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Our Co-Founder Caitlin has baby on the way, she reflects on lessons from her Mum and community to share her tips for living a lower waste life with a baby.

We started Better Basics, to eliminate single-use plastic waste. Plastic is an everyday problem that we knew everyone faced - as we started to pay attention to the amount of plastic a single home produced, we were overwhelmed with how much just kept coming day after day. We thought if we could create a line of products that was more sustainable and designed to make it convenient and easy to make simple plastic-free swaps, then making the switch would be a no-brainer.  Our philosophy on eliminating single-use plastic and reducing your environmental impact is simple and comes down to three principles: 1. Reuse - Focus on purchasing high quality products made out of durable materials that are designed to be...

Join us! For the next 21 days we are challenging ourselves to make a better choice every day leading up to Earth Day on April 22.⁠

Help us reach our goal of raising $1000 for the Environmental Youth Alliance. All April we are donating $5 with the sale of our Simple Swap Kit.  Find out more about our progress and EYA's incredible youth programs.

Our founders Samantha Rayner and Caitlin Rushton, chatted with Vita Daily about their mission to make going plastic-free easy as one, two, three.