By now you’ve likely heard that bar soap is the greener choice washing options – it requires less packaging, people use less, there is no container to dispose of at the end, and it’s formulated with less harsh ingredients.
Did you know that liquid soap bottles account for over 2 millions pounds of plastic in our landfills annually and this product didn’t even exist until the 1980’s!
A small amount of bacteria can live on the soap and there’s the icky mess – so I don’t know about you – but this has stopped me from embracing the bar. Now, I have the answer!
Take your lovely bar of soap and a potato peeler, to create individual sized pieces of soap and set them in a lovely dish. Be sure to take your individual sized piece before wetting your hands.
You can enjoy the benefits of the bar without the gooey mess. You’ll also likely to wash longer as you wait scrub using your own little soap strip.
If you can’t break away from the liquid – find a green brand and buy the gallon size to refill your small containers. I’ve sometimes found the gallon sized method at Costco and Pangea Organics also makes a large bottle but you’ll need to order it.
So make the switch – save some money and be kinder to the environment.
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Love this idea. Still worried that the little one will try to use every piece at once!
They do like to play around the sink – that’s for sure. It’s not too different from keeping them from pumping an entire bottle of soap in a day.
There is no doubt the soap “bits” last much longer than a bottle of liquid soap and it’s much less mucky than the whole bar.
My issue has been with the size of the strips… it seems to take a bit to get it “going” if you will – which tests my patience. However, we really are supposed to wash our hands for long enough to suds up.
I’m thinking of running a bar through my food processor to get more of a shredded soap… I’ll report back.