9 Best Reusable Products For Everyday Eco-Convenience

Leaf Shave

Leaf Shave’s Reusable Bathroom Products

Price Range: $39–$84

With the EPA estimating that those candy-colored plastic disposable razors sold at drugstores take 1000 years to decompose, we’re all for embracing reusable everyday items like razors.

Today things are coming around full circle, because when it comes to the best disposable razor replacement, modern reusable solutions are in fact the tried and true designs of bygone days. Take a leaf out of Leaf Shave’s book, who create bespoke reusable razors that are anything but antiquated.

Leaf’s one-of-a-kind triple blade razor is the perfect reusable alternative to disposable razors like the Gillette Venus, and it provides a smooth, plastic-free shave of ease and comfort. This pivoting head razor uses three stainless steel blades that you can recycle locally or mail-in through Leaf’s own blade recycling service.

We own one and, after years of dedicated safety razor use, found this to be the best women’s reusable razor we’ve tried, since the pivoting head is extra gentle and capable of reaching those tricky nooks and crannies.

If you prefer a sturdy shave with a fixed head, Leaf also offers a stylish one of those. Try any of the two Single Edge Razors, The Twig and The Thorn with a small razor head they’re loved most by face shavers.

Both designs are sold in Prism, Gold, Rose Gold, Black, Chrome, Silver, and Mercury, with a sizable handle to optimize grip and control.

About Leaf Shave

“Plastic-free shaving made easy” is their motto, and Leaf Shave has prevented three million-plus plastic disposable razors from hitting landfills. The Climate Neutral certified company also offset their carbon footprint, support climate action non-profit work, and ship plastic-free.

SuperBee

SuperBee’s Reusable Home Products

Price Range: $50

SuperBee ensures your clothes are super beaming clean thanks to their Hexawash organic, zero waste laundry detergent substitute that lasts for more than 300 washes. Simply throw the “miraculous little pouch” sewn from GOTS-certified organic cotton into your washing machine with dirty laundry on a normal wash cycle.

While the cost up-front might sound like a lot for laundry detergent, there’s sure to be some cost savings at the end of its three (ish) year lifespan.

100% organic, hypoallergenic, vegan and cruelty free, this plastic free, silicone free, and 100% home compostable detergent uses magnesium instead of chemicals to clean your clothes.

When the magnesium reacts with water, it creates hydrogen gas and magnesium hydroxide, or an alkaline solution of around pH 10.5. Negative hydroxide ions lessen the surface tension of the water, which makes it easier for oils and dirt to break down and get washed away. If it sounds too good to be true, rest assured that we’ve tested this gizmo and can confirm our clothes come out smelling and looking fresh and clean—with absolutely zero toxins.

At its end-of-life, simply reuse the miracle laundry pouch as fertilizer in your garden and compost the fabric.

About SuperBee

Based in Northern Thailand, SuperBee is committed to ethical business practices and sustainability, by using only organic and ethically sourced ingredients in their plastic-free products—which includes beeswax wraps, toothpaste, and more.

Bee-yond that, SuperBee is also a socially enterprising Certified B Corp, empowering local communities in the region via employment opportunities and paying workers 20% more than the Fair Trade Association’s suggested living wage.

SuperBee also takes a keen interest in women’s empowerment, rural employment opportunities for women, advocating for labor laws in Thailand, and supporting local volunteer firefighters.

Who Gives A Crap

Who Gives a Crap’s Reusable Cleaning Products

Price Range: $12 for 3

“One part sponge, one part cloth and three parts marvelous”, Who Gives a Crap’s Dream Cloths are reusable cellulose Sewdish dishcloths with a million and one uses: mopping spills, cleaning, dishes, and much more!

We can confirm they forever changed our zero waste kitchen. We love that these super absorbent and quick drying reusable paper towels come in funky patterns and are dishwasher AND machine washable. Plus they’re 100% compostable once they’re worn through.

While old t-shirts and clothes rags can do the job of a reusable kitchen towel, sometimes you need more powerful reusable stuff like WGAC’s super absorbent reusable towels for extra spillage.

