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Options for Life, llc is an independent, for-profit business with a socially responsible mission.

We are not connected with a charity in the UK with the same name, nor are we affiliated with an organization with the URL: www.optionsforlife.info

Options for Life was founded in 2006 by Walter Coddington (photo: right), marketing consultant to Fortune 500 companies, founder of Ad Age top-ranked sales promotion agency CCM, author of the McGraw-Hill business textbook “Environmental Marketing” and environment and development consultant to the United Nations Environment Program and the United Nations Population Fund/Face to Face International. Walter Coddington's associates, Bryan Thomlison (photo: center) and Lenna Tsutsumi (photo: left), also played a large roll in the development of the company and the optionsforlife product line.

optionsforlife cleaning products for household, commercial and janitorial use feature the very latest in safer cleaning chemistry including, but not limited to:

* using hydrogen peroxide (much as you do for your own body) instead of chlorine bleach to eliminate common odor-causing germs;
* replacing traditional toxic acids (such as those used in many tub and tile cleaners) with a safer organic acid solution; and
* replacing non-biodegradable alcohol (commonly used in glass and window cleaners) with biodegradable solvents that are not nearly as irritating to the skin.

Compared to conventional toxic cleaners, optionsforlife non-toxic cleaners receive better marks for surface gloss retention and surface safety (meaning they don’t dull and scratch surfaces over time as toxic cleaners can).

optionsforlife cleaners are stronger than most other non-toxic cleaners, in part because we put more active ingredient in our ready-to-use products. optionsforlife cleaning products are much safer to use around children and pets, and they are safer for the environment than most conventional cleaners.

But don’t just take our word for it ...

optionsforlife gallon- and larger-sized commercial and institutional concentrated cleaning products are Green Seal(TM) Certified. They meet the Green Seal(TM) environmental standard for industrial and institutional cleaners based on their reduced human and environmental toxicity and reduced volatile organic compound content.

Plus, greenhome.com has rated our products as "the Best Green Cleaners."

Friends of Options for Life:

Few companies owe their success to one person. In the case of Options for Life, many people helped get the company off the ground. Listed below are a few:

Angelika Prokop and Robert Grey, Bryan Thomlison (pioneer in business models for community economic development), Leslie and Edna Coddington, Shaul Yamin and Steve Ullman (Dick's Hardware Store), John Petallides (Amfax International), Judy Aquilera (bookkeeper extraordinaire), John LaRocca, Mark Maurice (keeps us young) and Albert Maurice (keeps us legal), Nick Leno (the biggest guy you'll ever meet, with the biggest heart), David Turney, Rick Gunthorpe and Edward Hayes (all of the NY Department of Environmental Protection), Jay Fine (One Call Support Services), Carol Robins (a most brilliant woman), Ayano Takebe and Tomoko Yamashita (Ariel Trading, our first overseas distributor), Allen Meyerson, Steven Polacki and Michael Chadwick (CCM sales promotion agency, responsible for our trademark girl-with-dog-and-plant image), Ravi A. Arapurakal (enlightenment consultant), Robert Kapnek (brand development consultant), Tyron Barrington (talent manager), Yee W. Chan (the force), Michael Craven (Craven Films, NY), Doytchin Spiridonov (WebYou.com), Eric Strausman (Quark Express and Adobe Illustrator WIZ), Claudia Egleston (kept us organized before we were an organization), Greg Davis (VIA, Portland, Maine), Hal Horowitz (you can't have too much insurance), Ken Hepburn (our English accent), Mark Martin (ECO MV, our first retail account), Johnny Sha (he and Lenna Tsutsumi are responsible for our logo and package design), Newton Florentino (freehand and computer illustrator), Lawrence and Matthew Isaacson (OfficeSalesUSA.com), Tony Pasciuto (CEO, Water Tech International), Ron Spinelli and Jesal Seth (ITAC, NYC business consultants), Shisano Takeuchi (Japanese art curator), Tani and all the guys at the UPS Store on Fulton Street, NYC, James Wood (Container and Packaging, Inc.), Malia Zee (devil's advocate), Wayne Miles (GoGreen Store, Brooklyn, NY), Victor Chan and Kevin and all of the customers of our beta store and last but not least, William J. Coddington -- the circumstance of his passing reminds us of why we are in business.
Love you Billy.