Above: “Plastiglomerate” found by Kelly Jazvac
There’s no Planet B.
Throwing away our product packaging is brutal on the planet. Every year, 120 billion units of packaging are produced by the global cosmetics industry alone according to a report by Zero Waste Europe.
It’s critical to know that simply tossing empty packaging into recycling bins is not enough and might not even ensure that those products are properly recycled. We definitely encourage shopping brands with refillable product. If you do choose single use products, check out call2recycle.org after you’re finished with them to see what you can recycle in your area as recycling varies between cities. If your product’s packaging can’t be recycled where you live, sign up for TerraCycle. It’s completely free and packages don’t have to meet a certain weight requirement nor do your containers have to be cleaned, so there’s no excuse not to do your part.
Help us fight climate change and pollution. Let’s keep ourselves and our planet healthy.
Brands With Recycling Programs
Donate to Conservation Efforts
The Ocean Cleanup - The Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit organization developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic.
Flash Forest - Flash Forest is a Canadian reforestation company that uses UAV technology, automation and ecological science to regenerate ecosystems on a global scale.
Project Seagrass - Like rainforests and coral reefs, these underwater gardens are threatened. Globally, estimates suggest we lose an area of seagrass around the same size as two football pitches every hour.
Above: From the series Found In Nature by artist Barry Rosenthal
Above: A chunk of plastiglomerate found by Canadian artist Kelly Jazvac. Plastiglomerate is the result of plastic items washed up on the shore fusing with natural materials when burnt in beach campfires. The formations illustrate how the anthropocene era, a proposed new geological era where human impact has become the dominant force on earth's geology, is leading to the formation of new man-made minerals.