Microplastics and beach cleanups

Microplastics is a collective term for plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters. However, most microplastics are less than 1 millimeter in size. In the marine environment, microplastics can, for example, be fragments of larger pieces of litter or consist of microplastic pellets used as a raw material in the plastics industry.

In any case, picking up and eliminating this problem is important and demanding work. On your own, you cannot do very much, but when a group comes together, you can make a significant difference in a short time.

Our family is part of a group called Oceans 4 Life. There are several organizations working to tackle the plastic problem, so if you would like to get involved and make a difference, search online and see whether there is an organization you can join.
On this day, we collected plastic and lots of microplastics. This beach had few larger plastic items but many, many small ones. Together, as you can see, we collected quite a lot of plastic. Another wonderful thing about initiatives like these is all the new friends you make and everything new you learn.

On this occasion, there were many dedicated and talented people from all over the world working together, and we actually had fun the entire time ;)

As the icing on the cake, we received a little lesson in appreciating and valuing the beauty around us through a SUP yoga session. It may sound a little crazy, but it was actually incredibly powerful and grounding to do yoga with the ocean as our foundation.

Thank you, Oceans4Life, and thank you, ocean—we're doing what we can to help you.

Our refill bottles are made from POP plastic—plastic collected from beaches and coastal areas to prevent it from ending up in the oceans. The plastic is then recycled into refill bottles. When you have finished with your refill, you recycle it as PET plastic, and it becomes a new bottle once again. Great, right?

Here you can see our soap sprays with POP refill bottles