ZERO WASTE BEAUTY

Overconsuming of the planet’s recourses together with the amount of waste produced is having a harmful impact. More and more companies see this and find strategies to eleminate waste across their supply chains to minimize their footprint.

What is zero waste beauty?

The future of the beauty industry involves a greater focus on sustainability for packaging and for ingredients.

Zero waste means that we aim to send no waste at all to a landfill, an incinerator or into our oceans. The need for zero waste is necessary to help prevent pollution and to minimse the waste footprint.

Everyone wants a clean and healthy planet. Now, but in particular for our future generation. It all start by our selves; how do we recycle at home, how do we travel, how much and what certain products are we buying, just to name a few points to consider.

But what about zero waste ingredients?

The food  and juice industry creates waste in the form of excess pulp and seeds removed from fruits and vegetables because apparently there is a huge demand for seed-less and pulp-less juices and jams. Some of this waste has been utilised as natural fertiliser, but unfortunately the majority of all was left to waste.

Luckily more and more oil producers have started using waste ingredients into waste oils which is a great form of environmental sustainability. Those oils are pressed from plant-based lefovers like fruit and vegetable seeds, which are nutrient-rich and have powerful benefits for your skin. 

Which oils are zero waste oils?

Well, hopefully there’re coming more and more oils on the market. See below the list of zero waste oils we’re using in our products.

1. Apricot kernel oil
2. Blackberry seed oil
3. Blueberry seed oil
4. Cucumber seed oil
5. Pomegranate seed oil
6. Raspberry seed oil
7. Strawberry seed oil

If you would like to know how you can incorporate a zero waste liftestyle into your life, we’ll having some tips for you to start with. 

You can go to the market when buying groceries, because lots of products there doesn’t have a pacakging. So you can bring your own bag and packaging.

When you grab a coffee or smoothie on your way to work, you can just bring your own beker. The same for take-away food, more and more companies are happy when you bring your own food container for your salad, bowl, curry or even pizza. 

You also can save food by per example using the app “Too Good To Go”  or “NoFoodWasted” and prevent that the food ends into a waste bin.

You can separate your waste (glass, paper, food etc) so the waste processing companies can do a better job to reclycle.

You can try to avoid plastic and aluminium cups when drinking coffee, just make coffee with fresh coffee beans. The same when drinking tea, make your own tea blend with dried tea leaves and a sive instead of teabags that often contain microplastics.

Of course you can do way more, but we don't want to overwhelm you.

At LIV we don’t comprimise, we care about you and the world around us and want to share our knowledge so you can make a better choice.