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Is Your Surf Wax Toxic?

Is Your Surf Wax Toxic?

It's not widely known that traditional surf wax is created with petrochemicals.  Petrochemicals are not biodegradable and are actually toxic when ingested, particularly for marine life.

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Mineral Sunscreen, Refill Station. Refill sustainable skincare and beauty in new Zealand

Introducing Our New REFILL STATIONS!!

There are a lot of sunscreen tubes out there being passed around, some are moving to plastic that can be recycled, and that's great. If you are unsure if your tube can be recycled, just look for the recycle symbol and number, if it is a number 2 (HDPE) you can put it into the kerbside recycling. Keep in mind though it's pretty hard to clean inside a tube ready for recycling, which must get you thinking, will this actually be recycled? And then there are the lids, most lids can not be recycled and off they go into landfill..

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Our Thinning Ozone Layer

Our Thinning Ozone Layer

It is well known that volcanic eruptions can contribute to ozone layer damage. There has been research released recently on the Tongan volcanic eruption early this year that suggests the water that was shot into the stratosphere from the underwater eruption may have created conditions that contributed to even more damage to our ozone layer.

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Plastic FACTS

Plastic FACTS

The beauty industry has a lot to answer for. Less than 9% of plastic in the skincare industry is repurposed or recycled, and we definitely can do better than that. More and more businesses are making the move to sustainable or recyclable packaging, which is amazing, but we can still do better.  

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