Zero-Waste Bathroom: Simple Swaps That Stick
The bathroom is the plastic capital of the home, full of bottles, tubes and packaging that get tossed every few weeks.
You do not need to rebuild the whole room. A few swaps to solid, refillable versions remove most of the waste without any lifestyle sacrifice.
Swaps that stick
- Shampoo bars instead of bottles
- Bamboo toothbrushes
- Refillable hand soap with tablets
- Safety razors with replaceable blades
How to ease in
- Swap one product when the old one runs out
- Keep the products you love and drop the rest
- Choose solid bars that travel well
- Reuse or recycle the last few bottles
Give each swap two weeks, and by the end of the month your bathroom will look completely different.
The refill advantage
Refillable products are the quiet hero here, because the bottle lasts forever and only the small refill gets replaced.
- Look for refill tablets for soap and cleaner
- Keep a backup bar under the sink
- Recycle empties through take-back programs
Before long, the old bottles and tubes will be gone, and your bathroom will run on a fraction of the plastic it used to.