5 Brands for a Microplastic-Free Kitchen
From cooking tools and utensils to cleaning and packaging products, our kitchen products can be a source of microplastics in our homes. Here are 5 Places Microplastics Are Hiding in Your Kitchen.
Wondering how to avoid microplastics in your kitchen? There are a lot of sustainable brands offering low-waste solutions, such as stainless steel containers, bamboo dinnerware, and plastic-free dishwasher pods.
Here are some of our favorite brands that can give your kitchen a sustainable makeover:
Klean Kanteen
Reusable stainless steel drinkware and food containers
Klean Kanteen offers a range of reusable drinkware and food containers made from high-quality, food-grade stainless steel. It sells food boxes and canisters made from recycled steel that are the perfect replacement for single-use plastic boxes. The food boxes come with a leakproof food-grade silicon lid and are completely free of any plastic or epoxy lining.
Bambu
Bamboo dinnerware, cooking, and cleaning products
Bambu is a sustainable dinnerware brand offering natural disposable plates and utensils crafted from organic bamboo. Its single-use plates biodegrade and compost within 4-6 months, providing an eco-friendly alternative to plastic. Besides, Bambu manufactures useful kitchen tools like cutting boards, spatulas, mixing spoons, and tongs, all made of bamboo. The brand also offers an all-purpose dishcloth made from a blend of certified organic cotton and hemp, as well as a scrub brush with compostable bristles and a bamboo handle, ensuring a plastic-free kitchen cleaning experience.
Blueland
Kitchen cleaning products that are reusable, refillable, and plastic-free
Unlike conventional detergent pods that come wrapped in plastic, Blueland makes dry-form dishwasher tablets. They do a great job cutting through grease and grime and getting rid of food stains, all without leaving any plastic residue on your dishes. It even has a plastic-free dishwashing powder. You can pour it onto a sponge or dish, add water, and squeeze to create a thick foam that'll have your dishes sparkling clean. When you run out, you don't have to buy a new plastic bottle. Instead, you can order a refill pack that comes in compostable paper packaging.
To-Go Ware
High-quality utensils combatting single-use plastics
To-Go Ware is on a mission to make it easy for consumers to kick single-use plastic out of their lives for good! In collaboration with ChicoBags, it makes utensil sets from bamboo that are ideal for travel, outdoor activities, and life on the go. It even has a sustainable kids' utensils set that’s perfect for everywhere, from classrooms to camping sites.
Borough Furnace
Handcrafted cast iron cookware
Borough Furnace, renowned for its craft cookware, meticulously handcrafts cast iron pieces in its New York workshop. They make skillets, dutch ovens, grill pans, and accessories in small batches throughout the year. Their products do not contain any glued-on or screwed-on parts or synthetic coatings that can wear away or leach into your food. The products are lead and cadmium-free, and free of toxic coatings such as PFOA & PFAS (a form of plastic).
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