by Sara Berg, General Merchandise Category Manager
Are you looking for products to help reduce your plastic waste this month (or every month)? If so, you’re in luck! Here are some bodycare brands and products that are plastic-free and/or zero-waste. Let’s show Mother Earth some love by NOT giving her any more plastic.
LuSa Organics
LuSa Organics is a Wisconsin based company located in Viroqua.
Each year LuSa Organics does a sustainability initiative to lighten their environmental impact and this year they are hoping to plant 7,300 trees to celebrate their 20th anniversary.
LuSa Organics offers several plastic-free or zero-waste bodycare products. Here are some that can be found at the Willy Street Co-op:
- “Naked” bar soaps which have no packaging, no sticker, no waste!
- A tooth soap bar that lasts 3-6 months and it comes packaged in a biodegradable wax paper bag.
- They also have a mineral tooth powder and a variety of lip balms that are packaged in a compostable paper tube, which is made in the USA.
Madtown Soap Co.
Madtown Soap Co. (formerly Madison Soap Co.) is located here in Madison, Wisconsin. Their bodycare products are handmade in small batches using sustainable plant oils and plastic-free packaging. Willy Street Co-op carries Madtown Soap Co.’s shampoo, conditioner, and lotion bars which are packaged in a recyclable or reusable metal tin. We also carry their bar soaps which are 100% biodegradable and the box is 100% recyclable.
Moon Valley Organics Lotion Bars
Moon Valley Organics has created a delightful solid lotion bar that lasts 2x longer than liquid lotion. They only use packaging material that is either renewable, reusable, compostable, or recyclable. It’s always BPA-free and made from the highest percentage of post-consumer recycled material available.
HiBAR Shampoo & Conditioner Bars
HiBAR has created salon-quality shampoo and conditioner bars with natural ingredients. They do not use sulfates, phthalates, silicones, or parabens. They use plant-based ink on the paper packaging so it’s compostable and recyclable. Willy Street Co-op has HiBAR’s shampoo and conditioner bars for all hair types!
- Shampoo bar = 1 x 16oz bottle
- Conditioner bar = 2 x 16oz bottle
MamaP Bamboo Toothbrushes
MamaP’s bamboo toothbrushes are made with 95% less plastic than a conventional plastic toothbrush. The durable bristles can be recycled through select programs. And the MamaP packaging and bamboo handle are 100% compostable and recyclable.
Dental Lace Dental Floss
Dental Lace is a refillable, plastic-free, compostable dental floss. The reusable container is made of glass with a stainless steel cap, and the floss is made of compostable silk. The floss refill comes inside a certified-compostable bag and the boxes are made of 100% post-consumer paperboard. Even the labels are 100% compostable—they are made from sugar cane fiber!
Attitude Deodorant
Attitude deodorant is made from natural ingredients such as arrowroot and cornstarch, it’s aluminum-free and EWG-Verified. Attitude is helping reduce single-use plastic by packaging their deodorant in biodegradable paper.
Booda Organics Booda Butter Deodorant
When it comes to deodorant, the Booda Butter cream deodorant is a popular choice. It’s made with 5 simple ingredients and it comes in a glass jar with a metal lid which can be recycled or reused.
Badger Sunscreen
Badger now offers two mineral sunscreens with clear zinc, which are packaged in recyclable tins. Both sunscreens are broad spectrum, water-resistant (80 min), reef-friendly, and made with solar power.