{"id":1684,"date":"2018-05-26T23:36:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T23:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecosforrosewood.temp513.kinsta.cloud\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2024-10-23T19:30:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T19:30:57","slug":"proudly-supporting-local-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/live-cleaner\/proudly-supporting-local-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Stories &#8211; Made in the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uQh8X46kxg4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Family owned and operated since 1967, ECOS has been making plant-powered cleaners in the U.S. for over 50 years. ECOS\u2122 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/laundry\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">laundry detergent<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the collection of over 90 other <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/household-cleaners\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eco-conscious cleaners<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, are proudly made in four facilities across the country.. We are dedicated to growing the U.S. green economy, reducing its environmental footprint, and creating safer products for families to enjoy across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located in California, Washington, Illinois and New Jersey, each facility ships products locally throughout its designated region. When you see <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/find-ecos\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ECOS\u2122 in your local grocery store<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you can feel confident in knowing that product came from a nearby facility. In addition to our four facilities we have team members across the country bringing ECOS\u2122 to your local community. Our region-based distribution also reduces our environmental impact.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By decreasing shipping and transportation distance, we are able to reduce our carbon emissions for the benefit of the entire community.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By manufacturing in the U.S., we have added over 350 green jobs to the U.S. economy and that number continues to grow. As a leader in corporate and social responsibility, we<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/careers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> believe in providing a living wage and wellness benefits for all employees.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Employees are paid one of the highest minimum wages in the country, $17\/hr, to make sure they can support their families and feel confident in the work that they do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you buy ECOS\u2122 products, you are doing more than just choosing to buy better, safer cleaning products; you\u2019re also supporting local economies and communities across the U.S. Aaron Miller, our Washington-based product manager, notes,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople in Washington have pride in our state and like to support companies doing business here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though each of our facilities across the country has its own unique feel, the sentiment of local pride in the communities we\u2019re a part of is the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are passionate advocates for supporting the communities we operate in with local jobs, and creating a greener future through quality products and sustainable manufacturing. Find where our products are available in your local community <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/find-ecos\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family owned and operated since 1967, ECOS has been making plant-powered cleaners in the U.S. for over 50 years. ECOS\u2122 laundry detergent and the collection of over 90 other eco-conscious cleaners, are proudly made in four facilities across the country.. We are dedicated to growing the U.S. green economy, reducing its environmental footprint, and creating safer products for families to enjoy across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":11995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1684"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26032,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions\/26032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}