Containers, bottles, razors: the bathroom is a place that a lot of plastic waste is available upon request. In addition, there are often plastic and in personal care products. How do you make the bathroom eco-friendly decorating?
“it’s Important to be an eco-friendly bathroom has been recently showering and personal care products, is gradually replaced by the package-free products with pure ingredients,” tells Emily-Jane townley (usa), author of the book of Life, there is no more waste. “The things that I have in the bathroom are organic, biodegradable or otherwise readily recyclable.”
To all the waste bath can be a challenge. Voorlichtingsorganisatie the Environment recommends that people who are making their bathrooms more environmentally friendly: want to organize in order to buy the things that you really, really need it and economical too.
“for The prevention of waste is very much, and we want to be in a circular, where everything is reused, it’s red.) a society with less and less waste,” said Environment spokesperson, Kirsten Palland. I also have a lot of plastic to be recycled. The liver, therefore, in any case, it is well-separated in there.” About 80 percent of the plastic waste is recycled and the remainder incinerated, according to Palland.
“I don’t see any advantages to plastic,” says townley (usa). “It will remain as it is produced, it is eternal. In addition, you have for the production of the plastic oil is needed. You can use as well for some alternatives to choose from.”
See also: So, do you know if the plastic is in a shampoo or a sunscreen that you are using ‘please, no aerosols,” < / p> you may Also use it in skin care products can have plastic to sit on. Some 35,000 tonnes of microplastics from personal care products end up in our oceans and seas. “Anyone who so wishes to avoid the need to pay attention to the ingredients as polyethylene (PE / PET), and nylon (PA),” says Palland. “It’s easiest to do this is to have products with a quality label, as the label is Zero Plastic on the Inside.”
“do not Buy a plastic tooth brushes, but brushes made of bamboo, which is simply bio-degradable.”
by Emily-Jane townley (usa), lives in afvalvrij
In the field of skin care products recommends that Palland continue to be, in any case, it is not of aerosols on the aerosol-to-use and and no products containing solvents, such as nail Polish(remover), perfume and after-shave.
in Addition, it allows you to conserve your use of water in the shower, ” says Palland. “A shower, not much more than five minutes, use a timer or some other timer. You can also use a low-flow shower heads to buy. If you really want to invest in a solar hot water system, with a panel of specially designed for the heating of the water from the shower.”
you can use Soap and shampoobars are often verpakkingsvrij. (Image: 123RF).
more Tips for ‘greening’ of the in the bathroom < / p> ‘d rather not waste it in the bathroom? For those of you who’s a complete natural tour and will have townley (usa) a tip with any skin care product.
you can Use “shampoobars. Go for a good variant is made with natural ingredients, like argan oil, cucumber and rosemary. For any type of hair, and haarprobleem is that it’s not really. Rose, for example, has been fighting with the stinging nettle.”
“Select that. Exfoliating can be done with a soap, for instance, poppy seeds or olive pits in it. There are a lot of nutrients and is a good cleansing soaps are on sale.”
“I have to make your own body lotion by shea butter and cocoa butter to the mix and put in a filling (such as for the brownies, and muffins) back to block. Also, I use sometimes olive oil, or pure shea butter to dry spots.”
“in front of my face I use shea butter or a natural day cream based on oil. You can also define your own moisturizer to make a it frequently, but the two weeks is up.”
“I have been using natural make-up. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of plasticvrije packs, so sometimes I take off my make-up for yourself.”
you can Buy re-usable cotton pads that you can wash it. Used for cleaning, for example, jojoba oil is a tonic with teatree oil (available in glass bottles), which is clean and comfortable. Use for cotton swabs is a variation of the bamboo.”
“I will make my presence itself, due to the coconut oil, glycerine, corn flour and bake mix. That will lubricate it once per day. It’s not the antitranspirant, but it also means that you don’t smell of sweat the smell.”
“Use a razor with a good blade, but very little having to be replaced. Opt for a shaving lotion and not a bottle of shaving cream. The soap is a bit frothy and nourishing.”
“to Use during menstruation, a menstruatiecup or washable pads. In the sanitary napkin, the, craziest, things, you, as a gel, and plastic.”
“don’t Buy a plastic toothbrushes, but brushes made of bamboo, which is simply bio-degradable. There are natural toothpastes available to purchase, and the toothpaste is in the form of tablets, giving you the packing materials to avoid.”
