Green living guide: Product picks to know how to go green and choose clean
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April 22, 2019, 8:02 AM
Choosing smart products and making simple swaps can lead to big benefits for you and the environment. We've partnered with these companies to help you go green with ease.
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Foil and Plastic Wrap Alternatives
Food Huggers
Food Huggers
Reusable Food Huggers keep food fresh and reduce food waste while replacing single-use plastic bags, wrap and foil.
GIR: Get It Right
GIR: Get It Right
Silicone lids create an air-tight container, which can be used from the oven, to microwave, to fridge, instead of foil or plastic wrap.
LunchSkins
LunchSkins
Stylish, functional and dishwasher safe, these reusable bags are an easy replacement for plastic sandwich and snack bags.
Kitchen and Cleaning
Wet-it!
Wet-it!
Eco-friendly, multipurpose and super absorbent Swedish sponge cloth decomposes in compost in four weeks and replaces six months' worth of paper towels.
Nano Towels
Nano Towels
Replace disposable sponges and scrubbers with this sponge that cleans with only water -- no toxic chemicals. Made with cruelty-free materials, you can reuse this sponge over and over again.
Grove Collaborative
Give post-consumer recycled plastic another life with these 13-gallon sturdy bags made with clean ingredients that are safe for the environment and your home.
Home
Ever Bamboo
Ever Bamboo
All natural, unscented bamboo charcoal moisture absorbers eliminate odors instead of masking them and reactivate under sunlight, lasting up to one year.
The USB Lighter Company
The USB Lighter Company
The sleek, non-disposable USB Rechargeable Candle Lighter has a 100% rechargeable lithium ion battery, which means no more toxic butane winding up in a landfill.
Urban Leaf
Urban Leaf
Use this kit to enjoy all the benefits of fresh herbs by up-cycling a glass bottle into a kitchen-friendly, self-watering herb planter made from biodegradable and recycled materials. This kit reduces wastage and packaging in comparison to store-bought ingredients.
Beauty and Personal Care
Juice Beauty
Juice Beauty
Vegan and cruelty-free phyto-pigments liquid lip applies like a liquid lipstick, wears like a lip stain, and features plant pigments, organic ingredients and is free of parabens, petroleum and synthetic fragrances.
MakeUp Eraser
MakeUp Eraser
MakeUp Eraser
Erase all of your makeup with just water including: waterproof mascara, eyeliner, foundation, blush, lipstick and more. Lasting three to five years, this super soft, reusable, machine-washable pink cloth replaces hundreds of disposable wipes.
Rinse Bath & Body Co.
Rinse Bath & Body Co.
Peppermint Pucker Stick is a long-lasting moisturizing lip balm that you won't have to constantly reapply. Peppofoot Stick brings the ultimate relief to tired toes and cracked feet. Made with 100% natural, cruelty-free ingredients.
Dental Lace
Dental Lace
Biodegradable mulberry silk eco-floss is a vegan and healthy alternative to plastic dental floss with a refillable glass container for zero waste.
Patch
Patch Strips
100% biodegradable and compostable (including packaging), hypoallergenic bandages made of 100% bamboo, created by an Australian dad to help his kids.
Skincare
One Love Organics
One Love Organics
Certified natural and organic clarifying masque extracts dirt, refines the look of pores and leaves skin feeling nourished. Love + Charcoal Masque is formulated with Activated Charcoal, Cupuacu Butter and Alpine Rose and is fragrance-free, cruelty-free and vegan, with recyclable and reusable packaging.
Grace + Tonic Botanical Beauty
Grace + Tonic Botanical Beauty
Instantly hydrate and refresh under-eye skin with this certified, natural, organic, veganv and cruelty-free plant-based eye serum with vitamin E, Botanical Eyebright and green tea, that is free of parabens, sulfates, mineral oils, petroleum, artificial fragrance and color, with recyclable and reusable packaging.
Skinny & Co.
Skinny & Co.
Rejuvenating Cleansing Balm is a makeup remover, facial cleanser and moisturizer all in one that has five or less ingredients, a reusable jar, and is sustainably sourced, cruelty-free and chemical-free.
FORK & MELON
FORK & MELON
Luxurious, clean, non-toxic hand and body wash made with watermelon seed oil in a Certified Organic 100% Wind Energy Facility, is paraben, cruelty and GMO free, and has recyclable, non-BPA packaging.
Bare Republic
Bare Republic
Sheer, reef-friendly mineral SPF 30 face sunscreen lotion with broad spectrum SPF protection is free of chemical sunscreen actives, synthetic fragrances, parabens and anything else we wouldn't want to put on our skin or leave behind in nature.
Drinkware and Utensils
Ice Shaker
Ice Shaker
Insulated, kitchen-grade stainless steel stemless tumbler replaces plastic cups and avoids broken glass outdoors.
Knork
Knork
Eight-piece, full-size, colorful fork + spoon ToGo set is reusable and features Knork's unique fork design which means no knife needed, making it a fun addition to any work or school lunch box. Plus, it's dishwasher safe
Lifefactory
Lifefactory
Choose this reusable, dishwasher-safe glass bottle with no-slip, silicone sleeve and classic cap instead of a single-use plastic one.
Softy Straws
Softy Straws
Replace disposable plastic straws with these high-quality, dishwasher safe, reusable, silicone straws – safe for you and your family to use with your favorite drinks.
Bags
Rock Flower Paper
Rock Flower Paper
Strong, fun and reusable, this Blu Bag tote is an everyday essential that helps the environment by replacing plastic bags, which make up 90% of the trash in oceans. Each bag sold benefits the nonprofit organization, Ocean Conservancy.
RuMe
RuMe
Baggie All is a reusable three-zippered organizer for your belongings made using the most sustainable dye process possible within the garment industry.
ShoreBags
ShoreBags
Rugged 20-ounce Canvas Boat Tote has 360° lined pockets, double base and reinforced handles, and is environmentally friendly, 100% biodegradable and uses between 15-30% recycled materials, making it a sustainable and stylish way to eliminate single use paper and plastic bags.
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