The echoes of holiday cheer may fade, but the mountains of wrapping paper and discarded boxes leave a lingering mark on our conscience (and landfill). While celebrating is key, embracing a greener approach in the new year can help us minimize our festive footprint.
Beyond the holidays, building sustainable habits ripples throughout the year. Carry a reusable water bottle and coffee mug, embrace local markets for fresh produce, and ditch single-use plastics wherever possible. Compost food scraps, swap paper towels for dishcloths, and breathe life into old clothes through repairs or donations.
Even small steps, like turning off lights or taking shorter showers, add up, saving energy and precious resources. Every conscious choice we make becomes a pebble cast into the pond of change, creating a ripple effect that reaches far beyond our own homes.
Remember, living sustainably isn’t a destination, it’s a journey. Embracing small changes this year paves the way for a greener, more mindful future. Let’s shed the excess and wrap ourselves in the joy of living in harmony with our planet. The new year is a blank canvas – let’s paint it with a sustainable brushstroke, one small habit at a time.
Consumers’ sustainability partner, Watsons, has always espoused sustainability and responsible consumerism by offering its customers sustainable choices, products made with responsibly sourced ingredients that are good for consumers, and better packaging made with less virgin plastics.
There are also refilling stations in two Watsons stores (SM Megamall and The Block at SM City North Edsa) where shoppers can get refills for their favorite Naturals by Watsons products.
The leading health, wellness, and beauty retailer encourages its customers to read labels, especially if they’re into “Clean Beauty” as the retailer carries many products in this category under “Sustainable Choices.” Watsons also encourages its customers to bring shopping bags instead of paper and plastic bags.
“We at Watsons hope to promote more sustainable shopping habits to our dear customers when they do a lot of shopping. For starters, we have our Sustainable Choices, a wide range of health, wellness, and beauty products they can choose from with better packaging and cleaner ingredients, which can also be refilled at our Watsons refilling stations. We also encourage them to recycle Christmas wrappers and maybe use old ribbons and twine to tie their gifts instead of using tape. These are small steps we all can take for a greener future,” said Sharon Decapia, Senior AVP for Marketing, PR, and Sustainability, Watsons Philippines.
If there is one thing that Watsons hopes for customers during the season of giving or as a New Year’s resolution is to help others through Watsons’ community-targeted initiatives. These charities include Operation Smile Philippines, which, in partnership with Watsons, has changed the lives of thousands of children born with cleft and lip palate. For this, Watsons has Give A Smile coin banks at cashiers of Watsons stores nationwide.
Get started on these sustainable shopping habits when you visit your favorite Watsons branch to shop. Hopefully, these habits can be sustained beyond just the start of the year.
Biggest health expo
From Feb. 1 to 4, Watsons holds the biggest Watsons Health Expo 2024 at the SM Megatrade Halls, bringing Watsons brand of caring to more Filipinos. This event is brought by Watsons Club, which is the brand’s customer loyalty program wherein members can enjoy exclusive benefits and promos at Watsons.
As early as now, shoppers can become a Watsons Club member by simply downloading the Watsons app from the Google Play Store and App Store or through this link https://bit.ly/WatsonsMobileApp and registering with their mobile number to enjoy more perks and services from Watsons!
Among the services available during the four-day expo are the range of health and beauty products that are up to 70 percent off, brand booths and activities, free health consultations, informative and educational talks, raffle draws and prizes, wellness sessions, and pharmacy services under Click and Collect Express.
The participating brands in the Watsons Health Expo 2024 are Watsons Generics, Watsons Brands, Unilab, Belo, Puritan’s Pride, Goli, Reckitt, P&G, UL Skin Sciences, Berocca, Orahex, Cetaphil, Sanofi, Trianon, QuickFX, NOW, Mosbeau, Thiocell, Bestshape, Sleepasil, Snow, Biofitea, Sole Pharma, and Health Fusion.
NuWhite, Inmed, Regroe, Trust, Premiere, EZ, Sawaday, Koolfever, Ammeltz, Mead Johnsons, Salonpas, Difflam, Dequadin, Valda, Bactidol, Buscopan, Dulcolax, Mucosolvan, Claritin, Elica, Bewell-C, Cherifer, Propan, Fern-C, Poten-Cee, PNKids, Centrum Kids, Pharmaton Energy, Sangobion, Neurobion, Glucerna, Ensure, Nestle, Lipton, Emco, Skinny Mamas, and Sofy are also part of the lineup of participating brands.
Shoppers can now start their journey to health and wellness by downloading the Watsons app. Enjoy P100 off when you download the Watsons app through this link https://bit.ly/WatsonsMobileApp. Terms and conditions apply.
Shoppers can also visit any of 1000+ Watsons stores nationwide or pick up their orders at the nearest Watsons store in 30 minutes or less via Click & Collect or have them delivered to them in 3 hours through Express Delivery.