I have been slowly making changes to make our house use less plastic. I haven’t wanted to suddenly throw everything out to buy new eco-friendly products because one, I couldn’t afford to suddenly change everything but two, that defeats the point of being eco friendly, throwing away useable items so when things have been worn out, rather than buy new plastic ones or ones that don’t biodegrade so easily, I have been looking at what will produce less waste long term.
I have recently been introduced to EarthBits. They firmly believe real change comes from both individual and societal choices, but as a family that still tries to live a plastic-free life every day, they are very aware of how challenging this can be, especially for families and young people. They’ve decided to use their experience and desire to protect the planet and make it easier for people to find products they can trust are not going to damage the environment.
Eco-friendly dish brush bundle
This full set of cleaning brushes will cover all your needs for hand washing in the kitchen. All the brushes are fully biodegradable, and the metal wire that holds the coconut fibres together is 100% recyclable. The bundle includes a coconut fibre round head dish brush, coconut fibre bottle brush, pot scrubber made from sisal bristles and wood and a wooden dish brush with sisal bristles.
I love them, the heads are very hardwearing but soft enough not to scratch my dishes and glasses. They look fab too, wooden handles look much nicer than plastic.
Eco-friendly dish sponges
These amazingly versatile eco-friendly kitchen sponges are made with organic fabrics that are fully compostable. The internal lining is bamboo, renowned for its antibacterial properties; one side is organic cotton, suitable for delicate surfaces, the other is made of hessian fabric, perfect for scrubbing away the dirt on dishes and cups.
You can use them time and time again, washing them when needed in the washing machine. Once they come to the end of their life, cut them in small pieces and pop them in your compost. They will naturally biodegrade. They come in a pack of 2, with 4 colourful distinctive design to choose from, dinosaurs, cactus, bees and clouds.
Vegan food wraps
Now, I have seen beeswax food wraps before but I didn’t realise you could get vegan food wraps. These vegan wraps are a great step to cut down on your plastic usage while using a product made 100% of plant-based materials. The Vegan food wraps are handmade using organic cotton. They are a fantastic eco-friendly way to protect and maintain your food fresh and a sustainable alternative to cling film! The pack includes 2 wraps, a smaller one at 20x20cm and a bigger one measuring 30x30cm.
The wraps last about a year, to increase the lifespan and keep them clean, just wash with lukewarm water and a tiny bit of washing up soap. After a year, you can rewax with a vegan wax refresher block to use it for another!
Soap nuts
I haven’t tried these yet as we are getting a new washing machine soon so I want to wait for that and use them in a washing machine that hasn’t had any chemicals in. These berry shells grow on the Sapindus mukorossi (Soap Berry) tree in the Himalayas and they naturally contain a cleaning agent that works like detergent, called saponin. Saponin is amazing at penetrating the fibres of your clothes, lifting stains from the fabric that is then rinsed away.
Soap nuts work at all temperatures from 30. C – 90. C. Get the best out of their natural cleaning properties by putting them in a mug with hot water just before using them, or make liquid soap that can also be used as a natural pesticide for your plants, shampoo and even a general cleaner for your home!
You can use the same soapnuts for approx 4-6 washes, once they start they start to turn dull grey and the shells become flimsy you simply place them in your compost as they are 100% biodegradable.
Giveaway
EarthBits have very kindly offered one reader the chance to win a pack of their eco-friendly dish sponges. You can choose the design between dinosaurs, cactus, bees and clouds, subject to availability. Use the app below to enter, good luck!
Win a set of eco-friendly dish sponges
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This is a wonderful prize! I’m slowly changing to no plastic more sustainable products but it ain’t cheap! Would love to win!
Not heard of this company before, their products look fantastic
Great range and very on trend and appropriate
These look fantastic and I would love to give them a go
I love to hear about products that are eco friendly and fully biodegradable so they don’t pollute the planet so thank you for this review, I’ll be checking this company out further
what a great idea!
looks fantastic
I am trying to be more eco friendly and these ideas and reviews give me some great ideas to help me on my journey
Wow, this is fabulous!
Small changes make big differences.
Would love to give these a try.
I would choose the bees, we try and do what we can to help the enviroment
I don’t like to have the kitchen clean and tidy. It somehow can give ‘a warm glow inside ‘, a sort of ” Sense of Wellbeing “. I think it come from ‘aiming to to do the best / my best ‘ when it comes to this Important room within the house. It’s purpose / role is so Important for ‘everyone ‘ :- Ourselves, family, friends, visitors, etc.
As the kitchen in a way is ‘the heart of the home ‘. As it is where we produce / provide food / nourishment, refreshments, sustenance. We need the kitchen to be clean in order that what food and refreshments we provide are truly healthy, nourishing, as is our intent. Caring.
Planet Earth provides for us. Which perhaps we need to Appreciate and Respect. In doing so is Caring and the Environment, and ‘everyone ‘. Up to date information / knowledge / understanding is beneficial in this aspect. We can aim to do our best, whilst live our lives. Respect for our Environment is Important. Thanks for your Care.
