Who doesn’t love spoiling their shaggy best companion? With all of the handsome neckties, adorable outfits, charming leashes, and yummy treats on the market today, we seem to have endless options when it comes to products for our pets. Be that as it may, if we don’t watch out, all of those items and assets could make our four-legged pals’ carbon “pawprint” a problem.
In any case, with the right shopping philosophy (like buying things to last), item research, and a commitment to diminish waste, we can help limit our pets’ impact on the environment. To celebrate Earth Day, we’ve highlighted some standout brands that are making sustainability for pet guardians a little piece more straightforward, and in turn, making the planet a superior place we can appreciate with our animals for years to come.
1. Awoo
Baffled with a lack of everyday pet items that fit their lifestyles, individual styles, and sustainability standards, Awoo organizers Mallory MacDonald and Francine Evans concluded they could evolve the last generation of pet frill with a holistic, full-cycle approach by focusing on quality, ethicality, and sustainability, rather than flooding the market with the item. “We don’t at any point launch an item to have more products out there. We launch an item since we believe it fills a need,” MacDonald tells Daily Paws.
2. Earthbath
The gentle, botanical aromas of Earthbath grooming products are enough to stand out (green tea, lavender, mango, eucalyptus), yet we ensure that you’ll also fall in love with the formulas themselves — plant-determined and coconut-based cleansers, essential oils, and natural ingredients. Their formulas are concentrated to involve less water in the manufacturing system, they utilize recyclable packaging, and are committed to reducing their carbon footprint and landfill impact.
3. The Foggy Dog
The Foggy Dog makes beautiful, modern dog bandanas, collars, leashes, toys, and beds with the millennial pet parent in mind. The dog beds and toys are stuffed with 100% recycled fiber turned from plastic bottles, and they work to minimize waste by using recycled materials, reused texture scraps, and natural textures when possible. Far superior? With each purchase, they donate half a pound of food to shelters across the U.S.
4. Harry Barker
Luxury meets sustainability in Harry Barker — an eco-friendly pet lifestyle, home, and frill brand, whose fans include Sandra Bullock and Gisele Bündchen. The brand offers signature leashes, collars, beds, bins, and toys with a classic yet whimsical aesthetic. However, at the center of the brand is their commitment to pets and the planet. Intended to last and ultimately make less waste, their products include high-quality, earth-friendly textures, without azo colors, eco-fleece, and “green” bed inserts made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastics. The brand also carries biodegradable crap packs, which fit most containers and make for a simple method for helping the planet.
5. House Dogge
If you’re profound into the current athleisure patterns or on the other hand on the off chance that you simply need matching hoodies for you and your pooch, House Dogge — a Black-owned, woman-owned small business — is a brand worth checking out. Former Nike originator Angela Medlin has not just made an aesthetic that’s truly special to the pet industry, but she has done it sustainably. The brand not only proposes eco-friendly, biodegradable, sans chemical textures and materials to be sustainable, but they make it a stride further by using small-batch production.