Our Story
Inspired by Sea Turtles Since 2008
Established in 2008, Eco Maniac Company’s mission is to inspire individuals and businesses to protect the environment through small habit changes that reduce their use of single‐use plastics by providing affordable, simple‐to‐use, eco‐friendly, reusable, sustainable, zero‐waste products along with an educational shopping experience.
Eco Maniac Company was founded in March 2008 by Christina Trapani with some help with her sister Yvette. What started as 10 designs and 1000 reusable grocery bags has turned into an eco-friendly online store and traveling retail store with many options to help you replace single-use plastics in your life. Visit us at our Pop-Up Events in the Mobile Eco-Truck or at Painted Tree Boutiques in Virginia Beach, VA and Cary, NC (more to come!). Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse!
When we add products to our selection, we want to make sure they meet as many of the following criteria as possible:
Reusable
Eco Friendly
Sustainably made
Ethically made (Fair Trade)
Made from sustainable materials
Replace a similar unsustainable product
Eco Maniac Company is
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Virginia SWaM Certified (Small Women-Owned and Minority Owned Business), micro-business;
Virginia Green certified supplier for our eco-friendly promotions;
Winner of the LoveVA Community Builder award in 2020;
Certified Pearl Business through Lynnhaven River NOW.
Owner, Christina Trapani, is involved in many plastic pollution reduction efforts including:
Director of the Virginia Plastic Pollution Prevention Network;
Board Member of the Virginia Green Travel Alliance;
Program Manager of the Keep It Beachy Clean litter prevention program;
Field Coordinator for the Virginia Balloon Monitoring Project;
Member of the Virginia Marine Debris Reduction Plan Leadership Team;
Member of the Virginia Coastal Alliance;
Member of the GREEN Advisory Committee to the Virginia Beach Resort Advisory Commission;
Member of WINDsdays