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Hello all! Do you recommend any eco friendly loofah alternatives, or anything really to scrub your body in the shower with. The fact that most loofahs are made from unrecyclable plastic concerns me.

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[–] Specific_Skunk@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could try an actual luffa, which is from a squash-like plant.

[–] doc1429@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Where would I go about getting one in the UK? I live in a flat so I dont have a garden to grow one

[–] YungOnions@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://andkeep.com/pages/search-results-page?q=Loofah

Everything from that website is plastic free and ethically sourced.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Unfortunate they don't ship to the US

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] toaster@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

Problem is it arrives with more plastic packaging than a plastic loofah.

[–] adrinux@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Tried to grow them in our greenhouse and failed. (Scotland)

No idea where to buy them, just pointing they're quite hard to grow here.

[–] Treevan@aussie.zone 1 points 11 months ago

You got some answers but there is some through warmer parts of Europe.

Here is a business in Spain growing some big bloody luffas: https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=ktsQ0l5a7xg