Can you help slow climate change by buying soap?
Looking around my bathroom a few years ago, I noticed two things. Almost everything came in a plastic container. And despite being labeled soap, conditioner or shampoo, most products’
“No one really asked for plastics,” says Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics and a former regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency. “We’re spending a lot of money and a lot of greenhouse gas emissions shipping water all around the world.” They come in minimal paper packaging because removing water from the products eliminated the need for containers. For liquids, customers can refill from 30-gallon drums that are sent back to the distributor.
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