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plastic containers were submerged in the water. When he returned to his hotel room, he looked in his own bathroom to discover that he was contributing to the environmental hazard. After doing more
research and discovering a third of all single-use plastic products in landfills were personal care products, he partnered with Joshua Goodman and founded By Humankind to tackle the issue head-on. So far, By Humankind has developed three unique products. The first thing they created was a deodorant made from natural ingredients. While the first order comes in a plastic container, it is not meant to be single-use. All subsequent orders of deodorant will come with the product in a paper pod that fits perfectly into the original packaging so the same plastic container can be used time and time again. Their other products include mouthwash, which comes in tablet form and can be dissolved in water, as well as shampoo, which comes in a bar rather than a plastic bottle. One way that By Humankind hopes to encourage people to make the switch is by offering aesthetically pleasing designs. While that’s not a concern for their shampoo or mouthwash (although the bright and vibrant colors are quite beautiful), it’s more applicable for their deodorant container, as it will stay on the counter or shelf for years. By Humankind chose a minimalistic design that allows their product to blend right in with the rest of your bathroom. You may think it would be easier to recycle plastic products rather than buy something new that costs a bit more, but recycling is, unfortunately, not as effective as we would hope. First and foremost, only a small fraction of the population regularly recycles their plastic products, but what’s even more concerning is that only 10% of items placed in a recycling bin actually get recycled due to food or chemical contamination. The need for multi-use plastic has never been higher. By Humankind is just one company tackling the single-use plastic issue. There are other companies across various industries with the same goal in mind. Hopefully, these companies’ efforts will help curb the effect that single-use plastic has on our environment.
The world is obsessed with plastic. According to PlasticOceans.org, the world produces an estimated 380 million tons of plastic every year — 10 tons of which find its way into our oceans annually. That’s equal to more than one garbage truck per minute. These statistics should be surprising, but unfortunately aren’t when you take a step back and realize how much plastic we use in our homes daily. Take the bathroom, for example. Within each of our bathrooms, you’re likely to find plastic containers full of soap, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, mouthwash, and more. Your shower curtain is probably made of plastic and your toothbrush too. Even the packaging that your toothbrush came in was probably plastic! Thankfully, there are some companies trying to eliminate single-use plastics in the bathroom, and leading the pack is By Humankind. By Humankind’s founder, Brian Bushell, first discovered the damaging effects that plastic has on the ocean during a trip to Thailand in 2017. He went out diving for the first time expecting to see the beauty of the ocean but was instead greeted by mounds upon mounds of trash. He couldn’t believe how many
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