Every choice we make — and every question we ask — sends a powerful message to brands and producers.
💬 Prefer refilling over single-use packaging?
🤔 Curious if packaging is actually recyclable?
📦 Noticing wasteful packaging with lots of empty space?
Speak up! Most packages include contact details of the brand or distributor. Use them, because change starts with asking the right questions. 💪🌍
📩 Download our ready-to-use templates below to ask brands for transparency and better packaging choices. Together, our collective consumer voice can push for real change — toward smarter, more sustainable packaging.
Want your favourite brand to step up? Ask them to expand their refill options and provide clear information on where to refill.
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Check out this page for a long list of companies that offer reusable products : Living Landscape Reusable Solutions Database
Do you have questions about recyclability of a packaging ?
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📦 Noticing Too Much Empty Space in Packaging?
Ever opened a product and found way more packaging than product? You’re not alone. This empty space can be either functional or non-functional.
✅ Functional empty space serves a legitimate purpose, such as:
- Protecting the contents from damage
- Allowing the packaging to serve a practical function
- Being necessary for the packaging machinery to seal the product
- Accounting for natural settling of the product during transport
- Containing a reusable or collectible container (e.g., jars, tins) that adds value or is intended for display or gifting
- Being the smallest possible packaging based on current fill capacity
All of these purposes should be carefully evaluated to ensure they are genuine and necessary.
❌ Non-functional empty space serves no reasonable purpose — and may mislead consumers by making products look bigger or fuller than they actually are.
Let’s call for transparency and smarter, waste-free packaging!
🧐 It’s okay to question empty space inside packaging. In fact, it’s smart.
Let’s hold brands accountable for wasteful and deceptive packaging practices.
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🇫🇷 Demande d’informations sur l’espace vide dans l’emballage
Microbeads
A call for consumer participation by the Plastic Soup Foundation DARE TO CARE – Send a message to your brand asking producers to stop using microplastics in cosmetics. Find your favourite brand below and send them the message with one click.
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