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Easy Plastic-Free Swaps To Make Today

According to Plastic Oceans, each year produces over 300 million tonnes of plastic, half of which is merely for single-use. A shameful 8 million tonnes of this taints our oceans annually. It’s time to make some plastic free swaps. The planet is choking on plastic. It’s quite on trend to sprawl #savetheturtles over your Instagram and warn about the effects of plastic straws (which is great!), but the issue runs so much deeper than that. The marine life is suffering....

Reusable Period Products: Which One Is Right For You?

woman holding menstrual cup

It’s estimated that each person who menstruates uses around 11,000 disposable pads or tampons in their lifetime. These plastic-filled products end up in piling up in landfills, washed up on a beach or resting at the bottom of our oceans. This upsets the natural environment and poses threat to wildlife. With billions of traditional period products being thrown away each year, this simply isn’t sustainable. Not only can traditional period products be harmful to the environment, but also to our...