Keeping our planet clean and green

Our team set a New Years goal of reducing our plastic usage and we have had a BLAST finding and using alternatives.

The current world we live in is riddled with plastic. From hygiene products to food containers, plastic is everywhere.

We all know that reducing waste, reusing, and recycling is good for our planet, but when it comes time to actually doing these simple things, we seem to like convenience over sustainability. No one is perfect, and we aren’t striving for perfection, just mindful, slow, living with the planet in mind whenever we consume.

Our family has two beautiful kids, age three and nine months, and we see the need for change to keep our Earth clean and green.

Here are a few swaps that we have made:

• Waste Not LLC composting - We get a bucket once a week to fill with compostable items and they pick it up AND compost it FOR YOU! It‘s truly the best $4 we spend a week.

• Dishwasher Pods - Dropps

• Shampoo & Conditioner - The Earthling Co

• Sensitive Skin & baby soap detergent - Dropps

• Baby Bar Soap (adults can use as well) - Primally Pure

• Reusable Water Bottle and Mugs - Yeti

• Plastic Free Hand Soap - Grove Co

• Glass Hand Soap Dispenser - Grove Co

• Cleaning Supplies - Branch Basics

• Reusable Grocery Bags - Any cotton bag will do & store them in your car

• Snack Bags - Stasher

• Local Consignment stores for clothes - Nikki'sNext2New

• Loose Fruits and Vegetables - Many local co-ops and some larger stores offer this

• Milk in Glass Bottles - Lamers Dairy

• UnPaper Towels - Marley's Monsters

• Eggs in Compostable Packaging - Happy Egg (or support a local farm)

• Paper Trash Bag

• Canned Water - Liquid Death

Other products we are going to try:

• Bite - Plastic Free Toothpaste - Bite

• Plastic Free Deodorant - Bite
  

If you have plastic free alternatives you know and use, please let me know! TANCKS for reading!