Originally Posted by
BobG
Much less discarded plastic than one soda bottle.
Reducing waste is a big deal these days, both in to-consumer packaging and post-consumer off-to-the-landfill. Gillette is offering their 'Planet Kind' razor. You get a made-partially-from-recycled-material recyclable handle and eight, five-bladed made-partially-from-recycled-material recyclable cartridges. Uh, to recycle I think you gotta mail 'em off somewhere. Hmph. The cartridge attachment seems to interchange with the Fusion/Pro Glide blades. Anyway, it's part of a Planet Kind
system. The Planet Kind shave cream looks promising for cycletourists - it comes in a little metal sort-of Kiwi shoe polish-looking can.
Fun fact: the Gillette five-blade cartridges actually have six blades!
Schick has the 'Xtreme Bamboo' hybrid razor: you get three unique two-blade cartridges and a recyclable (obviously) bamboo handle. Looks *****in'; lightweight. Pay no attention to the terrifying concave razor picture on the box.
Xtreme Bamboo - 5.7g
generic blue two-blade disposable - 7.7g
Gillette Sensor Excel handle & cartridge - 30.7g