Everything comes in plastic. Your food, your water, your clothing… The list goes on. It would be one thing if the plastic was consistently recycled after use, but the sad reality is that the amount being recycled is only about 10% of the amount being used and produced.

For years now, scientists have been able to prove the presence of microplastics in birds and fish and whales, but now the stakes are even higher. Just a few weeks ago, a National Geographic article came out saying that microplastics have now been discovered in humans, a sad reality that was inevitable, given the amount of plastic waste globally. Alarm bells are finally ringing now that humans are becoming easy targets for plastic contamination.

Plastic waste is still not decreasing, however. Let’s put things into perspective. We’ve reached a time where humans purchase 1 million plastic bottles per minute, of which 91% are NOT recycled. If we’re not recycling almost the entirety of the plastic water bottles we use worldwide, what are the chances that plastic shampoo bottles are being recycled? Slim to none.