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Mar 17, 2022
Chemical Pollution: How Plastics Aren’t the Only Threat to Our Oceans
The conversation about the health and wellness of the ocean tends to focus heavily on plastic pollution. In reality, the pollutants threatening our ocean and natural world extend far beyond plastic debris, and the number one culprit is chemical pollution. Between car parts, soda flavorings, and household cleaners, chemicals are a prevalent and often necessary part of our everyday lives. But when unleashed into the natural world, these chemicals can cause havoc and ecosystem disruption.
Mar 15, 2022
How to Make a Zero Waste Bathroom
If you’re currently on the journey to a sustainable lifestyle, or if you’re hoping to embark on this in the near future, you may have considered tackling what is often one of the biggest problem areas in the home: the bathroom. Between plastic toothbrushes, disposable razors, and single-use cotton balls, this room is ripe for change! If you start exploring your options, you’ll quickly discover that there are a lot of opportunities for turning your current commode into a zero waste bathroom.
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.
Feb 1, 2022
Unique Features of Albatross Safety Razors
If you’ve checked out our 3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid of a Safety Razor blog post, you’re probably already familiar with some of the key benefits of our products, as well as our mission to ease the transition to plastic-free shaving. In the spirit of this shaving transparency (or shavesparency – bad pun we know!), we wanted to take the time to describe and highlight some of the qualities that make Albatross razors stand out from the rest.
Feb 1, 2022
Winter Art Projects for Kids
This time of year, with the holidays behind us and some of the coldest and longest days ahead, the time can feel like it’s going on forever. If you and your family are experiencing some cabin fever, we’ve got an exciting list of winter art projects to keep you and your kids happy, creative and busy!
Jan 31, 2022
Environmental Implications of Plastic Razors
We’d like to expand on our original post to specifically address the environmental implications of single-use plastic razors. And, subsequently, express the importance of ditching your single-use shaver and replacing it with a zero waste safety razor.
Jan 26, 2022
5 Sustainable Valentine’s Day Ideas
Although it is a holiday with historical roots, the modern celebrations of Valentine’s Day have unfortunately become ...
Jan 18, 2022
Items to Repurpose Before Throwing Away
If you are considering adding in some zero waste lifestyle changes throughout this year, lowering your waste footprint by implementing The 4 R’s can be a great place to start! We brainstormed some items that we feel can easily be given a new or extended life by repurposing them in a creative way.
Jan 13, 2022
3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid of a Safety Razor
Our goal is to break down the process of using a safety razor so our customers feel empowered to use our products, not overwhelmed. So, without further ado, here are 3 reasons why you shouldn’t be afraid of a safety razor:
Jan 4, 2022
4 Ways to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions
Here are 4 ways to help you stick to your New Year’s resolutions:
Dec 6, 2021
Plastic Free Oceans Art Contest
And to help us with this pursuit, we’d like to invite YOU to send us your artistic, creative vision of what life is like plastic free and under the sea!
While sustainable technologies have a huge role in the global transition towards sustainability, we believe that art, too, holds immense power in helping to win over and inspire the hearts and minds of the world's people. Art can serve as a great reminder of how beautiful life can be, and how magical our planet really is.