A Few Super-Easy Ways to Deplastic

[foleyartist1]

Just something I wrote this morning

Comments

[gallian]

How do you know if a soap has the micro bead bubbles? Not sure I could get the boy to switch anyway (took years to find a soap he didn't object to the texture of) but it's worth looking into.

[foleyartist1]

Usually it will say on the bottle, because the soap companies advertise the like they're a good thing. They might call them different things; "micro-beads" is just the most common. Also, you can sometimes tell by looking because they're often in contrasting colors. Here's a page with a picture of the contrasting-color ones: http://www.amway.com/Shop/Product/Product.aspx/BODY-BLENDS-Anti-Bacterial-Hand-Soap-Coconut-Lime-Escape?itemno=748128

And here's a picture of a Dove bodywash that calls them "exfoliating beads": http://www.drugstore.com/dove-body-wash-gentle-exfoliating/qxp83522 .

I Googled around and if you're not quite sure about your particular soap, apparently these usually appear on the ingredients lists as "polyethylene" (which is a type of plastic).

Hope that helps!

[gallian]

Oh those things! We tried a hand soap with those once. We both abhorred the texture and got rid of it without finishing the bottle. Now I just have one more reason to stay far away.

[miyyu]

These are tremendously helpful, thank you! I always thinking of plastic like packaging but there is clearly so much more to it than that.

[foleyartist1]

Yay! I'm glad, thanks! ^_^

[gaudior]

These are helpful, thank you! (I already do the "bringing my own mug," one, for just the reasons you mention.

Also, can I just say that "nurdle" is a splendidly silly word?

[foleyartist1]

You're very welcome! Yeah, it's amazing what an attitude difference that mug can make.

I <3 THAT WORD SO MUCH. I really wish it were a word for something actually good, because it is fun.