Baby/Wet Wipes

Nest Design's Organic Cotton Dry Baby Wipes (best), Rael Organic Cotton Body Wipes (second-best), Pipette Baby Wipes, Kudos Wet Wipes, or Kinder By Nature Water-Based Baby Wipes (third-best), make your own with paper towels/GOTS-certified wipe cloths, organic coconut oil, and Dr. Bronner's Baby Unscented Soap

Baking Paper/Liners

Baar Patapar Paper Cooking Parchment, if you care Baking Paper, Baking Sheets, Baking Cups, Paper Loaf Pans, and Paper Cake and Pie Pans, Gifbera Unbleached Parchment Paper, Katbite Unbleached Baking Parchment

Bandages and Band-Aids

Patch, For Earth By Us (FEBU)

Bug Spray/Insect Repellent

Ranger Ready's Picaridin Repellent Scent Zero, Zone Protects' Picaridin Unscented Insect Repellent

Candles

Avoid if possible, Happy Flame, Fontana Candle Company, Natural Sloth, some Meaningful Mantras and Pure Plant Home

Candy

Black Forest Organic Gummy Bears, Surf Sweets, YumEarth, Mast, Taza, etc.

Cleaning Spray

Meliora All-Purpose Home Cleaner

Clothing/Fabric

Look for GOTS-certified, Organic Basics, Q for Quinn, Felina, Pact, and Maggie's Organics are all examples

Conditioner

Carina Organics Unscented Daily Light or Deep Treatment Conditioners

Cookware

Stainless steel (304-grade (18/8 or 18/10), third-party tested, that pass California's Prop 65), cast iron

Dental Floss

Public Goods Floss, Smart Life Co's Unflavored and Mint Silk Flosses

Deodorant/Antiperspirant

Real Purity Roll-On Deodorant

Diaper Cream/Baby Powder

Dr. Bronner's Unscented Organic Magic Balm, Alteya Organics Shea Butter, organic coconut oil from a glass jar, avoid baby powder because inhaling particles is a concern

Diapers

Cloth-eez Workhorse Fitted Diaper - Snap Closure, Cloth-eez Workhorse Fitted Diaper - No Closure, Cloth-eez Prefold Diapers - Organic Natural Unbleached, Cloth-eez Doubler - Natural Unbleached, Disana Baby Wool Cover for Cloth Diapers, 100% Merino Wool, Reiff Overnight 100% Merino Wool Diaper Cover

Dishwasher Detergent

Earthley Unscented Dishwasher Detergent, MamaSuds Automatic Dishwasher Detergent

Dryer Sheets/Dryer Balls

Branch Basics Wool Dryer Balls

Furniture

Look for GREENGUARD Gold Certified, organic, unfinished/untreated wood, non-toxic finishes like Earthpaint's Special Linseed Oil Wood Finish, GREENGUARD Gold Certified, zero-VOC paint, GOTS-certified fabrics, no flame retardants, no plastic, no unspecified coatings, no polyurethane foam, no PFAS

Laundry Detergent

Unscented Earthley, Meliora, or Package Free Laundry Detergents

Lip Balm

Bee You Organics Unscented Organic Lip Balm

Makeup

Crunchi, 100% Pure

Makeup Removal

Dr. Bronner's Baby Unscented Soaps, Simple Ecology Reusable Organic Cotton Face Rounds or other GOTS-certified makeup remover pads

Mattresses

Naturepedic or Lifekind Latex-Free Options

Menstrual Products

The Period Company Organic Cotton Period Underwear/Reusable Pads, Wuka Organic Cotton Period Underwear/Reusable Pads, Natracare Tampons, Pads, and Panty Liners, Livlit Pads and Panty Liners

Moisturizer

Meow Meow Tweet's Skin Cream, Alteya Organics Shea Butter, Bee You Organics Unscented Organic Body Butter, Primally Pure Almond + Vanilla Body Butter, Dr. Bronner's Unscented Organic Magic Balm, Fat and the Moon's All Cream and Aloe Lotion, Vaseline's Original Healing Jelly

Napkins

Cloth, Grove Co., Eco Soul, Public Goods

Nursing Pillows

Holy Lamb Organics Certified Organic Nursing Pillow - Bo Peep, Blessed Nest Organic Nesting Pillow, EcoHealthLAB Organic Nursing Pillow / Spelt hull breastfeeding pillow, MINICAMP Nursing Pillows with Kapok Filling

Paper Towels

Cloths/rags, Rustic Strength, Eco Cheeks, or Betterway (best), Reel, Seek Bamboo, or Grove Co. (second-best)

Plastic

Glass, ceramic, stainless steel, wood, or bamboo

Plastic Containers

ECOlunchbox Stainless Steel Lunch Boxes, Pyrex

Razors

Public Goods, KITSCH, Zomchi, Zero Waste Store

Shampoo

Dr. Bronner's Baby Unscented Soaps + Dr. Bronner's Hair Rinse

Soap

Dr. Bronner's Baby Unscented Soaps

Soda

Fresh Fizz Sodas, Tractor, Daytrip, Wildwonder, Culture Pop, Whole Foods, Albertson's, and Sprouts organic sodas, Poppi and Olipop (worse because they contain stevia)

Stain Remover Sticks

Meliora, MamaSuds

Sugar Substitutes

Yacon syrup (best), monk fruit (second-best), stevia, xylitol, or erythritol (third-best)

Sunscreen

Badger Mineral Sunscreens

Tea

Bags: Traditional Medicinals (avoid aluminum staple ones), Choice Organics, steep by Bigelow, Hampstead Tea, instant: One Organics, loose leaf: certified organic made in a certified organic reusable tea bag or stainless steel, glass, or ceramic infuser

Tissues

Eco Cheeks or PlantPaper (best), Eco Soul or Grove Co. (second-best)

Toilet Paper

Rustic Strength, Eco Cheeks, Betterway, or PlantPaper (best), Reel, Seek Bamboo, or Grove Co. (second-best), bidet

Water Bottles

Ape2o, TreeTribe, Klean Kanteen (Reflect, TKPro, TKPro, TKPro, and Insulated Classic with Pour Through Cap)