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Jul 30, 2022
Ways to Maintain Plastic Free July Every Month
Alas, Plastic Free July 2022 is coming to an end. This has been a terrific month, but we’d like to keep the momentum going! There are tons of small, daily changes we can make to slowly integrate plastic free habits and swaps into our everyday routine.
Jun 29, 2022
31 Day Plastic Reduction Challenge
From July 1st - 31st, we invite you to join us on the 31 Day Plastic Reduction Challenge! The challenge aims to make the transition to plastic-free living more manageable and accessible by presenting just a single, small step each day. By the end of the month, you'll be amazed at how many plastic-free swaps you've made!
Jun 1, 2022
Connecting with the Universe
Connecting to the Natural world is connection to the universe. The health of the Natural world is the health of all of us. Saving the majesty of Mother Earth is indispensable to the health of both our bodies and minds.
Apr 20, 2022
Eco-Friendly Spring Cleaning Tips & Tricks
Now that spring is here, the Albatross Designs team is definitely feeling that ‘spring cleaning’ bug. With this urge to clean house also comes the desire to make sure any cleaning or refreshing efforts are as sustainable as possible. This is particularly important because traditional, store bought cleaning products are not only filled with ambiguous ingredients and harmful chemicals, they are also riddled with plastic!
Apr 12, 2022
Ways to Make Every Day Earth Day
While a lot of focus and eco-friendly efforts get put on Earth Day – and April in general – the habits or actions designated for this specific time of year don’t have to be limited to just now. There are tons of small, daily changes we can make to slowly integrate an eco-friendly lifestyle into our everyday routine and help out our planet along the way!
Mar 31, 2022
Albatross Razors: Zero Waste, Zero Gender Discrimination
Since the beginning of Albatross Designs, we have been clear and vocal about something important: Our zero waste razors are impeccable tools made to handle all of your shaving needs independent of your gender. We make durable, reliable tools that shave well – for everyone.
Mar 7, 2022
What’s It Really Like Using a Safety Razor?
We feel that having many examples and descriptions of the zero waste shaving process across multiple mediums is extremely helpful. We’ve created this post to describe what it’s like to use a safety razor, with the hopes of not only encouraging people to add this zero waste swap to their sustainable lifestyle, but also improving everyone’s overall zero waste shaving experience.
Feb 15, 2022
Ocean Animal Wooden Toy Set: Why We Started Making Plastic-Free Toys
While we are best known as being the world’s first zero waste shaving company, we view ourselves as a sustainable design company focused on making sustainable progress wherever we can. The launch of our first children’s toy, the Ocean Animal Wooden Toy Set, also marks a proud milestone into these new territories.
Oct 21, 2021
What Environmentalism Means to Us
As such, we wanted to take a moment to reaffirm what environmentalism means to us. After all, we are a green design company spending all of our time working on ways to protect the integrity of our natural world, and therefore, we should be explicit about what these efforts are focused on.
Aug 18, 2021
Why Double Edged Safety Razors Shave Better than Multi-blades
There’s a lot of misinformation and marketing speak out there when it comes to shaving razors and we finally reached a point where we needed to address a couple key issues regarding them. First and foremost, here’s the bottom line: Double Edged Safety Razors shave better than multi-blades. This is after all why people still use them all these years later.