S04 Episode 192 | BY HUMANKIND + REDUCING SINGLE-USE PLASTIC WASTE IN OUR PERSONAL CARE ROUTINES

<p class=""><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/99761/ConsciousChatter-ByHumankind-libsyn.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></p> <p class="">In episode 192, Kestrel welcomes Brian Bushell, the cofounder of By Humankind, to the show. A personal care brand, <a href="https://byhumankind.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">By Humankind’s</a> products are designed to reduce single-use plastic waste from your daily routine.</p> <h2>“We really wanted to be able to make an impact — we wanted to allow our customers to truly reduce their own single-use plastic waste function just by going through their morning routine.”<br /> -Brian Bushell, Cofounder of By Humankind</h2> <p class="">On this week’s show, Brian shares more on how a scuba diving trip initially inspired him to look further into the global issues surrounding single-use plastic waste.</p> <p class="">When he discovered that one third of all plastic waste in landfills comes from a personal care product, he saw a need to build a personal care brand that not only cared about creating clean formulas, but also clean containers.</p> <p class="">Brian explains how he started with one idea — to make a natural deodorant — and worked with a chemist to see if he could build a good product. After working on this for six months, and realizing that they could make it happen, he sought out a cofounder and started building By Humankind.</p> <p class="">The below thoughts, ideas + organizations were brought up in this chat:</p> <ul> <li> <p class="">1/3 of all plastic in landfills is from personal care products</p> </li> <li> <p class="">“We’re about 13 months in, and we’ve already figured out that our community has eliminated 11,000 pounds of single-use plastic waste from going into the environment.”</p> </li> <li> <p class=""><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B9y6rkBJf84/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Slow Factory’s post</a> about reduction of emissions over China since COVID-19</p> </li> <li> <p class="">Aja Barber’s Instagram post <a href= "https://