About Who Gives a Crap

Australian brand Who Gives a Crap offers reusable and recycled paper products for a range of household needs that prevent deforestation. The Certified B Corp also fights to ensure everyone has access to clean water and toilet hygiene by donating a remarkable 50% of its profits to improve sanitation and build toilets in impoverished areas worldwide.

Everything is shipped via carbon-neutral shipping.

Stasher

Stasher’s Reusable Products To Reduce Waste

Price Range: $10

Tired of tossing plastic bags every day at lunch? Or packing your food in stained plastic containers?

Once you build up your stash with Stasher’s reusable bags, you won’t have to.

The brand invented the world’s first airtight non-plastic silicone reusable bags, and carries more than twenty different reusable silicone bags and food storage items that are durable, long-lasting, and safe for the freezer, microwave, dishwasher, and oven.

The silicone Stasher uses is made with 100% pure platinum-grade silicone (higher than food-grade silicone), so you’re getting some of the safest food storage free from lead, BPA, BPS, phthalates, and latex.

About Stasher

Stasher’s factory is SA8000-certified that makes their reusable silicone bags, to ensure an ethical supply chain. They also donates 1% to environmental initiatives globally, totaling more than $1.3 million thus far.

Since silicone isn’t biodegradable, the brand partners with TerraCycle to responsibly recycle damaged, worn, or unwanted silicone bags free of charge.

Blueland

Blueland’s Reusable Household Items

Price Range: $18 for 3

Blueland’s dryer balls will leave you feeling anything but blue about ditching dryer sheets thanks to their ability to reduce drying time (by at least an hour, in our personal experience), energy costs, and waste. Tossing in a set of reusable dryer balls improves warm airflow while the balls soak up excess water from your wet clothes.

They’re also a popular and reusable dryer sheet alternative because they help stop static cling and leave you with softer laundry. A set can replace over ONE THOUSAND plastic-based dryer sheets.

Blueland’s 3-pack of New Zealand wool dryer balls are 100% compostable at end-of-life and sustainably sourced to ensure sheep are well treated and farms never participate in harmful practices like mulesing.

About Blueland

Blueland believes “a cleaner planet starts at home,” which is why the brand offers a large variety of reusable products to reduce waste, namely refillable cleaning products, which are EWG Verified, USDA certified organic, Leaping Bunny certified, and EPA Safer Choice verified.

As a Certified B Corp conscious of their eco footprint, Blueland is Climate Neutral Certified, Cradle2Cradle Certified, prioritizes efficient energy and water usage, and is committed to worker safety and happiness.

All packaging is compostable and/or recyclable, and all shipped orders are 100% carbon offset.

Saalt

Saalt’s Reusable Hygiene Products

Price Range: $29–$55

Turned off by tampons that become part of 12 billion tons of annual period waste?

Saalt proves periods can be survived a better way, thanks to reusable items instead of plastic ones. Because who wants toxic petroleum-based products near their lady bits when Aunt Flo arrives for her monthly visit?

Saalt’s reusable menstrual cups and discs are made of medical-grade silicon, and are guaranteed to last more than a decade. Designed with a comfortable fit, these reusable period cups are good to go for twelve hours at a time, making your period a distant memory even if you’re riding a raging crimson wave.

We recommend the Saalt Soft Cup, which is their softest, most flexible and supple design yet.

About Saalt

Certified B Corp Saalt commits 2% of their yearly revenue to period care in regions with the most need, plus they help fund a variety of initiatives in menstrual health, education, and sustainability.

Founder Cherie was first inspired when she learned of her own family members struggling to access period care in Venezuela.

When she went to source menstrual cups and sustainable period underwear, but couldn’t find products that met her expectations, Cherie began to custom design products she truly wanted to use and share with family and friends.

To date, Saalt products have not only helped divert 12 million disposables from the landfill, but they’ve used over half a million plastic bottles to make products, of which Cherie has donated more than 65 thousand reusable period products to those in need.

