Plastic Free July: Brands to Add to Your Cart

Microplastics have quietly become part of everyday life. They're in our coffee, our tea bags, our clothes, our lunch — and increasingly, in us. Studies have found microplastics in human blood, lungs and even placentas, and it's getting harder to buy anything that hasn't been touched by plastic somewhere along the way.

Plastic Free July is a global movement that invites people and businesses to spend a month being a bit more intentional about the plastic in their lives. It's not about being perfect. It's about noticing where plastic hides and swapping in better options where you can — for your health, and for the planet.

If you're thinking about how to bring that mindset into your office, we've pulled together a few brands on Taly making genuinely thoughtful, plastic-free alternatives to everyday essentials. Start with one. Start with all of them. Either way, you're moving in the right direction.

🩸 Mooncup — plastic-free period care

The average person uses around 11,000 period products in their lifetime, and mainstream pads can be up to 95% plastic. Mooncup is rewriting that story with organic cotton tampons, plastic-free pads and the original silicone menstrual cup — all with full ingredient transparency and no synthetic fragrances, dyes or petroleum plastics.

They're also part of a growing conversation about bringing period care into the workplace as a standard, not a perk. We recently sat down with Lydia Borwell at Mooncup to talk about what that looks like in practice.

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🐼 Cheeky Panda — bamboo bathroom essentials

Cheeky Panda swaps out one of the most quietly wasteful categories in any office — bathroom paper products — with a plastic-free, bamboo-based alternative. Their toilet paper, hand towels and tissues are soft, sustainable and free from the plastic wrapping that comes with most mainstream brands. Bamboo grows up to 30 times faster than trees, making it one of the most renewable materials on the planet.

An easy swap that your office bathroom (and the planet) will thank you for.

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🌳 Serious Tissues — tissues that plant trees

Serious Tissues makes plastic-free facial tissues with a serious mission: every box sold plants a tree. Their tissues come in 100% recyclable packaging with no plastic film, no plastic window, and no compromise on softness. A small change to the tissue box on every desk that adds up to real impact across an office.

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🍬 Nuud — plastic-free chewing gum

Here's one most people don't realise: conventional chewing gum is made from plastic. That gum stuck to the pavement outside? It's essentially a tiny piece of synthetic polymer that will never fully break down. Nuud makes gum from a natural, biodegradable base — same satisfying chew, none of the plastic pollution. A small pack in the office snack drawer is an easy switch with a surprisingly big story behind it.

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While you're at it: rethink your drinks

Cans and glass are infinitely recyclable. Plastic bottles, for the most part, are not. If you're stocking the office fridge this July, look for drinks in aluminium or glass rather than plastic.

A couple we love on Taly:

Flawsome! — juices made from wonky, surplus fruit that would otherwise go to waste, all in glass bottles. Good for the planet twice over.

La Fermière — French yoghurts in beautiful reusable glass pots that your team will actually want to keep. (They make excellent plant pots and pen holders once the yoghurt's gone.)

Nolo — a rich and flavorful decaf unlike any you've had before, in an aluminum can!

Plastic Free July isn't about doing everything at once. It's about starting somewhere. Pick one swap, stock it in your office, and see how it goes. Small changes, made across a whole team, add up faster than you'd think.

Explore the full range of sustainable brands on Taly and build an office that reflects what your business actually stands for.

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