Did you know that Package Free is not my first company?
In 2014, I learned that there are over 85,000 industrial chemicals used in consumer products today, including known carcinogens like “Dichlorobenzene”, try saying that 3 times fast. The worst part? Most of them aren’t tested for safety before being released into the market.
During that time, I was well on my Zero Waste journey and it wasn’t possible to walk into a store and find products that were free of toxic chemicals and plastic, so I decided to make them myself – starting with laundry detergent.
The product was so effective and simple, when I posted about here, on Trash is for Tossers, people instantly wanted a product like it, but they didn’t want to make it themselves. So I launched a Kickstarter and in 48 hours we had quadrupled our goal and The Simply Co was born! I packed my friends and family into my kitchen and together we made our first 2000 jars by hand.
Why is The Simply Co? It’s a powerful, Organic, vegan, cruelty free, and plastic free laundry detergent.
The Simply Co. was not only my first company but also my first step in making healthy, sustainable products available to the masses and my inspiration for starting Package Free (learn more about that here!)
Psst. Curious about the rest of my sustainable laundry routine? Check it out here!
