Keep the Planet Clean While You Clean Yourself

Every year 300 million tons of plastic is created. 10% of that plastic is recycled, while the rest is left in landfills, streets, oceans, and nature to biodegrade on its own over the course of the next 500 years. I'm sure you can picture the warning of Wall-E becoming reality as 300 million tons of plastic are created, and it takes 500 years for just one to biodegrade completely.
Unfortunately, plastic has become an unavoidable part of life. Or has it? Well, Jonna Breitenhuber is challenging this concept. Breitenhuber, based out of Berlin, has designed a line of shower and soap products that are entirely plastic free. She began the design process in 2017, and has ultimately succeeded in creating the most innovative soap I have seen. This product is even more plastic free than Lush's product line, as every product is plastic free where Lush's are not. The bottle itself is made of a slow dissolving soap, and the inside is filled with the gel or shampoo which can be poured out and recovered after use.
Each product has a hole in the center so it can be hung if so desired, so the lack of stabilizing plastic is  not a problem. The products are completely made out of natural ingredients so they are 100% biodegradable. On top of that, the entirety of the product is usable, even the small leftover slivers or the whole bottle can be used as hand soap so nothing is wasted. The Soapbottles have a variety of smells and appearances to choose from as well! One of the most interesting aspects of the Soapbottles is that their appearance changes as you continue to use the soap. To top it all off, each bottle also comes in different sizes.
You may be thinking, "That's great, but I don't actually use that much plastic in my toiletries". In reality, the average person uses about 11 bottles of shower gel and 10 bottles of shampoo a year. And that's just one person! Imagine how many additional bottles are used by the hair salon in every strip mall. So, the bottle problem is much larger than you may imagine. Any small step that we can make a big difference to the Earth; this one, only a small difference to your life. As far as I can tell, the Green Product Award winning Soapbottle is not yet available for worldwide purchase, but innovative ideas like these are what pave the way for a cleaner future.