Style Refilling your shampoo bottle instead of buying new one reduces plastic-use impact

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OVER the last couple of years, I have become even more conscious about the amount of bottles and sachets I dispose of as a result of using personal-care products.

We have seen the effect of global carbon dioxide emissions produced as byproduct of human activities like manufacturing and traveling on the planets. Our summers are harsher, our typhoons are more cruel, and our oceans and seas are choking. It’s just February and the noonday heat in the Philippines is as hot as if it was summer.

I don’t claim to be an expert on the environment and its degradation but I try to do what I can to reduce my own carbon footprint. Our household has been segregating garbage for over 15 years and prepandemic, our food waste went to a family that raises pigs. They would gather the food waste everyday to feed to their pigs. This stopped because we think the family went home to the province during the pandemic.

We have stopped using sachets because they are actually single-use plastics. I know that sachets are affordable and accessible to most Filipinos, so I have decided to exclude myself in this waste problem.

For context, the Philippines is way behind other countries in terms of sustainability in the beauty and personal-care industries. When we use the words sustainable, refillable and other buzzwords, we use it in the Philippine context. Many people still aren’t into sustainability.

Trying to live more sustainably is not a one-off action or a trend. It has to be done consciously and with purpose. It is not easy, particularly in the Philippines, where many people are still not into sustainability.

I have also tried to reuse bottles. For example, we have three washing stations in our home. No one is allowed to enter the house without washing up in the garden first. The bathroom sink downstairs is the second washing station and the kitchen sink is the third one. I know that this means we use a large amount of hand soap so what I do is to buy refill packs from Watsons and just refill the original bottles.

Refill packs, according to Watsons Philippines, are 40 percent cheaper than regular packs. They also produce 75 percent less plastic waste as compared to regular bottles. These refill packs are available in all Watsons stores and online via the Watsons App.

“According to the recent survey done by Nielsen, Watsons is at 73 percent awareness for sustainability.

We can all feel all it, the scorching heat. Visayas and Mindanao didn’t get to celebrate the holidays because of the typhoon. There is really a need for responsible and sustainable retailing,” said Patrick Yu, Watsons marketing manager.

To encourage its customers to do good by reusing dry and empty Naturals by Watsons bottles can be