‘Environmentalists are horny right now’: how to make your sex life more eco-friendly

From biodegradable vibrators to organic lube and vegan condoms, the sex industry is catching up to consumers’ demands for sustainable living

Lauren Singer is a zero-waste blogger based in New York City. She has produced so little landfill rubbish in four years that it isn’t even worth throwing away. Instead, she proudly displays it in a glass jar. She says one of the most common questions that people ask her is: “How do you have sex?” Are there condoms in the jar, they wonder. Or are zero-wasters too busy for sex, what with all that recycling and making their own toothpaste? On the contrary, Singer tells me. “Environmentalists are horny right now.”

Singer’s insight into the sexual appetites of ethical consumers was gleaned when her shop, Package Free, recently started carrying a biodegradable vibrator. She sold out fast. “People were crazy about them,” she says. “We were so shocked.”

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