In personal hygiene care, there is a lot of plastic left over. We explain how to take care of your personal hygiene without dirtying the planet.
Awareness of the need to reduce plastic consumption is permeating society. We already know that we have to go shopping with our own bags.
That we should avoid the use of single-use plastics, such as cups, cutlery, straws, etc. But we still use other plastic products that are very harmful to the environment. You can avoid them. For example, in your personal care and beauty habits.
Alternative hair removal
To wax, choose a razor that can change the blade, not the entire head. Or you can use other means of hair removal, such as natural wax, sugar or thread.
Bamboo toothbrushes
Toothbrushes must be renewed from time to time, which is unsustainable. The best alternative is sustainable FSC wood or bamboo toothbrushes. Bamboo is a sustainable fiber, which grows quickly and offers great durability.
Tubeless toothpaste
There is no need to use toothpaste that is packaged in plastic. But it is not easy to find alternatives, so the best option may be, again, a formula prepared at home. You just have to add 5 to 10 drops of essential oil of mint food in 100 ml of baking soda. You can store this mixture in a glass jar.
Bar soap
The liquid hand and face soap, which comes in its push-button jar, is very comfortable and pleasant, but it has great drawbacks. For starters, they sell it to you in a plastic bottle.
In addition, liquid soap is largely water, water that is heavy, and whose transportation is very expensive economically and environmentally. Think about it, you are buying water at the price of gold.
The alternative is the old-fashioned bar of soap. You can find it trial which or wrapped in paper or biodegradable vegetable plastic. In organic stores you will find this soap with natural certification, made without petroleum derivatives.
Exfoliants without micro and nano plastics
Scrubs contain solid particles that “scrape” the skin. Well, in most conventional products, these particles are made of microplastic or nano plastic, the most harmful to the environment because it is consumed by marine animals.
Products with natural or ecological certification recognized as Ecocert, Cosmébio, BDIH or Cosmo do not contain plastic particles.
Remember that you can exfoliate your skin with homemade formulas. In this article by Diana Burillo, you will find three simple and effective recipes:
If you prefer to buy a ready-made product, there are many options. Of course, choose one that does not come in a plastic container.
Rules without plastics
Panty liners, tampons and pads are a monthly waste of plastic that the planet cannot afford. A report from the European Union ensures that this class of products make up one of the top five most frequent wastes on beaches.
There are plastic-free tampons, reusable cloth pads and panty liners, and harmless silicone menstrual cups.
