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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSign the pledge: Don't buy these Koch products
List of familiar Koch products and brands:
-American Greetings** (took heavy Koch investment, upwards of $200 million)
-Angel Soft
-Angel Soft Ultra
-Brawny paper towels
-Dixie products
-Insulair cups
-Mardis Gras napkins
-Perfect Touch cups, paper products
-Quilted Northern
-Sparkle paper towels
-Vanity Fair napkins & paper towels
-Zee Napkins
-Georgia-Pacific Office products
-Spectrum paper
-Georgia-Pacific's enMotion paper towel dispenser
-Georgia-Pacific's engineered lumber
INVISTA Brands
-INVISTAs PET polymer is used in oxygen-sensitive packaging for food and beverages.
-ADI-PURE® Adipic Acid
-ANTRON® Carpet Fiber
-C12 Intermediates
-COMFOREL® Fiber
-COOLMAX® Fabric
-CORDURA® Fabric
-DACRON® Fiberfill
-DYTEK® Idea Intermediates
-FLEXISOLV® Solvent Solutions
-LYCRA® Fiber
-LYCRA HyFit® Fiber
-OXYCLEAR® Barrier Resin
-POLYCLEAR® PET
-POLYSHIELD® Resin
-SENZAA Additive
-STAINMASTER® Carpet
-SUPPLEX® Fabric
-SUPRIVA Fiber
-TACTEL® Fiber
-TECGEN® Garments
-TERATE® Polyols
-TERATHANE® Polyether Glycol
-TERRIN Polyols
-THERMOLITE® Fabric
-TORZEN® PA66 Resin
Koch Fertilizer Company's AGROTAIN® nitrogen stabilizer fertilizer products are used around the world to improve nitrogen efficiency and enhance crop productions.
If you use building materials, be sure to check out the extensive list of Georgia-Pacific building productsincluding their product app.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/01/1288957/-Sign-the-pledge-Don-t-buy-these-Koch-products?detail=email#
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Luckily I have at least a years supply so maybe the company will be sold by the time I need to replenish.
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)Faux pas
(14,681 posts)now. Do I win?
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Most products you purchase line their pockets in some way, even if it's just the fuel to ship it.
Edited to add: I don't purchase any products directly made by Koch Industries and its subsidiaries, but I realize no matter what, I line the packets of the bastards.
Response to MohRokTah (Reply #3)
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badtoworse
(5,957 posts)Do you seriously think people are going to keep a list like this when they go shopping? On top that there are the stores we should avoid, e.g. Walmart, Hobby Lobby and Chick-Fil-A, as well as the charities we shouldn't contribute to, like the Salvation Army.
I think it's a lot easier to just shop, eat and contribute where it feels right and not look at everything through a political microscope.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)badtoworse
(5,957 posts)Daemonaquila
(1,712 posts)There are even phone apps that make keeping such lists easy, like Buycott.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)voting with your wallet is matters. what liberal goes to Walmart unless they have no choice?
badtoworse
(5,957 posts)I look for "Made in USA" and don't buy Chinese products unless I absolutely have to. I support local small business over the big box stores. I like local restaurants that know your name when you walk in. For charities, I look them up and give to the ones that have the lowest administrative expenses.
Those are the things that make it feel right. I rarely get into the political leanings of the owners.
frylock
(34,825 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)If I were building a home, I would certainly consider the source of materials when doing so. I take it you would not bother, since you seem to be advocating that this in- in your opinion - an all or nothing proposition? For me, it is not. I do what I can as an educated person who is fortunate to have some leeway and vote with my pocketbook whenever possible.
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)so they can fund rw candidates.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)So my absence will not make much of a difference. I will miss Brawny paper towels! But easy enough to get something else. Thank you for the list. Appreciate it that you found this and gave it to us.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)Gothmog
(145,242 posts)Maeve
(42,282 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)Maeve
(42,282 posts)Last edited Mon Nov 24, 2014, 06:04 PM - Edit history (1)
The statute of limitations being long past, I think that absolves it of complicity in the current situation.
Besides, the point of the boycott is to stop fueling Koch industries; buying pre-existing items does not enrich them further.
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)maced666
(771 posts)In garage. got 'on sale'.
Guess I can now only say okay, but from NOW ON.....
librechik
(30,674 posts)I think it's back-engineered alien technology. Fuck the Kochs for exploiting Roswell.