We scour the marketplace to be able to bring you the latest innovation in eco-friendly products, those that have been created to combat environmental issues and those that have gone to great lengths to reduce their environmental impact, whether that be through providing plastic-free alternatives, through the use of plastic-free packaging or by significantly reducing waste. So what better time to showcase a selection of those epic eco-friendly endeavours than Plastic-Free July. Of course being environmentally-friendly isn’t just about one month, it’s a life-long commitment, for us and these fantastic sustainable saviours.
Chocolate Tree
Protecting biodiversity has always been part of the mission for this multi-award-winning Scottish organic chocolate brand. A member of 1% for the Planet, Chocolate Tree buy their raw organic ingredients directly from smallholder farms and all the products they use are sourced with care, buying only what they need. They use the simplest pure ingredients to bring you a range of premium organic craft chocolate bars in plastic-free packaging.
Friendly Soap
You’d be hard pushed to find such a wide range of natural soap bars in plastic-free packaging anywhere, with options for body care, hair care, detox and household applications. Produced in Yorkshire, these soaps aren’t just one of the other when it comes to ethical, they scrub up well on so many fronts, being vegan, cruelty-free, palm oil free, sulfate-free and packed using plastic-free packaging.
OceanSaver
Ocean saving in so many directions, OceanSaver provide an ingenious range of plastic-free household cleaning products and refillable Prevented Ocean Plastic bottles. So far in their mighty mission to save our seas, they’ve prevented over 2 million pieces of plastic and 11,000 litres of harmful chemicals from entering the oceans and if that wasn’t enough, they also make a donation to the Blue Marine Foundation for every OceanSaver pack sold.
Pastificio Carleschi
A modern pasta brand using ancient grains, Pastificio Carleschi hit the marketplace as recently as 2019 with an attractive range of premium organic artisan pasta created using British stoneground spelt and other ancient grains. They’re ticking all the right sustainability boxes including using 100% plastic-free compostable packaging, so if you’re looking for an organic artisan pasta, made using high-quality ancient grains that also has low food miles and is packed in an eco-friendly way, then this is the range you should be reaching for.
Seep
To date, Seep have saved 235,000 items from waste and planted 9,500 trees through sales of their innovative new range of plastic-free household tools. Scrub away the stain of microplastic pollution by replacing your existing plastic scourers, sponges and other household cleaning items with their eco-friendly collection of zero-plastic cleaning products. Seep are a Cartier Award winning, woman-led B-Corp certified company with people and the planet at the heart of what they do.
There are many more plastic-free and sustainable brands we could like to mention. We celebrate all our eco-friendly product champions and thank them for all their hard work and success in making a positive difference for the planet for all of us. For more info on the Plastic-free July campaign and how to get more involved visit www.plasticfreejuly.org
