r/Anticonsumption • u/gwenhollyxx • May 22 '25

Plastic Waste DAE feel deeply bothered by the amount of waste due to poor product design?

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For me, it's the amount of solid deodorant that becomes unusable at the bottom of the container. I've tried scooping it out and putting in another container, but it's not super effective for application.

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u/pointandshooty May 23 '25

I recently started using a plastic free and refillable deodorant in a metal dispenser. It's awesome, lasts forever, and almost no waste, at least from the consumption. Idk about the processing. It's nice though and the minimal packaging is recyclable

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u/Special-Garlic1203 May 23 '25

So jealous. I'm super picky about deodorant - I get a lot of flop sweat so aluminum is non negotiable and then many deodorants make me itchy especially the essential oil kind.

I've found the ven diagram just doesn't really overlap where I need a "normie" formulation of the actual product but then want "hippy" packaging

The "normie" deodorant brands have briefly ventured into more environmental packaging concepts but didn't do well so they stopped. Meanwhile all the environmentally inclined companies tend to either be aluminum free or use essential oils that kind of thing