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Compostable Cutlery

Plastic silverware is always used in public places and they are always thrown away, contributing to landfill waste. If people can carry...

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Sep 4, 20211 min read

Sustainable Detergent

Laundry detergent when thrown away introduces a number of toxic chemicals to the environment. Using Method’s detergent you will be able...

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Sep 3, 20211 min read

Sustainable Shampoo, Conditioner, And Lotion

Plastic bottles are a big concern when it comes to pollution. Some of the sources of plastic bottles come from our basic necessities such...

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Sep 3, 20211 min read

Biodegradable Trash Bags

18.5 % of landfill is made up of plastic, and plastic does not decompose. By using biodegradable trash bags, people will start causing...

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Sep 3, 20211 min read

Sustainable Showerhead

The average person spends about 17 gallons of water when showering. Through buying Nebia Spa shower 2.0 one can save at least 50% of the...

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Sep 3, 20211 min read

Sustainable Cycling Helmets

As pollution increases in the world, there are many brands and companies that don’t try to help our environment. However, Thousand is a...

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Sustainable Batteries

Batteries have tons of toxic components for the environment and create water and soil pollution when thrown away in the landfill. This is...

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Sep 3, 20211 min read

Environmentally Friendly, Natural Cleaning Products

According to Home Guides (SF Gate), "cleaners that are used to sanitize, degrease, whiten and wash clothing, surfaces, dishes and bedding...

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Aug 31, 20211 min read

Biodegradable Trash Bags

According to TerraPass "Beyond the carbon footprint, single-use plastic bags have many other negative impacts on the environment. Some of...

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Aug 31, 20211 min read

Reusable (Non-Plastic) Food Containers

According to Food Print "most food packaging is designed to be single use and is not recycled. Instead, packaging is thrown away and...

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Aug 31, 20211 min read

Environmentally Friendly Eyewear

Pel Eyewear explains that many glasses are many from harmful materials, for example, plastic. They explain that "[t]hese plastics are...

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Aug 31, 20211 min read

Fabric Napkins

According to Norwex Movement, "50% of the U.S. population uses 3 paper napkins a day, that totals 450,000,000 napkins for 1 day—or more...

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Aug 31, 20211 min read

Environmentally Friendly and Sustainable Shampoo, Conditioner, and Lotion

According to Business Insider "80 billion plastic bottles [are] being disposed of around the world every year just from shampoo &...

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Aug 31, 20211 min read

Reusable Notebook

The US uses about 69 million tons of notebook paper each year" (Business Insider). It is important to consider how we contribute to this...

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Aug 31, 20211 min read

Reusable Organic Cotton Dish Towels

A product used in everyday life in the kitchen is a towel. Many households all over the world continue to resort to using paper towels....

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Aug 30, 20211 min read

Allbirds Environmentally Friendly Footwear

The U.S. Department of the Interior reported that in the United States alone, Americans throw away at least 300 million pairs of shoes...

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Aug 30, 20211 min read

Natural Footwear

Cheap synthetic materials in shoes and other footwear create a significant amount of waste every year. Is there an environmentally...

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Aug 21, 20211 min read

Recycled Flip Flops

Flip flops are a great shoe to wear for the summer or even around the house. Unfortunately, most of them are not biodegradable....

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Aug 21, 20211 min read

Biodegradable Garden Pots

Gardening is a fun hobby or lifestyle enjoyed by many. What better way to help these plants than by planting them in a compostable pot?...

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Aug 21, 20211 min read

Recycled milk jug toys

Many children love playing with toys. However, many of these toys end up being discarded in landfills. This harms the environment because...

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Aug 21, 20211 min read