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Cartoon: Shampoo bottles → Shampoo bar Mostly water,sold in plastic.

Instead of

Shampoo bottles Shampoo bar

Why switch

Healthier

No need for the preservatives and thickeners that watery bottled shampoo requires.

Greener

One little bar replaces two or three plastic bottles and ships almost water-free.

The impact

You, per year 4 plastic bottles1.2 kg CO₂
All of the world 32.4 billion plastic bottles skipped / year

If everyone across the world switched, every year that’s:

  • 32.4 billion plastic bottles
  • 9.72 billion kg CO₂

Reduce, reuse, recycle

Reduce

A single bar outlasts several bottles — buy once, not monthly.

Reuse

Keep it on a draining dish so it lasts even longer.

Recycle

Paper wrap composts; nothing to rinse and sort.

Sources

  1. Koehler & Wildbolz (2009), Environmental Science & Technology — life-cycle footprint of personal-hygiene products (bar vs liquid)
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