In 2018, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), about 146.1 million tons of solid waste was sent to the landfill. Food waste was measured at about 24 percent of that total. Containers and packaging clocked in at 28.1 percent. That’s 52.1% of our total landfill waste that can be avoided. How?
By composting and choosing products in compostable packaging. Composting is the natural process of recycling items, like food scraps, yard waste or bio-based packaging, into an amazing fertilizer that can enrich plant growth. It’s plant-based alchemy!
Chemicals as a whole have become increasingly unpopular – especially in marketing for personal care products – with companies claiming their products are "chemical-free". Here at Solid Roots we focus on using chemicals that aren’t harmful for us AND have the benefit of creating a healthy scalp and shiny locks.
Beating out two worthy organizations, Action Against Hunger, takes home the prize of being last quarter’s Root Cause of the Quarter, receiving one percent of Solid Roots’ sales from October-December 2021. Action Against Hunger has lofty goals that extend beyond addressing hunger. Apart from their programs to prevent and treat malnutrition, and improve access to clean water, they are also at the frontline of providing lifesaving prevention of certain diseases, and COVID-19 is no exception.
Using products in a solid form instead of liquid products typically packaged in a plastic bottle is a great way to cut down on our contributions to the global plastic pollution problem that we’re currently facing. These products function just as well or better than their liquid counterparts and oftentimes have the added benefit of using safer ingredients and being more fun to use (ahem...like Solid Roots’ shampoo and conditioner bars!). Solid dish soap is one such product that I swapped in when working towards making our home greener.
Solid Roots donated $1 from every bar purchased during January-March 2021 to the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). EDF aims to forge the most effective, science-backed solutions to deal with the most serious environmental issues. A new initiative, a satellite called MethaneSAT, can pinpoint the location and magnitude of methane emissions virtually anywhere on Earth to fix the areas where methane is leaking into our environment.
