MY WEEK GOING PLASTIC FREE
Monday
Within minutes of waking, I’m usually squeezing toothpaste from a plastic tube onto a plastic toothbrush. This week, I use a biodegradable Truthbrush sustainably made from bamboo, with castor oil-derived bristles. Toothpaste from a glass bottle, smoothed onto the brush with a little bamboo stick, provides a different sensation to my regular paste, but I’m left spearmint fresh. I pop a mouthwash tablet onto my tongue without reading the instructions, but as it fizzles I realise I was supposed to dissolve it in water to gargle! Dental floss made of silk, housed in a cute glass refillable
VERDICT
A great start to the day. I still prefer my electric toothbrush, but switching to glass-bottle toothpaste, mouthwash tablets and floss is easy and effortless.
Tuesday
The amount of bottles I get through in my pursuit of great hair is shameful. So I switch to solid
