When I was a kid, we had almost no plastic in our house. There were glass bottles for oils, jars for cereals and flour, wooden handmade jars for tea and salt, fabric bags for dried veggies, and metal cans for spices (or worms, if you asked my grandpa).

I have two cats and 17 beds that they share—and guess what? Only one of them is truly eco-friendly. Once I realized this, I decided to do a deep review on how to choose a sustainable cat bed so other cat owners don’t repeat my mistakes.

The holiday season has always been a time filled with positive emotions—joy, excitement, and happiness. But at some point, I realized that Santa isn’t real, and then that gifts can bring not only joy but also tons of waste, pollution, and harm.

The holiday season is coming. And where there are holidays, there are gifts, and where there are gifts, there’s wrapping. I trust that single-use plastic packaging is already out of your focus – you wouldn’t be reading this post otherwise.

If someone had told me 5 years ago that toothpaste is harmful, I would have laughed in their face. However, knowing what I know now, it doesn’t sound funny anymore.

In my campaign of getting rid of plastic at home, I reached kitchen. A washing machine already works on eco-friendly detergent pods, sponges are plant-based, now it’s time to find a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative to plastic bottles with toxic liquid dish detergent. And a solution to this is a plant-based zero-waste solid dish soap bar.

I have to confess, for many years, I used liquid hand soap for its convenience without considering the environmental impact – just think about all the plastic bottles thrown away!

I never thought there was room for improvement in my makeup removal routine. I just mindlessly used the usual wipes and pads. But when a friend bragged about switching to a makeup removal cloth for a "greener" lifestyle, I thought, "Ha! How did this escape my attention?"

Shampoo is a product used almost every day, and when packaged in plastic, it can generate tons of waste. However, where there's a problem, there's also an opportunity.

My cats' preferred game is to throw their toys or small pieces of garbage into the toilet bowl and then fish them back out. So, this sacred area should be clean and free of toxic chemicals.