Are you an eco-friendly maniac? Even if you aren’t, we could all use a few life changes in the spirit of sustainability and living a toxin-free life. While it’s impossible to avoid all toxins in our daily environment, we can seek out organic products and sustainable practices whenever possible.
In this article, I’ll give you some tips on how to live a more sustainable and toxin-free life by purchasing organic and sustainable products you already use every day. Plus, when you support businesses that make these products, you are encouraging more businesses to follow suit and make changes in their processes toward sustainability. Here’s what you can do:
Use Natural Makeup
If you’re anything like me, you bought the cheapest and brightest makeup on the shelf, back in your teeny-bopper days — back when glitter was “in” and organic makeup products were far less common than they are now. There are tons of sustainable and toxin-free makeup options out there now and, even though they can be expensive, it’s worth the splurge.
You wear makeup on your beautiful skin all day, every day. Do you know exactly what’s in it? It could be scarier and more dangerous than you realized.
Even Claire’s, a popular makeup and accessory retailer, sold makeup that might have been contaminated with asbestos. It’s difficult to know what could contain something dangerous, like asbestos. So opt for safe natural and organic options whenever possible. You can find a list of organic makeup brands here.
Find an Organic Mattress
Ever thought about your mattress containing toxins? Just like you’d buy organic berries to avoid some of the unnecessary chemicals, your mattress should be free of these additives as well. Mattresses can contain potentially harmful chemicals like: polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE), boric acid, and decabromodiphenyl oxide, among others.
Finding the best organic mattress possible will help you sleep at night in more ways than one. Organic doesn’t mean it’ll be uncomfortable either; an organic mattress is just like any other, only now you can lay your head down knowing you’ve made a positive impact on your health with non-toxic choices.
Look for Sustainable Product Design
Luckily, we live in a time where sustainable product design is growing. And as long as people like us keep supporting sustainable products and businesses, the industry will keep growing.
Living a more sustainable and toxin-free life isn’t just about the products you buy and how those products directly affect your health, it’s also about the companies making those products and ensuring their practices and processes are also eco-friendly. Major corporations are making changes for sustainability by:
–Noticing that people want sustainable products (and will pay more for them).
–Spending more on sustainability engagements.
–Making sustainability a top priority.
–Developing new sustainability programs each year.
–Using the life-cycle assessment process.
Start implementing these tips for a sustainable and toxin-free lifestyle and people might start calling you an eco-friendly maniac. But that’s not a bad thing! Remind them that your lifestyle choices are saving the world.
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