Did you know that every year, over 6,000 tons of sunscreen ends up in areas in and around coral reefs? If that sunscreen isn’t made with ocean organisms in mind, that can amount to a lot of environmental damage. Fortunately, chemists and sunscreen manufacturers have figured out how to make sunscreen with less of anContinue reading “Demystifying “Reef Safe””
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Unplastic Your Personal Care
Our bathrooms are full of visible plastics, from toothpaste tubes and floss containers, to shampoo bottles and lip gloss tubes. Plus the synthetic ingredients we can’t readily see. The good news is that nowadays there are lots of comparable swaps that are plastic-free or at least unpackaged. As part of Plastic Free July, we’ll learnContinue reading “Unplastic Your Personal Care”
Unplastic Your Pet Care
You may do all you can to reduce plastic in your routine, but your fur babies are a different story and it can be a challenge to reduce the waste associated with an industry that is highly commercialized. But here’s the thing: our pets really don’t care if their toy came from the pet storeContinue reading “Unplastic Your Pet Care”