehensible aberration of their forefathers!
Albert Einstein