It was my mum's birthday the other day, so I bought her a bamboo tooth brush some lovely soap and a solid shampoo all wrapped up in a Lush Knot wrap.
https://uk.lush.com/products/knot-wraps
She was very pleased but asked how on earth they make such silky beautiful fabric from 2 plastic bottles. To be fair I hadn't a clue. We had a look on You tube and this is what we found:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyF9MxlcItw
Fascinating. What I found challenging though is that the bottles we use travel all the way back to China and then the products come all the way back to the U.K. The Lush Knot-wraps have 'Made in China' on them.
In this age of recycling it is a consumers market and the idea of buying something made from bottles, in the West, makes us feel like we are doing good. However, really we should be buying less plastic including items made from plastic. I'm guessing the lovely fabrics made from plastic bottles also become pollutants in the end...
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