5 Reasons you Need to try Vegan Dish Soaps.

The Irony of Traditional Dishwashing

It’s a quiet Sunday afternoon and zero-waste dish soap is the last thing on your mind. You’ve just enjoyed a perfectly-cooked dinner, complete with fresh pumpkin pie and homemade whipped cream. Yum. But now the meal is over, and you realize there’s something left to do: the dishes. 

Do you look forward to the satisfaction of turning a heap of used plates into a stack of sparkling dishes? Or do you jump to bribe whoever’s nearby to do the dirty work for you? 

However you feel about dishwashing, there’s a hidden irony in the process. While your dishes end up clean, you may be polluting the environment without realizing it. Two major downfalls of traditional liquid dish soap are potentially harmful ingredients and excess waste.

1. Harmful Ingredients

Most conventional dish soaps contain ingredients that are anything but squeaky-clean. Not all chemicals are bad — many are helpful.

But others can severely disrupt the balance of our ecosystem.

Some harmful chemicals are easy to spot, like sodium lauryl sulfate (commonly called SLS). Others may hide behind vague labels like “fragrance” or “surfactant.”

And when you’re washing up, these damaging ingredients find an easy path into waterways.

THE GOOD NEWS.

These habits run deep, so it’s easy to reach for these familiar cleaning tools. But it’s just as easy to make some small adjustments. You can be an instrument for change by being more conscious about your choices, even the basic ones.

With simple swaps for eco-friendly products like zero-waste dish soap, you can clean up your dishwashing routine in no time. The ripples of these seemingly inconsequential choices travel far beyond your kitchen sink — they have a huge positive impact on the planet and you.

Here’s why you need to try out zero-waste dish soap: 

3. You save money in the long run.

Have you ever bought a brand new bottle of dish soap only to find it mysteriously empty a few days later? Something about liquid soap makes it easy to use way too much. 

Natural, high-quality block soaps are often more expensive than their cheap liquid counterparts, but they make up for it by lasting much longer.

Our zero-waste dish block typically lasts a single person six months with normal use — or even longer if you only wash the dishes that don’t fit into the washer. 

You won’t need to buy soap as often, which means savings for you. As an extra perk, it also means you won’t be adding water to the bottom of a soap bottle at midnight, trying to squeeze out the last few suds to clean that ice cream bowl. (Don’t worry, we won’t tell. We like midnight ice cream, too.)

Think of this as a starting point — it starts with the everyday act of sudsing up your zero-waste dish soap block.

Next, you may be testing out a recycled cotton dishwashing cloth, a bamboo kitchen scrubber, or even a roll of unpaper towels.

Wherever your zero-waste adventure takes you, you’re headed toward a worthy goal.

Don’t wait to start the journey.

Your journey can begin as soon as you decide to take the first step.

This week, have a closer look at your dishwashing routine and choose one way to make it more environmentally friendly.

Our zero-waste dish soap is a great place to start. It’s affordable, easy to use, and safe for you and the planet.

While you’re waiting for it to arrive, there’s no need to wait on forming greener cleaning habits.

You could begin with something as small as using less water or waiting to start the dishwasher until it’s full. There’s no wrong way to start!

Next time you find yourself on a lazy Sunday afternoon, we hope you’ll look forward to eating the pumpkin pie and to doing the dishes afterward. Because when you choose eco-friendly practices like using zero-waste dish soap, you’re working toward a better future for everyone.

Check out our Zero Waste Kitchen Essentials.