Go plastic-free in the bathroom

Why this pledge is so important

Hair and body 

• Liquid soap has a 25% larger carbon footprint, takes 5 times more energy to produce and uses 20 times more packaging than bars of soap - need we say more?! 
• Deodorant packaging has lots of different parts, all made from different types of plastic which makes them hard to recycle in one piece. 
• The answer? Swap to bars of soap, shampoo, conditioner and deodorant. 

Dental 

• 3.6 billion plastic toothbrushes are used globally each year, as individuals we’ll use 300 in our lifetime. 
• 80% of these end up in the sea, threatening marine life and their habitats. 
• Each toothbrush takes up to a thousand years to decompose. 
• No wonder by 2050 it’s predicted there’ll be more plastic in our oceans than fish. 
• The answer? Swap to bamboo toothbrushes and toothpaste in a jar. 

Toilet paper

• Every day, 27,000 trees are cut down just to be turned into regular toilet paper.
• Using recycled toilet paper helps reduce deforestation. 
• The answer? Swap to recycled toilet paper (don’t worry - recycled toilet paper isn’t made from used toilet paper!) 

Our favourite plastic-free products

Introducing… bars and jars, your new best friends (trust us, we’ve tested a lot!)

• Shampoo bar: Shampoo with a Purpose The OG.
• Conditioner bar: Ethique Conditioner Concentrate (this comes as a nifty conditioner concentrate block which you melt with water, put into your own bottle and boom - plastic-free liquid conditioner) 
• Soap bar: So many goodies out there, we love to mix these up and buy from local markets.
• Moisturiser: Ethique also has Body Lotion Concentrate bars, melt with water and bottle for liquid silkiness for days.
• Deodorant: The Natural Deodorant is a paste that comes in a glass jar, it’ll keep you smelling fresh as a daisy.
• Toothbrush: Anything bamboo.
• Toothpaste: Now this can be tricky, Love Beauty Foods does great jars of toothpaste - our favourite flavour is organic mint.
• Razor: Banish has lots of great safety razor options for men and women, read the product blurbs to find out which one would be right for you. 
• Toilet paper: Who Gives a Crap - hands down winner, they look beautiful piled up in your bathroom too.