In Bali, bringing your own container to the market has never been a trend. It has simply been the way things work. Long before “zero waste” became a hashtag, Balinese families carried woven baskets and glass jars to buy cooking oil, temple offerings, and herbal preparations. The container was part of the exchange, not an…

Here is a number the beauty industry would rather you did not think about: 120 billion units of packaging produced every year. Most of it plastic. Most of it used once, rinsed, and sent to landfill or ocean. Your bathroom shelf tells the same story. Count the bottles. Count the pumps, the caps, the shrink-wrap…