Spoiling your four-legged friend is not only tempting, especially as holidays or other special occasions approach, but the right toys and treats can also enrich our pets’ lives. Sustainable shopping, however, isn’t so easy. We rounded up a list of sustainable pet brands and organized them by category to help you buy well for your pet and the planet.
ZipZyme™ Omega is an innovative brand that focuses on your pet’s health from the inside out. The founders believe in the philosophy, “We are what we eat,” and realize how important fresh foods are for your pet’s health, nutrition, and well-being.
Five years of intense research and development helped ZipZyme™ create a safe, sustainable form of omega-3 DHA from a type of ocean algae. Unlike other omega-3 products, ZipZyme™ avoids wild fish harvesting used for many omega-3 oils. Omega-3s help prevent cognitive decline, heart disease, inflammation, asthma, arthritis, and even certain cancers. Additionally, the fresh food of ZipZyme™ can help strengthen your dog’s or cat’s immune system and manage your pet’s weight.
The Honest Kitchen offers pet food, treats, and supplements for dogs and cats with everything from legume-free options to low-sodium or high-protein foods. Since 2002, the brand has evolved into a certified B Corp that prides itself on offering human-grade products with an ingredient list you can pronounce. To win B Corp certification, businesses must show they balance profit and purpose, meet certain social and environmental performance standards, and provide transparency to stakeholders and the public.
Chippin offers planet-friendly, high-quality dog food and treats that use 80% fewer resources than traditional counterparts. With healthy protein options, including wild-caught silver carp fish, vegan spirulina protein, and cricket protein, this brand helps keep fur babies healthy while keeping the planet healthy, too.
Made from 29% post-consumer recycled materials, Chippin packaging helps decrease the amount of plastic that ends up in our landfills and waterways, which helps reduce our environmental impact. For every product Chippin sells, it contributes a percentage towards impact programs that remove as much plastic waste from the environment as is used in its packaging and operations.
Shameless Pets creates tasty treats with more than one million pounds of fruits, veggies, and dairy that would be thrown out otherwise for misfit standards or surplus. Plus, 80% of its product line is made using solar energy and packaged with 25% post-consumer recycled materials.
The brand’s treats come in flavors like Bananas for Bacon and Catnip N Chill for healthy treats your furry best friend (and Mother Earth) will love.
Cycle Dog creates eco-friendly dog products like collars, leashes, travel bowls, plush toys, biodegradable poop bags, and dog beds in a variety of sizes from sustainable materials like recycled plastic bottles and inner tube rubber (don’t worry, your pet won’t smell like old tires). Its beds and soft toys alone have helped keep over two million plastic bottles from ending up in landfills, not to mention using over 240 truckloads of inner tube rubber that most facilities won’t recycle.
P.L.A.Y. creates stuffed dog toys and pet beds with filling made from 100% recycled plastic bottles. Whether you’re looking for a rugged bed that your pup won’t chew up or toys that’ll last longer than a week, P.L.A.Y. strives to create eco-friendly, durable products your pet will love. Plus, its beds are pretty stylish, too.
The Foggy Dog prides itself on creating environmentally-friendly dog products like toys, clothes, and beds using fiber spun from plastic bottles and repurposed fabric scraps whenever possible. Plus, every time pet parents place an order, The Foggy Dog donates half a pound of dog food to rescue shelters across the United States to help support the pups that need it most.
Awoo is a brand that offers pet collars, harnesses, blankets, bowls, bandanas, and more to keep your pup’s necessities stylish and sustainable. The company also offers credits for every Awoo item you return (no matter how old or dirty), and donates 100% of net profits from bandana sales to Muddy Paws, a New York-based non-profit that places homeless dogs into forever homes.
Earthbath grooming offers natural pet products for your furry friends. The shampoos, conditioners, wipes, and more are all made from natural and organic ingredients, with no parabens, sulfates, or artificial colors. Its formulas are also cruelty-free, concentrated to use less water in manufacturing, and use recyclable packaging to help reduce waste. Overall, this company is committed to reducing its carbon footprint and landfill impact one clean dog at a time.
Begley’s Best offers a variety of environmentally-friendly pet products like dog shampoo, pet stain and odor removers, and other household cleaners to help keep your pets and your home healthy, happy, and clean. All of its products use natural fragrances like essential oils and are cruelty-free certified. Nothing from Begley’s Best products contains caustics, dyes, synthetic fragrances, parabens, phthalates, chlorine, formaldehyde, triclosan, or phosphates.
The short answer? Plenty! Companies like ZipZyme™ Omega, Chippin, Awoo, and Earthbath all pride themselves in offering sustainable, eco-friendly pet products to keep your pet (and the planet) in tip-top shape.
Recycling, upcycling, and choosing to support eco-friendly and sustainable pet brands are all great choices to help pet owners do their part to create an eco-friendly and sustainable lifestyle. Research any company’s claims and beware of greenwashing, the practice some unscrupulous companies use to exaggerate their environmental or sustainable strategies.
Tons of sustainable brands like Cycle Dog, Shameless Pets, and P.L.A.Y. offer eco-friendly pet products like toys, beds, and even food to keep the earth green and your pet healthy and happy with every order.
