Destiny Hagest wrote:Here's one of my new favorite online retailers for plastic-free living too - Life Without Plastic sells so many unique products, from wooden toothbrushes to stainless steel popsicle molds!
For those of us with kiddos, this is a great site for getting plastic free gear in particular.
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Bonnie Kuhlman wrote:I have been reducing my plastic use for many years. I reuse glass bottles for water bottles; I use my own reusable market bags; I store leftovers in glass baking dishes, but even these have plastic lids. The things I find difficult are the groceries I purchase: sour cream comes in plastic; most yogurt come in plastic (I've found 1 brand in a jar); bread, tortillas, chips, crackers all come in plastic; most produce: berries, lettuce, carrots, etc. come in some form of plastic.
Has anyone found solutions to these other than making your own?
Thanks for posting this Destiny. I'd really like to reduce my plastic even more.
Bonnie
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Charli Wilson wrote:This morning I fed the cats, raw mince that comes in a plastic bag, and arrived in a cardboard box with loads of plastic packing peanuts in. Other options- plastic coated cans aren't exactly any better, dry kibble comes in plastic bags too.
Charli Wilson wrote:Lunch- cooked at work, probably arrives in plastic, though the company buys in massive bulk so that probably helps.
Charlie Wilson wrote:Cleaned teeth- plastic toothbrush, with toothpaste in a plastic tube.
Charli Wilson wrote:So what can I do about any of this? I need to look into buying loose leaf tea and a tea strainer of some kind
Charli Wilson wrote:I could get away with not buying any plastic for a month, but that would be because I had everything stockpiled beforehand, which isn't quite the point.
Charli Wilson wrote:Is this the right place for this post? I'm not offering advice or support or inspiration- more asking for it!
Bonnie Kuhlman wrote:
Has anyone found solutions to these other than making your own?
Thanks for posting this Destiny. I'd really like to reduce my plastic even more.
Bonnie
Bonnie Kuhlman wrote:I have been reducing my plastic use for many years. I reuse glass bottles for water bottles; I use my own reusable market bags; I store leftovers in glass baking dishes, but even these have plastic lids. The things I find difficult are the groceries I purchase: sour cream comes in plastic; most yogurt come in plastic (I've found 1 brand in a jar); bread, tortillas, chips, crackers all come in plastic; most produce: berries, lettuce, carrots, etc. come in some form of plastic.
Has anyone found solutions to these other than making your own?
Thanks for posting this Destiny. I'd really like to reduce my plastic even more.
Bonnie
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Thekla McDaniels wrote:IMO, the value of an exercise such as trying to go a month without plastic is in the consciousness raising more than actually attaining 100% non use of any petroleum derived anything, or anything that was produced through utilization of some petroleum product. To me the important thing is to pause and consider how wide reaching are the consequences of every choice we make, no matter how inconsequential it may seem.
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Thekla McDaniels wrote:Hi Jotham. You could also use a strainer that sits on your cup and strains the leaves as you pour the brewed tea in. Or use your teeth as a strainer and leave the leaves in the bottom of the cup. (neeed a smiley face with a big tea leaf on the teeth here)
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Joshua Myrvaagnes wrote:My mom was just saying how she'd given up on cloth diapers when I was a baby, it was too much work for her, and then I find this thread.
I wonder about ways of making washing cloth diapers easier. Or a reusable plastic one that you can wash. Or maybe silicon, like those cooking implements.
Or if you put all your cloth diapers in a soak tub and then can do them at once. Use the poop too. Just brainstorming here.
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