Category Archives: Health and Beauty

My New Old Razor

Here is the razor and blades that I bought at a local store recently. The razor came in a plastic case. The blades are packaged with paper. The razor cost less than $10. The blades are not as cheap as … Continue reading

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Toothbrushes

I just found this item while fact searching: Toothbrushes represent more than 100 million pounds of plastic waste each year. Office of the Federal Enviro. Executive, White House task force on recycling, “Recycling for the Future,” June 1999 Choosing toothbrushes … Continue reading

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Plastic in Your Exfoliating Scrub?!

This is a fantastic article about the huge cumulative impact plastics are having in our environment. When I first read about the existence of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Gyre (a sea of floating plastic twice the … Continue reading

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