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Sandra Ann Harris is the Founder and CEO of ECOlunchbox, a mission-based consumer products company creating high-quality, eco-friendly, and plastic-free food container solutions. ECOlunchbox is a certified B Corp and California Green Business. Sandra and her company share the same mission: to protect the oceans by reducing consumer dependence on plastics.
Sandra is a speaker with a diverse background in business consulting, product development, digital marketing, and investigative journalism. She recently authored the book, Say Goodbye to Plastic: A Survival Guide For Plastic-Free Living, and loves kayaking, backpacking, and beekeeping.
Sandra Ann Harris talks about the spark that lit her interest in plastic-free food containers and how she started her product line
How Sandra handled the design, production, distribution, marketing, and sales for her lunchboxes
Where to get more information and purchase your own ECOlunchbox
How the plastic-free lifestyle trend and the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted ECOlunchbox
Sandra talks about her new book, how she manages her virtual team, and why she decided to get B Corp certified
How Sandra financed her company when she started and how she does it now
How collaborating with other brands has helped grow ECOlunchbox's market
Sandra's future plans for the company post COVID-19
The biggest challenge Sandra faced building her business and how she overcame it
Although many people know that plastic food containers expose them to toxicity, they continue to use them regularly, posing health-related risks to themselves and their families. Plastics are known to contain BPA and other chemicals that are harmful to your health and can contaminate your food.
In a mission to help solve this problem and provide the market with safe food containers, Sandra Ann Harris set out on a journey to design and develop eco-friendly, plastic-free food containers. She found an international manufacturer that could produce the type of products she wanted and started shipping them to the US. And so, ECOlunchbox was founded.
In this episode of the NexxtLevel Podcast, Steve Cleere is joined by Sandra Ann Harris, the Founder and CEO of ECOlunchbox, to talk about Sandra's earth-conscious mission and her journey producing eco-friendly, plastic-free food containers. Sandra also talks about the toxic substances found in plastic containers, her strategies for managing a virtual team and earning financing, and her new book about plastic-free living.
Say Goodbye to Plastic: A Survival Guide For Plastic-Free Living by Sandra Ann Harris
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