I would really love to win
This would be a great way to kickstart going plastic free.
They sound like amazing and responsible products.
Good luck!
Such a fab prize
Some great things there, I love the soap nuts.
Great new ideas – would love to give them a try
Interested to see that you can now get bruses etc that my grandmother would have used.
This is a great prize love all of these products
What a great company! I’m trying my best to chose sustainable products, toiletries, recycle. So thing I am teaching my daughter. These are great.
lovely giveaway 🙂 great idea
Bees sound fun. It’s difficult to change our habits and cut out plastic but the above items make it easier.
Nice prize
It’s good to know you are doing your bit to save the planet and its’ wikdlife.
I love a good dish brush. These all look handy!
Great range – I’d love to try them out!
Would love this
A great giveaway, always looking for ways to become more eco friendly
Thanks for this. This is something we are trying to do as well.
These look great!
This is some thing I would love to add to all my other eco products
That’s a great prize, and I am trying as hard as possible to be as green as I can.
Lovely prize to help my eco journey
Lovely giveaway. Trying to become more eco friendly. Such a useful prize.
What a great idea!
Would love to win this!
I have read about soap nuts a lot but I have never tried them – seems too good to be true!
A fab idea to help the world use less plastic
Great post. I didn’t even know this stuff existed.
Good luck everyone with the giveaway.
Love trying out new products and would love to give these a go.
Lovely inspirational post and give away thank you
This looks great!
Great products, we could do with some lovely plastic-free things to replace the ones in the kitchen xx
great prize – would love to try
Any reusable items get my vote
Lovely, count me in
These look great and I would love to try. It seems now with all the extra restrictions and rules in place that plastic is being used even more and thrown away more, so this is a great prize to see.
These look brilliant
Some great items that I would love to try
Dinosaur themed! That’s amazing!
we have soap nuts and we also have a bar washing up soap for the disches as well as some scrubbies dish clothes – like you we are working hard to go eco friendly and green as much as possible in the kitchen.
We used some soap nuts as well to make like cleaning spray for the kitchen surfaces which worked out really well
That’s a good idea!
We are making small steps to reducing our plastic consumption so this would be great
So great to see products like these being promoted!
Useful and practical prize and good choice of designs
I’d love all of these items 8n my kitchen. They are beaut as well as extremely practical.
Great!
I feel like any insult can be enhanced by adding absolute as a prefix e.g. you absolute eco-friendly dish sponge.
Thank you for introducing me to EarthBits – sounds like a fantastic company. Great blog!
Products sound great
Interesting Products!
Would love these! I feel so bad throwing away sponges when they get grubby.
What an amazing set of equipment! Perfect to save the planet and do our bit whilst cleaning
I try to always buy eco friendly products love them
Loving these products
I’d choose the cactus design if I one. I would really like to try these.
Good to go plastic free
Lovely idea.
I do love a practical giveaway
I’ve had a coconut scrubber before and loved it, I didn’t know there was such a range available.
I love that there are so many eco friendly options now
Loving these eco friendly ideas !!
Love eco friendly products 🙂
Cool Love the giveaway.
Love the eco products, great giveaway
I love using things that are reuseable and eco friendly
Look like great products to help reduce the use of single use plastics.
great giveaway I’m trying to do my bit with using less plastic and just being aware of waste in our house
Thank you for the chance to win useful, practical prizes.
These items would be a graet help to go plastic free!
Thanks for the great prize and competition. Good luck everyone.
Great prizes, I’d love to win. Thanks for the competition.
I had not heard of this company before but the products look really interesting! Thanks!
This is a fantastic prize
My grandkids keep me informed about eco issues, that they learn about at school. I think the kids would approve of these on Grannys bench x
Some great ideas there to help remove plastic.
Particularly like the sound of the kitchen sponges – I’m constantly on the look out for a decent alternative!
Never heard of this company before, their products look great!
These look a really good idea
The one with clouds on looks amazing. Not just boring with one cloud design it has many different clouds.
These look great, I would love to try these
I love the coconut bristle brushes! I’ve been wanting to try the soap nuts too!!
Would be nice to try these
These look great, I love the whole ethos behind it too.
These sound fantastic! I love the cactus design.
Great prize, we have been talking to our daughter about recycling this week.
I explained to her my Dad (her Grandad) spent years working in a factory making recycled egg boxes.
I love looking for more eco friendly things to try, this looks great x
never heard of the soap nuts before would love to try
Wow I love the cactus design
Great ideas, I love the designs as well!
I love the ethics behind this company! We are always looking for was to become more ecologically friendly as a family and I firmly believe that even the smallest change is a move in the right direction.
These are such lovely products and helping us to recycle and save the planet.
These products are BRILLIANT
My little boy would definitely want the dinosaur
I love the look of these
I have been looking at ways to go eco friendly. I never knew about things like this.
Great giveaway x
They sound like a great eco friendly idea, I like the different designs
Just the kind of items I need
Really nice and practical prize
I’m so fascinated by soap nuts – Keen to hear how you get on with them.