Sustainable Products For Earth Day's 50th Celebration

During this quarantine, you are probably finding ways to stay busy and doing some spring cleaning at home. Of course, we all don’t realize how much waste we accumulate over time but in honor of Earth Day's 50th celebration, it’s definitely a good reminder to think of ways to reuse, recycle and reduce to help save our planet.

Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products By Zefiro

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Zefiro is Chicago’s first zero-waste, eco-friendly store. Their sustainable household, kitchen, health, and beauty products are selected based on a few important criteria: alternative to a single use product, better for both the consumer and the planet, and are simple swaps to every day items at an affordable alternative. Zefiro's mission is to help us reduce and reuse by offering products that are free of unnecessary packaging, minimize single use waste and are safe for both us and the planet. Giving back is at the center of their mission to help our planet. As a proud member of 1% for the Planet, Zefiro is committed to donating 1% of total annual sales to support environmental causes around the world.

Hoodie Made From Recycled Coffee Grounds By Coalatree

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Coalatree's Evolution Hoodie, made from recycled coffee grounds, has over 20 features for everyday wear plus travel and adventure! The zippered kangaroo pocket keeps your items safe and secure. Stash your phone where it won't fall out and break. Keep your passport secure from pickpocketers. Clip your keys and never lose them again. Spent coffee grounds are mixed and melted down with recycled plastic bottles to create the fibers for the incredible Evolution Hoodie. The result is a hoodie packed with features and finished with a water-repellent coating—perfect for all your upcoming travel and outdoor adventures, yet so soft and supple you’ll never want to take it off!

Recycled & Upcycled Bags By Mer-Sea & Co.

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Versatile, multi-tasking, easy-care, and above all, chic, this tote is woven into a raffia-like textile and is made from 100% recycled man-made material. Mer-Sea & Co.'s upcycled, recycled tote bag is soft, flexible and supple with an iridescent shine plus, it’s water-resistant. All totes are in white and complemented with leather straps and a decorative tassel. It's the leather detail that elevates a simple bag into a luxurious necessity.

Certified Organic Artisan Soaps By SoapCreek Company

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Born to help Americans re-create the way they care for themselves every day, through high-quality ingredients, transparency, and pure handmade goodness. As a certified organic company, SoapCreek Company is dedicated to making the world better, one bar at a time. Each bar of soap is handcrafted in the U.S.A and has generous amounts of additives sourced both locally and worldwide. Their lotions, cremes, scrubs, lip balm, and soaps are made with the best available natural ingredients -- exotic butters, oils, herbs, seeds, flowers, extracts, raw honey, goats milk, yogurt all help nourish different skin types.

Goat Milk Soap & Lotion Made From Sustainable Palm Oil

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Nature by Canus Vegetal Base Soaps, Foaming Milk Baths, Silky Body Washes and Creamy Body Lotions made with Fresh Canadian Goat Milk. Their new pure vegetal base soap is made with traceable palm oil from a certified sustainable palm plantation. The brand produces sustainable, carbon-negative palm oil for Nature Fresh Goat Milk soaps. Goat milk is recognized for containing moisturizing fatty acids, Vitamins, potassium, zinc, and selenium. The cream present in goat’s milk is a moisturizer for soothing dry and damaged skin. Full of essential nutrients and vitamins A, B2, B3, B6, B12, and E, that feed the skin and are absorbed into the body.