Scott Hampton, 15 July, 2026

There are a lot of problems in this world right now, and one of those is plastic pollution (and the associated microplastics and nanoplastics and by-products and leachants, yay). There is only so much that any one of us can do about this, so many of the evils in the world need political solutions and we have not yet started building guillotines. So we are doing what we can, here:

Our packaging policy

1. Use the smallest, lightest, and thinnest plastic container possible. We can't escape plastic in packaging (seriously) and even if we could somehow shift to glass, can you imagine how heavy things would be and how fragile and unsafe it would be if you drop it? So we don't use the "pretty" thick wall shiny containers that pretend to be glass. We don't use the hybrid plastics that have fancy properties. We don't use non-recyclable plastic.
2. Select the most recyclable plastics. Honestly only PET and HDPE/PE/PP are recycled. That whole triangle thing with numbers in it, get real: if the number is not a 1 or a 2 - and now in Europe at least 4 and 5 - the product will never be recycled in the real world. PET (1) is by far the most recycled plastic. Most water bottles are PET, for example, same reason. We use PET unless there is no alternative (most caps are PP, for example). 
3. Keep the shipping and display packaging to a minimum. Our direct shipping carton is an exact fit for one bottle of Skin Relief with a bit of shredded paper to fill space. Nothing wasted, no excess. This is also why we do not put our products into pretty boxes for the shelf - that's another waste stream created. Simple is better.
4. Use the safest plastic possible. We do not use recycled polymers. We would love to, but y'all aren't sorting your plastics for recycling, and it's very hard to find actually guaranteed post-consumer plastic that will not leach mystery chemicals - we've tried that many times and hope that in the next few years post-consumer PET is clean for use in food and beauty. 
5. Retail chains can have strange requirements. When they conflict with the above, we push back as hard as we can with our policy and objectives. If you are sick of having to peel those nasty plastic skins off your product before you can use it (or those metallic seals that need a knife to remove) those are examples. Safety seals to prevent tampering are a requirement, we do our best.