Looking back at the months leading up to March 2020, globally we were making seriously meaningful strides toward a world with less plastic! Restaurants were accepting reusable take away containers. Some grocery stores were transitioning away from plastic bags and starting their own plastic-free aisles. Cities and countries worldwide were declaring bans and policy actions…
With the candy wrappers, costumes, and cobwebby decorations, there is a lot of plastic that can come out of this spooky holiday. We’ve been brainstorming and have come up with some interesting alternatives to celebrate Halloween in style without using plastic! Candies without plastic Candies are of course what kids have come to expect, and…
The ever-roaming spotlight has finally found a spot to fixate, and to our delight, it has fallen on straws. #NoStraw movements have flooded restaurants, cafes, social media platforms, and are even on their way to reform policies. As a health-conscious, eco-friendly, sustainability-focused team, we are so enthused about this change in momentum. We know that…
Does This Lunch Bag Symbolize Where Product Design is Heading in This Climate Change Era? As environmentalists, business owners and worried citizens, we believe the foundation of solutions to climate change and this environmental crisis will consist of small, simple changes by everyday individuals and businesses, coupled with broad systems change. In her recent speech…
How to Grow A Plastic Free Garden By: Raymond Poole Having a home garden is a great way to not only grow your food but it also helps cut down on waste in the environment. However, it can be tricky to source items for a newly established garden without using any extra plastic. Consider…
Let me tell you, each day is a new learning day at Life Without Plastic. But really, how can it not be? Life Without Plastic co-founders, Jay and Chantal, are pioneers in this eco-business, establishing the company in 2006. Both with law degrees from one of the best schools in the world, Jay lends his…
Gift giving is a generous act that often comes with generous amounts of wrapping paper, plastic tape, colorful ribbons, and all kinds of packaging materials that pile up and get pushed into black garbage bags. All this waste takes away from the beauty of the moment and can be avoided with some simple swaps.…
Over the past year, the straw trend has swooped in and taken the world by storm. We are loving every second of it. We are seeing hundreds of Instagram’s with smoothies and stainless steel reusable straws, restaurants and cafes with paper straws, and even the emergence of the hashtags: #SkipTheStraw and #StopSucking Reusables straws are…
Written by guest blogger Jason Paul, editor of InflatableBoarder.com Imagine paddling across a stretch of pristine blue water on a beautiful sunny day at your local waterway. Your paddle board cuts effortlessly through the water leaving behind nothing but a silent wake. You pull up your paddle and pause for a minute to enjoy…
Summer… where did you go? Seriously… it seems like just yesterday we were chanting ‘school’s out for summer’. Now, every store is reminding us it’s Back To School with aisles and aisles full of the ‘necessary back-to-school items’ – plastic writing tools, plastic binders, dividers, sticker, highlighters, notebooks… you name it. We get the hype…
