3 ways tiny toiletry bottles harm our planet and you

Millions of tiny toiletry containers are tossed into garbage trucks and sent off to landfill sites every day. At this defining moment, change has to come to our planet. Here are 3 ways tiny toiletry bottles harm our planet and you:

1. Mountains of Plastic 

Dangerous materials break down from millions of tiny toiletry bottles thrown in the waste landfills, causing greenhouse gases like methane, which constantly leaks into our atmosphere and furthering climate change. According to Zero Waste America, there are 3,091 active landfills filled with plastics in the United States. 

2. Oceans of Plastic

Have you ever seen a plastic toiletry bottle washing down a storm drain? It will eventually empty into the ocean. Millions of tons of plastic waste end up in the ocean every year. This epidemic is increasing at an alarming rate, which can destroy ocean life at levels not seen before. Currently, plastic kills millions of marine birds and marine animals each year. 

3. Plastic on Your Plate

We share the same planet as so many in the animal kingdom. What happens in the environment directly impacts human health. Depending on your diet, you may actually be eating a variety of nasty chemicals as a result of plastic pollution. For example, fish consume plastics both intentionally and unintentionally. When a fish eats plastic, the chemicals are then free to enter the bodies of anything higher up on the food chain, including humans.