Episode 96: The Not-So-Clean Business of Soap (with Melissa of Vellum St. Soap Company)

It's the first episode of NOTHING IS DISPOSABLE month (aka September), and Melissa of Vellum St. Soap Company is here to educate us about soap (and so much more). We talk about skin care, packaging waste and fragrances...but we also muse about throwaway culture, food waste, and so much more. And Amanda discusses the fallacy that beauty/personal care products are disposable.
Find Melissa on IG: @vellumstsoapcompany

Extra Credit Reading list:

"1 Pound of Essential Oil = 250 Pounds of Lavender," Earth Island Journal.
"How Essential Oils Became the Cure for Our Age of Anxiety," Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker.
"Unseen 2019: The ugly side of beauty waste," Vasudha Rai, Mint.
"The beauty industry generates a lot of plastic waste. Can it change?" Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic.
"Monkeys still forced to pick coconuts in Thailand despite controversy," Rachel Fobar, National Geographic.
Impacts of Palm Oil, WWF.

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