Pillars: L — Longevity and E — Environmentalism · ← All Protocols
About this protocol
This protocol covers cutting down on plastic in everyday items: the kitchen, the bathroom, bedding, and cleaning products. Plastic containers, packaging, and synthetic fabrics such as polyester can shed tiny plastic particles called microplastics.
The swaps below replace plastic with paper, stainless steel, silicone, bamboo, or cotton where practical. This protocol fits both the Longevity and Environmentalism pillars: less plastic at home and less plastic waste.
I’m a layperson, not a doctor, financial advisor, or lawyer. Nothing here is advice. Do your own research and talk to a professional about your own situation.
Products & Services I Use
Blueland
What it is: Cleaning and personal-care products sold as tablets you dissolve in water at home, in refillable containers.
Why I use it: This goes along with both the L and E pillars of the Singularity Lifestyle. Blueland ships these products in tiny paper bags, which reduces plastic waste and microplastic exposure. I enjoy their dishwasher soap tablets especially. It makes me happy to reduce plastic in my home environment.
Who Gives a Crap Toilet Paper
What it is: Toilet paper made from recycled paper or bamboo, shipped without plastic packaging; the company donates part of its profits to sanitation projects.
Why I use it: Who Gives a Crap Toilet Paper is actually cheaper than normal toilet paper when you purchase it in bulk, but is BPA free, While I doubt that this is a significant source of microplastic exposure, I decided that if it is BPA free and cheaper that it is a no brainer. It also has neat designs on the outside packaging and is somewhat humorous, which I enjoy. I have found it to be very high quality toilet paper.
Vitamix Stainless Steel Blender
What it is: A high-power blender used with a stainless steel container instead of a plastic one.
Why I use it: The Vitamix Stainless Steel blender is another way that I reduce microplastic exposure.
Bamboo Bed Sheets
What it is: Bed sheets made from bamboo-derived fabric.
Why I use it: Bedsheets are a source of microplastic exposure I did not think about for a while. Comforters and sheets can shed microplastics that are breathed in throughout the night. Microplastics are also shed into the environment when they are washed in the laundry. I have chosen to reduce my exposure by using bamboo sheets and a bamboo comforter.
Sources: Hernandez, Nowack & Mitrano, 2017; De Falco et al., 2020; indoor air study of 30 UK homes, 2024.
Silicone Body Scrubber
What it is: A reusable silicone scrubber used in place of a plastic loofah or sponge.
Why I use it: Loofahs are another source of microplastic exposure that people may miss. I have found this silicone body scrubber to be effective alongside a liquid body soap. Silicone, while technically a polymer, doesn’t break down like polyester does.
Stainless Steel Containers
What it is: Stainless steel food storage containers.
Why I use it: I found some studies showing that microplastics in packaging can leak, or “off gas”, over time. Inspired by Bryan Johnson, I have regularly been putting powders and various foods into these round airtight containers. I have noticed that I must latch the clasp down close to the lid or else these containers do not pass the water test of airtightness.
Sources: Hussain et al., Environmental Science & Technology, 2023: some plastic containers released millions of microplastic and billions of nanoplastic particles per square centimeter when microwaved; Qian et al., PNAS, 2024: about 240,000 plastic particles per liter of bottled water.
Cotton Towels (Quince)
What it is: Cotton bath towels from the retailer Quince.
Why I use it: I found these towels off of Quince and have found them to be of great quality. They are STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX certified, (tested to be free of harmful toxins). This reduces microplastic exposure in comparison to towels with polyester.
Sources: Quince Classic Organic towel listing, OEKO-TEX certificate 21.HTR.68745, checked Oct 30, 2026.
