This July, we are thrilled to be included in Elate's Plastic Free database of businesses to help support your sustainable goals. We've shared their blog post below with permission. Check out their original blog post here and go plastic-free with these sustainable businesses.
Beginning in 2017, Plastic Free July has acted as a movement to inspire folks around the world to pay attention to their personal plastic consumption during the month of July and beyond.
We believe that every sustainable switch, no matter how small, makes a positive impact. By supporting eco-conscious brands like the ones below, you can help reduce your personal plastic consumption all year round.
Brands Making a Positive Impact All Year Round
Sustainable Beauty
DEW MIGHTY is pioneering slow beauty that focuses on high-impact results without plastic, water, and always striving for zero waste. Their formulas are tested for all skin types (even the most sensitive!) and are created to be multi-purpose, refillable, and travel compactly which makes them a favorite for a life filled with adventure.
Simple, effective, and refillable. Foster products are designed to foster a connection between our skin, the products we use, and the plants they come from. To work with our skin to nourish, protect and care - all while doing the same for our planet.
Elate thinks less is more, especially with 30% of all global waste accredited to cosmetics. Curating a capsule of beloved, refillable, and recyclable products not only saves you the energy and money of cluttering your cosmetics case with lipsticks you’ll never wear, it also saves landfills from unnecessary waste.
Plastic-Free Personal Care
Working with holistic dentists, scientists, and leading chemists, Terra & Co. developed a premium line of Ayurvedic-inspired oral care packaged thoughtfully with recyclable materials to reduce massive global waste.
Nelson Naturals has been creating zero waste toothpaste for close to a decade (long before Zero Waste was a thing!) Their focus is on creating natural, non-toxic, refillable options for the whole family. Think Outside The Tube with Nelson Naturals.
Organic and biodegradable, joni is your better disposable period care that works for you and—with their period equity promise—your community. That's 21st-century period care. Available in stores, online, and via subscription
KOOSHOO is a line of plant-based hair accessories born from the philosophy that business is a powerful way to share a message. Created as sustainable products that fill a need and empowering customers and workers without adding to the load that is weighing down the planet, the line has expanded to include Hair Ties, Scrunchies and Headbands sold around the world.
Coconut Matter was born out of a mother’s desire to create safe and effective products for her daughter. Their handcrafted products range from natural deodorants to mosquito repellent - all of which are vegan, cruelty-free, and 100% single-use plastic-free.
Planet Friendly Apparel
WVN creates timeless and versatile wardrobe pieces for modern women using the highest Fair Trade and earth-friendly certifications in the industry. From seed to closet, they are plastic-free, even down to their packaging. Come for the company ethos, stay for the classic clothing you'll have for a long, long time.
ecologyst is more than an apparel brand. We tell stories of natural explorations and highlight the journey to living a more sustainable, intentional life. ecologyst makes clothing in North America using all-natural fibers and pays our people a family living wage. We believe in owning fewer, better quality pieces made from nature, for nature. To keep things circular, products are built to last and come with repairs for life.
ANIÁN is a circular fashion company based on the West Coast of Canada. By giving new life to salvaged natural textiles, we can create in ways that have a positive impact on our shared planet.
Low Waste Home & Lifestyle Essentials
They believe that reducing plastic should be easy. Better Basics’ line of reusable containers, eco swaps and personal care refills help you say no to plastic and yes to a better experience. Their all-natural, vegan and cruelty-free ingredients are gentle on you + the planet.
Seventh & Oak was created as an alternative to over-scented candles with artificial ingredients. Their eco-friendly wood wick candles are responsibly made for discerning noses to comfort, soothe and inspire.
ChopValue creates beautiful office and homeware essentials engineered from recycled chopsticks. Every product makes a positive impact on the environment, showing how we can lead by example by redefining the term waste to resource, one chopstick at a time.
Go plastic-free in the kitchen this July with Abeego beeswax wrap. Keep cut fruits & veggies, cover jars & bowls, and extend the life of your food to the very last bite. Reusable, plastic-free, and lasts a year. You'll be saying goodbye to plastic faster than you can say avocado.
These are some of the easiest and best swaps you can make to ditch single-use disposables. Cheeks Ahoy products not only help protect the environment, they will also save money, not to mention they function way better than the disposable items they replace.
Good Juju offers plastic-free, high-performance body & home care products, made with all-natural & certified-organic ingredients. Their award-winning concentrated solid shampoo & conditioner bars leave hair feeling healthy, shiny, and nourished. It’s Zero Waste with Zero Compromise!
Zero Waste MVMT is an earth-first brand with a mission to create a waste-free future. With a wide range of convenient and sustainable swaps from kitchen to personal care products, reducing waste in your home and helping the environment has never been easier! Check out their best-selling shampoo bars and solid dish soap bars and save 15% with code "PFJ15" during the month of July.