10 SUSTAINABLY-SAVVY BRANDS FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM FOR YOUR NEXT ECO-SWAP
1. Flora & Fauna
Flora & Fauna is a website where you can purchase completely sustainable products for your kitchen, laundry, bathroom and more! Everything on the website is vegan, ethically sourced, cruelty-free and low impact environmentally aware. Flora and fauna works with the local community, to give back to local businesses. They are leading the way when it comes to being a responsible, sustainable business.
2. Lush
Fighting against animal cruelty is Lush’s life-long campaign, using fresh, ethical, vegan & handmade ingredients without animal products or animal testing for their cosmetics. Lush uses almond and olive oil instead of mineral oil, because fields of trees make our lives much richer than oil fields! Lush supports environmental groups that take part in creative direct action to help change the law. A commitment to a fully circular production process, Lush uses as little packaging as possible in order to make zero-waste possible. About half of their products can be taken home with no packaging, saving nearly 6 million plastic bottles globally from selling shampoo bars alone. Lush is known for their re-usable or recyclable black pots that can be also be composted at the end of their lives and aim to have 100% of packaging recyclable or compostable. When you cannot compost, lush offers an incentive when you bring back 5 clean used black pots, they will give you a free fresh face mask. We think that’s a pretty good deal to get behind!
3. WHO GIVES A CRAP
From Canada to Indonesia, forests are being cut down to produce throwaway tissue products like toilet paper, tissues, and paper towels. Who Gives a Crap is dedicated to using 100% recycled paper (no virgin trees used!) and biodegradable materials for reimagining toilet paper. Who gives a crap is a subscription-based company that delivers straight to your door with Carbon neutral shipping AND affordable pricing! No more rushing to the supermarket when you run out or worrying that toilet paper is sold out!
4. ZERO CO
Zero Co.’s mission is to un-trash the planet. By the end of 2022, they aim to stop a total of 1.5 million water bottles worth of plastic going to landfill or worse, ending up in the ocean! Zero Co. is dedicated to combating ocean waste by making ‘forever bottles’ and refillable pouches out of collected water bottles from beaches. It is a deliver to your door system where customers can send back the reusable pouches (for free!) to be refilled and then sent back to your door. Zero Co. makes home cleaning and body care easy.
5. TOM ORGANIC
Tom organic period range changing the way we use period products laden with plastic lining not only on the packaging but on tampons and pads! TOM Organic was founded on the philosophy that women should never have to compromise their wellbeing or the health of the planet with the products they buy. Tom Organic offers a selection of period underwear, menstrual cups and organic pads, liners and tampons.
6. FACE HALO
Face Halo makes light work of removing heavier makeup and masks, using the same amazing HaloTech fibres with water only. Loved globally by celebrity makeup artists of the stars, Face Halo Pro is an essential in their makeup kit. Non-toxic and reusable, the chic Face Halo Pro continuously come up looking fresh. Each Face Halo replaces up to 500 single-use makeup wipes. Face Halo’s mission is to remove disposable makeup wipes from circulation, that often end up in our drains and sewerage system. The build-up of oils and makeup wipes then creates something called a ‘fatberg’ clogging our pipes and drains. Make makeup wipes a thing of the past & Instead, use face halo’s reusable makeup circles that make taking your makeup off even easier!
7. SEED AND SPROUT
Seed & Sprout is deeply devoted to creating beautiful, practical, innovative and ethical products that lessen the impact on our beautiful world. Everything they do, they do with care. They continuously seek out ways to restore and protect the place we all call home. Seed & Sprout identify and test alternative production methods and are committed to searching for new, innovative solutions to everyday problems. They consciously source materials that minimise harm to our planets natural precious resources and strive to be trailblazers in ethical and sustainable products that serve the Seed & Sprout community.
8. BIOME
Biome's vision is to preserve a safe and healthy environment, for now and for those who come after us. Since 2003, they've been obsessed with finding solutions to environmental problems, and scrutinising products to uncover green-washing, hidden toxins, and dubious ingredients. Like you, Biome believes in the power of individual actions, so they’re standing up for your health and the natural world by fighting against waste, plastic pollution, toxins and climate change. Biome is a pioneer in responsible retailing and has always pushed the frontier of ways we can all live more responsibly on the planet. All products sold at biome are free from all known or suspected toxins, cruelty free (made without exploitation or harm to people or animals), made with natural fibres that are Certified Organic, hemp or linen which is grown and processed without chemicals. Biome products are all verified to stay true to their claims such as 'organic', 'cruelty free', 'bamboo', 'biodegradable.' Their products are longer lasting than cheaper alternatives, thus saving resources and pollution, and are made by a reputable person or business with a story to tell.
9. OOBAMBOO
Oobamboo started as a simple decision to raise awareness for Orangutangs in Sumatra, where their habitat is being destroyed by deforestation for farming. They decided bamboo based paper products are far more beneficial for the environment and the people that use them, compared to wood-based alternatives. Oobmaboo is 100% Chemical Free Toilet Paper, where 50% of their profits are given to eco charities. The best part is, that you get to choose where your share of profits go and how you want to make a difference to the world! Oobamboo partners with Koala Hospital Port Macquarie, ‘Plant a Tree’, Australian Marine Conservation Society, ONEGIRL and WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION. By purchasing Oobamboo products, you can help to stop end animal suffering, give girls in Sierra Leone and Uganda the opportunity to an education, help protect ocean ecosystems, including Ningaloo and the Great Barrier Reef, help Rescue, rehabilitate and Release koalas in Australia. It will also help breed and release 35 joeys per year, or help to plant millions of trees across Australia to restore the habitat that was lost during the 2019/2020 bushfires.
10. CONSERVING BEAUTY
Conserving Beauty is a brand we have only recently come across and we are thrilled to find out their missions of sustainability. Focused on reducing their water footprint, Conserving Beauty excludes water from their ingredients list, due to the precious resource being in decline. Water is usually the first and main ingredient used in beauty products, therefore by not using it and instead packing their products with the important stuff, they are saving tonnes of water. They are also aware of their carbon footprint, motivated to have a completely carbon neutral effect, Conserving Beauty restores, plants and protects coastal ecosystems, by planting one mangrove tree for each purchase on their site. This means carbon is isolated 5 times more than other tropical trees. Conserving Beauty creates sustainable employment for people in Indonesia and is dedicated to protecting their areas from storm surges and sea-levels rising. All products on their website is made from recycled glass bottles to ensure their waste footprint is minimal, as well as using shipping boxes with uncoated paper that can be directly compostable or recycled. Lastly, Conversing Beauty’s traceable supply chain is one we admire most, from ethical manufacturing in Australia to ingredients sourced from farms globally, they are focused on being completely transparent with their customers to ensure you can see their process from start to finish.
