How to Use Less Plastic in Your Travel + Beach Bag
This post is part of an on-going series about going plastic free one area of your life at a time. See the other posts here and sign-up for Nikkey’s newsletter to recieve new plastic free challenges as they come out. This challenge is inspired by her work with eXXpedition on a microplastic research voyage through the Pacific Ocean. Summer is finally here! I’m less than two weeks away from my microplastic research sailing voyage with eXXpedition which has me thinking about packing all things travel sized and sun related. I’m guessing you’ve got a trip or two coming up in your summer plans too. Whether you’re going on vacation or spending a day at the beach, you can stay safe from the sun and enjoy it all without using plastic! How great is that? Here are my suggested swaps for the essentials in your bag: Sunscreen in Plastic Bottles > Sunscreen in Tins, Tubes or Glass Jars Why: Plastic sunscreen bottles and tubes are rarely recycled because of the labour involved to clean them and non-recyclable …