GladRags

GladRags’ Reusable Menstrual Products

Price Range: $15–$25

What is a reusable product that stands to save you a bloody ton of money?

We don’t know the last time you checked prices in the menstrual hygiene aisle, but reusable menstrual pads stand to save you upwards of $150/year!

We may never be fully glad to be “on the rag” per se, but GladRags helps with their reusable menstrual products. Available as a pantyliner, thong pad, regular pad, and overnight pad, each 100% organic cotton pad features a three-part design for your favorite underwear that can accommodate their absorbent inserts according to your flow.

Plus, they’re guaranteed to last at least five years. Translation: literally thousands of disposables being saved from our landfills and hundreds of dollars saved in your bank account annually.

About GladRags

Reusable items to save money also save the environment while also being a healthier option—which is why Portland, Oregon-based GladRags has gladly provided reusable period products for more than thirty years. The independently woman-owned business makes everything by hand in-house in the USA, while everything is shipped worldwide in recycled, recyclable, and/or biodegradable packaging.

Thy put fabric scraps to good use through a recycling program and give back include regularly donating period supplies to those in need and various give-back campaigns.

etee

etee’s Reusable Kitchen Items

Price Range: $10–$119

Canadian sustainable living brand etee offers the best reusable kitchen items with their wide range of reusable beeswax wraps to replace plastic wrap, along with other waste-free food storage items like sandwich bags and waxed canvas lunch bags or reusable produce bags.

One of our personal favorite reusable products examples, every etee beeswax food wrap is made from organic cotton muslin that is dyed with low-impact dyes in a rainbow of bright colors.

The cotton is then coated in a natural concoction of certified organic beeswax, coniferous tree resin, soy wax, organic jojoba oil, and organic cinnamon and clove essential oils.

Our very own kitchen is stocked with their variety pack of wraps, which comes with three sizes of bold and cun colored wraps. For us, the small is excellent for wrapping halves of fruit, the medium is ideal for covering bowls, and the large size wraps sandwiches perfectly.

Since these wraps are so simple to use (in part thanks to a solid seal that keeps our snacks fresh all day) and simple to clean in cold water with a mild dish soap.

Pro tip: Avoid hot water since it may melt wax.

About etee

Beeswax wraps were etee’s very first product and today, they continue to innovate products for example by creating their own biodegradable refill pods of cleaning and skincare products. While these beeswax-based pods are not vegan, nothing is tested on animals, which extends to all their suppliers as well.

The brand bases itself out of Toronto, Canada where many of its items are handmade in a renewable energy powered lab and factory. Their packaging is entirely plastic-free down to their cellulose tape.

ZeroWasteStore.com

ZeroWasteStore.com’s Reusable Beauty Products

Price Range: $20 for 20

We like to save face and save the planet simultaneously—which is why reusable cotton rounds are hot on our reusable products list.

So if you’re wondering, “What are examples of reusable products for the bathroom?”, ZWS Essentials‘ 2-ply OEKO-TEX and GOTS-certified organic cotton flannel facial rounds has the answer. After trying this stack of rainbow hued reusable rounds ourselves, we agree they’re the best way to remove stubborn eye makeup, cleanse dirt and grime, and applying skincare products.

Simply hand-wash with warm water after each use, and toss in your washing machine once per week. Items can be tumble dried on low, but we prefer to lay ours flat to dry, since they don’t become any less soft after washing.

If you’re in need of added exfoliating power, ZWS Essentials’ 100% compostable loofah facial disks are a welcome addition to your reusable items collection for an extra scrub.

About ZeroWasteStore.com

ZWS Essentials is the in-house brand of a popular zero waste online store, which is the appropriately-titled ZeroWasteStore.com, who offer a solid selection ranging from kitchen goodies like reusable straws to shampoo bars, reusable grocery bags, and more, by both other brands and their own reusable sustainable products.

Along with being plastic-free and often compostable, everything is cruelty-free, palm oil-free, plastic-free, and mostly vegan. They’re also Climate Neutral and donate to a variety of environmental causes through their 1% For the Planet membership.