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There's Still Time to Swap Bottled Beauty Products for Bars for Plastic Free July

There's Still Time to Swap Bottled Beauty Products for Bars for Plastic Free July

Luxe brand Viori and OG of skin bars HiBar will make you wish you'd switched sooner...

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Rachel Weingarten
Jul 12, 2024
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Plastic. It’s everywhere.

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Plastic is used in the packaging of nearly everything that we eat, drink or use around our homes. And in almost all our beauty product packaging. So how much plastic are we talking about?

plastic waste in the ocean (AI generated)

Recycling company TerraCycle reports that the global cosmetics industry produces a whopping 120 billion units of packaging every year, and not all of it is recyclable.

Small ways to use less plastic

Before you despair, here’s a small way to consume less plastic - try it one month at a time, starting with Plastic Free July. And here’s a challenge for you - for the rest of the month, try using beauty products that don’t contain any plastic packaging.

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