
It’s the ultimate circular economy product because you reduce waste by making your own sparkling water from filter tap water. The soda stream is a tried and true oldie but a goodie. Grove Collaborative cleaning concentrates and glass spray bottle. Read more about Grove Collaborative and all the green cleaning products that work wonders. Just open the pouch, pour it into the glass spray bottle (or old empty plastic bottle) then add water. This is my favorite circular economy product of all time! I use these cleaning pouches every single day. Grove Collaborative Concentrated Cleaning Pouches TruEarth Eco-strips laundry detergent on a food scale that shows it only weighs 76 grams. I used my handy little food scale to weigh one package (32 loads) and it weighs 76 grams. No unnecessary water or plastic jugs anywhere to be found. TruEarth laundry eco-strips are tiny and ultra-concentrated. The bags can be composted and if they end up in the trash they will eventually decompose. The bits come in a plastic-free and fully compostable bag made of corn starch. Unpaste toothpaste tablets by Well Earth Goods eliminates the toothpaste container. Pop a bit in your mouth, wet your toothpaste, and brush as usual.īuy a bottle or subscribe at Bite Toothpaste Bits Refills are mailed in compostable containers.īite Toothpaste Bits work like traditional toothpaste, but they come in bite-sized bits. byHumankindĭid you know one billion empty toothpaste tubes are thrown away each year? Bite Toothpaste Bits, on the other hand, come in glass containers that are recyclable and refillable. Their products are designed to reduce our plastic footprint, according to. Either buy refills as you run out or get a subscription. Images courtesy of BeautycounterĪ personal care subscription service that sells refillable containers and the refills that go into them. I’m also a huge fan of Beautycounter in general simply because it’s a woman-owned company that makes the most effective beauty products on the market without harmful ingredients.

It smells great (I use the fresh coconut-scented one) and I love that it comes in a refillable container that even looks cute on my countertop. I use it every day and can’t say enough good things about it.

Below is a list of excellent circular economy products you can buy today.īeautycounter’s refillable deodorant has quickly become my favorite circular economy product. Circular design concepts worked into these products include upcycling, zero-waste packaging, and return to refill. Thank you for helping us to create change by ditching the tube for good.A circular economy requires that companies innovate and rethink common products to reduce waste and use less natural resources. We will continue our mission to eliminate plastic from as many bathrooms as possible through products that are good for people and good for the planet. THIS is why we’re so passionate about providing a 100% plastic-free solution - and while the stats are alarming, we’re proud to be doing something about it. The pieces of plastic become so tiny that they're not even perceptible to the human eye. It just breaks up into smaller pieces (known as microplastics) that get tinier and tinier - making its way into our waterways, food supplies and ecosystems. It never decomposes, biodegrades or becomes something else over time. The thing about plastic is that once plastic is created, it remains plastic forever. Plastic can only be downcycled 2-3 times before eventually ending up in landfill. New plastic needs to be mixed with the 'old' plastic to create a new bottle or tube. Unfortunately, we can't recycle our way out of the plastic problem.ĭid you know that plastic cannot be recycled, only downcycled? Unlike glass or aluminium, plastic loses quality when recycled: it has a limited lifecycle.
