Drew Barrymore's Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Started With a Promise to BFF, Cameron Diaz

20.06.2023 - 14:29 / thespruce.com

Drew Barrymore's commitment to sustainability and limiting her use of single-use plastics started with a promise to her best friend, Cameron Diaz, after she was the first guest on Barrymore's popular talk show back in September 2020.

«I wanted to figure out how to say thank you to my best friend,» Barrymore tells The Spruce. «She's been hounding me to be a better person, ecologically speaking, since we were teenagers.»

But it didn't stop there. Barrymore says she started to take more notice of all the things in her life that were doing harm to the planet, like single-use cups and plastic straws, and it grew from there.

Barrymore is now partnered with the sustainable cleaning brand, Grove Co., even releasing her own line of cleaning products with them earlier this year. She says she started as a customer and loved their products, so when they reached out about the partnership, it was a no-brainer.

«I've learned so much through working with them and changed so many aspects of my lifestyle,» Barrymore says.

This summer, Grove Co. and Barrymore are campaigning for Plastic-Free July, to encourage people to make even the smallest changes at home to be more sustainable. We caught up with Barrymore to get her best tips for being more sustainable at home every day.

Start with one thing that you engage with the most in your day, and see if you can switch it to something that's more eco-friendly and see if it inspires you—because it literally changed my life.

For Barrymore, one of the biggest barriers to becoming more sustainable was feeling scared, overwhelmed, or guilty. But one way to combat that is to start small.

For example, swapping your paper towel or toilet paper to more sustainable and eco-friendly or recycled materials.