Microplastics and beach cleanups

Microplastic is a collective term for plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters. Most microplastics, however, are smaller than 1 millimeter. In the marine environment, microplastic can consist, for example, of fragments of larger pieces of litter or microplastic pellets used as a raw material in the plastics industry.

In any case, picking up and getting rid of this problem is important and demanding work. You can’t do much alone, but when a group comes together, you can make quite a big difference in a short time.

Our family is part of a group called Oceans 4 Life. Several organizations are working to tackle the plastic problem, so if you want to get involved and make a difference, search online and see if there’s an organization you can join.
That day, we collected plastic and huge amounts of microplastic. This beach had few larger plastic items but many, many small ones. Together, as you can see, we collected quite a lot of plastic. Another wonderful thing about initiatives like these is all the new friends you make and everything new you learn.

On this particular occasion, a large number of passionate and talented people from all over the world came together to help, and we actually had fun the whole time ;)

To top it all off, we had a little lesson in appreciating and valuing the beauty around us during a SUP yoga session. It may sound a little crazy, but it was actually incredibly powerful and grounding to do yoga with the ocean as our foundation.

Thank you, Oceans4Life, and thank you, ocean—we’re doing what we can to help you.

Our refill bottles are made from POP plastic—a type of plastic collected from beaches and coastal areas to prevent it from ending up in the oceans. The plastic is then recycled into refill bottles. Once you’ve finished with your refill, you recycle it as PET plastic, and it becomes a new bottle again. Pretty good, right?

Here you can see our soap sprays with refill bottles made from POP