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About
Today, the world is facing heavy pollution because the ecological system has been gradually erased over a long period of time due to unplanned discharge and exploitation. Eco has become a trend that is fully supported by the community thanks to several benefits that it brings like reducing waste that impact on environment, balancing the ecological system, preventing many natural disasters, mining uncontrolled exploitation. The name EcoSaigon has since been our inspiration to step by step develop small businesses in the future.
Eco has stand for Ecology which means the relationship of living things to their environment and to each other, or scientific study of this. In order to draw inspiration from that meaning, we provided convenient portable products with environmentally friendly materials including easy to decompose, 100% plastic-free, and can be reusable many times. EcoSaigon is a part of solution in daily living habits to contribute to reducing the number of plastic packages sent to the landfill.
Mission
EcoSaigon is considered as a mini green city in the heart of Saigon, a stop for those who are interested in green, sustainable and environmentally friendly way of life. Keeping that in mind, EcoSaigon is responsible for :
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Providing the products which completely say NO to disposable plastic packaging.
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Working with suppliers located closest to the store to reduce the amount of CO2 released into the environment during transportation.
Moreover, come to EcoSaigon, you will feel the fullness of happiness, love and gratitude from the products made by Vietnamese people for the benefits of the community, just sufficient and wholesome.
Vision
Green-Lifestyle / Sustainable
We aim for sustainability in our lives, in people and in products. Green living is understood as an environmentally friendly way of life, minimizing the amount of personal waste discharged into the environment by the daily routine.
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​5Rs
(Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair, Refuse)
The life cycle of each item, long or short, is determined by the owner, the user. But most of all, our supplier look to 5Rs with the following actions:
Reduce the amount of unnecessary supplies and the amount of waste produced.
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Reuse what can be in the process of producing and supplying customers.
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Recycle the materials and bring new ideas to reuse, helping customers save more.
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Repair old items to increase life span or renew it.
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Refuse what creates waste and or is not needed.
Wabi-Sabi
​Looking for the inner beauty of imperfections. It is something EcoSaigon always care about, because of impermanence in life, which happens in every instance and thing. From that, we will preserve what is inherent and at the locations of EcoSaigon, the consumer will happen to catch the old and new images in a space and time.
Minimal
​EcoSaigon care about the minimalism, because in the minimal there is just enough. As our group waste more, we lose more balance from within ourselves. But when Ecosaigon begin to live in minimalism and equilibrium state in our daily routine at home, at work, in society, and in the environment, our group feel happier because our group have more time to enjoy life.
Local
​Ecosaigon care about quality products and value from local people (Vietnam) to the people currently living in Vietnam. In addition, the supply of goods in the country is also a way to save energy and protect the environment.