News — Sustainable

Quite simply, Christmas can be an environmental nightmare. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Reducing waste (and as a bonus, spend) can be easy if you think outside the box and forget about the latest craze and gadgets, that will likely end up unused in the back of a cupboard anyway.

It's not widely known that traditional surf wax is created with petrochemicals.  Petrochemicals are not biodegradable and are actually toxic when ingested, particularly for marine life.

There are a lot of sunscreen tubes out there being passed around, some are moving to plastic that can be recycled, and that's great. If you are unsure if your tube can be recycled, just look for the recycle symbol and number, if it is a number 2 (HDPE) you can put it into the kerbside recycling. Keep in mind though it's pretty hard to clean inside a tube ready for recycling, which must get you thinking, will this actually be recycled? And then there are the lids, most lids can not be recycled and off they go into landfill..

The beauty industry has a lot to answer for. Less than 9% of plastic in the skincare industry is repurposed or recycled, and we definitely can do better than that. More and more businesses are making the move to sustainable or recyclable packaging, which is amazing, but we can still do better.