Biodiversity
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Sustainable personal hygiene Products of personal hygiene
The array of personal cleaning products is endless. It includes towels, soap, shampoo, razors, moisturizers, creams, lotions, emollients, cotton swaps, talcum powder, oils and balms and many, many more.
Shampoo, Body Shampoo, Liquid and Solid Soap products are a common part of everyday life, however, there are a range of environmental and human health characteristics that you should be aware of when making personal choices. Research has suggested that shampoos, shower gels and other (...) Read more
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Into: Looking good Sustainable personal hygiene Waste disposal in relation to personal hygiene
Today we live in a throw-away society which is strongly influenced by consumerism, over-consumption and excessive production of short-lived or disposable items.
We’re using an increasing number of one-use products such as plastic razors, cups, paper towels, wipes, nappies, plastic bags, paper napkins and sanitary towels. These products usually cost more in the long-run because they involve the consumption of more resources and energy than their reusable alternatives.
It takes about six (...) Read more
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Into: Looking good Sustainable personal hygiene Products of personal hygiene
Buying one type of multi-surface cleaner for all household jobs is generally preferable to using various so-called specialist products, because at least there is only one type of chemical cocktail for your home to contend with.
The chemicals strategy is a strategy intended to reform the regulation of chemicals. It was devised because some household cleaners may contain toxic chemicals, such as those which build up in body tissue and the environment. Behind the heavily-marketed ’whiter (...) Read more
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Into: Looking good What to wear? Sustainable Style and Clothing
To reduce clothing waste and to recyle clothes consider ‘swishing’.
Swishing is what happens when a group of fashion conscious people get together and decide to swap their unwanted garment and accessories for another ‘swishers’ items.
Dublin’s Shebeen Chic, 4 Great George’s St, have swishing parties every Saturday afternoon.
Also try myfashionfair.com which is a website where members can buy, sell, or swap designer labels.
If you don’t want to swish, donate your unwanted to clothes to a (...) Read more
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