Doctors say to avoid jabbing cotton buds in your ear (if you have wax, then clean up your diet, use a flannel or get your ears syringed). But many people like to use them to remove make-up or even to clean fiddly areas like between laptop keyboard keys or around a car’s gearstick. If you…
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Zero Waste Bathroom Gift Sets
These zero waste bathroom gift sets make ideal gifts for the environmentalist and vegan in your life. The Zero Waste Bathroom Gift Set includes a bamboo toothbrush with bio-based bristles, 1 shampoo bar and travel tin, a natural loofah on cotton string (air-dry), 200 bamboo cotton buds in a recycled card box and a natural deodorant…
Alternatives to Disposable Paper Towels
These alternatives to disposable paper towels are ideal for the kitchen. Cheap disposable kitchen roll just falls apart. But the luxury versions actually take longer to break down in landfill, and are still wasteful, expensive (you only use them once) and sold in plastic. These alternatives are all sent in zero waste packaging. Two caveats:…
The Best Zero Waste Lunch Bags
These zero waste lunch bags make ideal alternatives to clingfilm for your sandwiches or lunch. Clingfilm is not just polluting to the planet, but it can’t be recycled and it also leaches chemicals onto the factory floor. These are mostly made from natural materials that are wipe-clean. If you do wash any lunch bags that…
Switch to Plastic-Free Packing Tape
Whether you use it to seal envelopes or wrap gifts, switch to plastic-free packing tape. Most packing tapes on the market are made from plastic and cannot be recycled at end of use. They also tend to easily tangle into a sticky mess that you often have to throw in the bin, and due to…