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🏡 Is Plastic Hiding in Your Home? Start Living Without It Today
- Palmtree UK Team
- Jun 23
- 2 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
If you're the mum, wife, or main home-carer, you already juggle enough. But did you know microplastics are lurking in terms of dust, food, water—even the air you breathe indoors? Shocking as it sounds, tiny plastic fragments are invading our lives—and our health.
📊 Key facts:
One study found indoor air to contain between 1–60 microfibres/m³, similar to outdoor levels—and homes can have up to 45× more microplastics in dust than outside .
Each washing machine cycle may release up to 800,000 microplastic fibres into wastewater .
These microplastics are so invasive, birds have been found with them in their lungs—raising concern for human exposure .
🌿 5 Practical Swaps for a Healthier Home
You don’t need to overhaul everything—just small, sustainable swaps can quickly reduce your plastic footprint.
1. Reusable Bottles & Filter Jugs
With UK-ers using 7.7 billion plastic bottles annually, you can ditch bottled water with a filter jug and stainless steel bottles instead.
2. Glass or Silicone Food Storage
Endless plastic wrap and cling film? Replace them with glass jars, silicone lids, or beeswax wraps for zero-waste freshness.
3. Natural-Fibre Laundry
Swap synthetics for cotton or linen. Use full loads on shorter, colder cycles—and consider a Guppyfriend bag to trap microfibres .
4. Bar Soaps & Refillable Toiletries
Your bathroom is a plastic hotspot. Say goodbye to bottled sanitiser—Palmtree Hygiene foaming hand sanitiser uses sustainable palm-sap ethanol, vegan-friendly, gentle on skin, and scientifically proven to kill germs.
Plus, simplify further with shampoo bars and refillable deodorants.
5. Bamboo or Stainless Kitchen Tools
Tea bags, plastic cutlery, sponges—they shed plastics. Choose loose-leaf tea, bamboo toothbrushes, stainless cutlery, compostable cloths.
✅ Real Tips for Real Life
These changes aren’t about being perfect—they’re about progress. Pick one swap at a time, slowly overhaul high-plastic areas, and watch waste reduce.
👉 Dive deeper at Palmtree Hygiene—discover our planet-friendly sanitiser made from palm-sap ethanol that cares for skin as much as your family’s wellbeing.
🚀 Ready to Go Plastic Free?
Make this week your starting point. Whether it’s glass jars, bamboo tools, or swapping to Palmtree, each change counts—towards a cleaner home, healthier life, and greener planet.
Go Plastic Free—because your home deserves it.
🔑 Key Sources
Indoor microplastics in homes and air versus outdoors reddit.com+15hyms.ac.uk+15link.springer.com+15
Washing machine releases up to 800,000 microfibres per cycle reddit.com+15ncl.ac.uk+15reddit.com+15
Microplastics found in bird lungs, hinting at airborne spread theguardian.com+11theguardian.com+11houstonchronicle.com+11
7.7 billion plastic bottles used annually in the UK theguardian.com
Laundry tips to reduce microfibre shedding theconversation.com
