3 Eco-Friendly Neighborhood Shops for You

Who said being eco-friendly was an absent trait in the local level? Dozens of shops and stores advocating sustainability and zero-waste living are scattered across Cebu! If you are looking to switch to a lifestyle that is less detrimental to the environment and more practical in the long run, here are three shops to get you started:

AMUMA Cebu

This local shop’s concept revolves around its name, “amuma” － a bisaya word meaning “to nurture.” AMUMA Cebu offers alternatives to frequently used items that are typically disposable and detrimental to nature.

They sell washable and foldable menstrual products such as their locally-created cotton pantyliners with a 2-layered flannel core. They also offer regular and overnight bamboo charcoal pads with a 3-layer microfiber core and PUL waterproof back, these coming in varying colors, lengths, and prints for your choosing. Apart from that, the shop also provides sinaya menstrual cups with pouch.

AMUMA Cebu sells other sustainable wares such as the distinguishable foldable pocket cutlery set and their washable facial rounds in lieu of cotton balls generally used for applying toner and removing makeup.

Cebu Eco Fix

Found in Mango Avenue at the FunGo Food Bazaar, Cebu Eco Fix brands themselves as eco-warriors with a low-waste mindset and a goal of circular economy.

The shop fixes you up with a number of eco-friendly utensils and tableware.

For one, it supplies cups and lunchboxes with a handy collapsible feature that helps you save space when packing. These innovative items makes it so that it is sustainable, zero waste, and convenient for both you, and the environment.

The shop also provides washable and biodegradable organic beeswax wraps as an alternative to plastic wrap for food; these wraps are made with organic cotton, joojoba oil, and tree resin. The wraps are sold in sets and come in a multitude of design and sizes.

Other products sold include bamboo toothbrushes with boar hair bristles and bamboo and colored metal straws.

Chin’s Vegan Products

This local store is notable for making your health and beauty item the environment’s health and beauty item. Based in Tipolo, Mandaue City, Chin’s Vegan Products is known for sustainable products such as organic soap and shampoo bars, zero waste toothpaste and body scrubs, and virgin organic avocado oil.

Chin’s soap and shampoo bars come in a plethora of variants, from a snowflake-shaped matcha anti-oxidant soap to a slab of seaweed aloe vera tea tree shampoo bar. All these variants have uniting traits: they are all vegan, cruelty-free, made from fresh handpicked herbs, and with no synthetic scents and colors. As the shop markets, “All natural from the garden to your shower!”

More than that, Chin’s vegan and organic herbal toothpowder sits with no chemicals and with no salty aftertaste. Their virgin organic avocado oil is pure and unrefined as well and is good for your skin, face, nails, and hair.