Are you celebrating Valentine’s Day with a significant other or gathering with a group of friends for Galentine’s Day? We’ve got you covered with some great plastic-free and sustainable ideas whether you are gathering together or celebrating from afar! ...
Don’t Be Trashy: A Practical Guide to Living with Less Waste and More Joy
Meet Tara McKenna - blogger, Plaine Promoter* and now author! We are thrilled to celebrate the release of her new book Don't Be Trashy. This is THE ultimate guide to going zero waste(ish). Don’t Be Trashy offers an approach to reducing waste that emphasizes progress...
Things We Love: Children’s Books About Stopping Plastic
This post has been updated for 2021 with even more great children’s books about plastic pollution and protecting our oceans! YOu can check out the original post here. Looking for a holiday gift for your little one that teaches and inspires them about how to tackle...
Another 100K Milestone!
Plaine Products began as a crusade against bathroom plastics. Our Co-Founders, Lindsey and Ali, were committed to creating a sustainable way to sell high-quality, toxin-free products in refillable, aluminum bottles. Every bottle of Plaine Products sold keeps one...
How to Celebrate Fall Sustainably
The leaves are changing and the weather’s cooling down, which means it's time for fall! From decorations to pumpkins to candy and more, it’s easy to create a lot of waste during the fall season. However, fall is so much better when celebrated sustainably! Read on for...
Plastic Free Self Care
There’s no getting around it: we’ve all been through some tough stuff over the last couple of years. From pandemics to climate anxiety, there always seems to be another reason to stress. Self-care has never been more important than it is right now, so we’ve come up...
Pact Collective
We have done many things in order to make our products and packaging as low waste and plastic-free as possible. Not only can you refill and reuse our aluminum bottles many times, but those bottles can also be recycled once they have a few too many dents in them. And...
Plastic Free July: How To Reduce Plastic On-The-Go
The easiest way to reduce plastic use is to be prepared! Here are some helpful tips to reduce your plastic on-the-go!
Plastic Free July: How To Go Plastic Free At Work
Whether you work from home or the office, here are some ways to go plastic-free at work.
Plastic Free July: Plastic Policies That Give Us Hope
With Plastic-Free July in full swing, here are five policies from around the world that give us hope for a plastic-free future.
The 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize
We were so thrilled to learn of the Goldman Environmental Prize recipients last week! In particular, two of the award winners stood out to us with their work against plastic pollution, and we want to tell you a little bit more about them. The Goldman Environmental...
Products We Love: ECOBAGS
Plaine Products has long been big fans of ECOBAGS, one of the original, reusable bag companies. We are closely aligned, with our shared dedication to eliminating single-use plastics and their mission to offer thoughtful, ethically and sustainably sourced,...
12 Days of Plastic Free Gift Wrap
12 different ideas of Plastic-Free Gift Wrap for all of your holiday wrapping needs!
Curly Hair and Zero Waste
We recently asked our intern and curly-haired gal Sydney to share her advice on curly hair and going zero waste. Read on for more.
Survey Says…
We recently sent out a survey for feedback on ways we can continue to improve our social and environmental efforts. Here are the results.
Noniko joins the Packaging Revolution
Noniko joins the packaging revolution becoming the first and only deodorant to use ZERO PLASTIC in their products or packaging.
Go Back to School Plastic Free
Back to school may look a bit different this year, but we can still make every effort to go Plastic-Free when it comes to school supplies.
Recycling ocean plastic – breakthroughs and setbacks
The global problem of ocean plastic is real. But there is good news with ocean cleanup projects and companies transforming ocean plastic into usable products.
Plastic Free July 2020 – Thru a Different Lens, Part 2
We continue our series “ Plastic-Free July through a different lens” with t.e.j.a.s. fighting for environmental justice in Texas.
Plastic Free July 2020 – Thru a Different Lens
The Louisiana Bucket Brigade is an environmental justice nonprofit fighting to hold the petrochemical industry accountable for the true costs of pollution.