Plastic-Free Products

 3 Products You Didn't Know You Could Buy Plastic-Free

Looking to further reduce your plastic waste? Here's where to find plastic-free toothpaste, lip balm, and insect repellent

Treehugger found these products throught Free The Ocean's plastic-free shop. The items have been vetted by the site, and every purchase funds the removal of plastic from the ocean. It could be argued that shopping here doubles your impact.

My friend, Bette, has been doing research on her own for quite a while (years?) and has a preliminary list. I can't wait to see if Treehugger's 3 choices are on her list!''

Toothpase

Toothpaste tablets made by "Huppy" foam like regular toothpaste and, despite expectations, are not chalky. They come in a recyclable tin, and the refill packets are compostable—purchase the tin once, and then get the refills for the smallest carbon footprint possible.

Bonus! Your purchase removes 10 pieces of plastic from the ocean.

Shop: Huppy Peppermint Toothpaste Tabs and Refills

Lip Balm

Blue Heron Botanicals makes high-quality, small-batch products using 100% home-compostable, recyclable, or reusable packaging. As in, no more plastic tubes for lip balms. 

These lip balms come packaged in 100% PCW recycled paperboard, which can be composted after use. 

Their Lip Therapy balms are ultra-rich lip conditioners formulated to keep lips hydrated with a creamy blend of botanical butter and oils, perfect everyday beauty.

Bonus! A baby sea turtle is saved for every balm purchased.

Shop: Blue Heron Botanicals Lip Therapy Balms

Insect repellent

Products that have been formulated with oil of lemon eucalyptus are a great option to DEET. This natural ingredient has undergone efficacy testing, is registered with the Environmental Protection Agency, and is even recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) as an alternative to DEET. 

And here's a plastic-free product, Chagrin Valley Soap and Salve's "Don't Bug Me" Lotion Bar. They come as a solid bar in a metal tin, which eliminates the plastic bottle and hard-to-recycle spray mechanism (or, worse yet, aerosol) that most repellents come in.

Bonus! Your purchase removes 10 pieces of plastic from the ocean.

Shop: Chagrin Valley Soap and Salve Bug Repellent Lotion Bar

 These products are part of Free the Ocean,