Reducing single-use/disposable plastic

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run free Jun 2019 9:57pm, 22 Jun 2019 3,402 posts	0 run free Definitely agree RS
Garfield Jun 2019 8:45am, 23 Jun 2019 10,613 posts	0 Garfield Absolutely RS. We got into the BYOC at Starbucks...getting 25p off a coffee each saves a bit on the coffee and means a few cups were saved. Once Waitrose got rid of their cups, we went there with our cups.
Carpathius Jun 2019 9:03am, 23 Jun 2019 17,258 posts	0 Carpathius He does line the kitchen bin with newspaper without too much complaint now. It's only taken a year or so!
Silvershadow Jun 2019 1:46pm, 23 Jun 2019 1,305 posts	0 Silvershadow I’m thinking about plastic free July. Inspired by runfree’s pics of rubbish generated on her recent trip I thought I’d do the same for every day in July. Still trying to work out the rules for myself. I won’t include prescription meds. I think I might struggle with milk for example without just giving up using it.
Silvershadow Jun 2019 1:54pm, 23 Jun 2019 1,306 posts	0 Silvershadow Oh and another thought I had after last week’s bbc program. I used cotton wool and soap rather than wipes for my children when they were small, (now age 23to 31), because I didn’t like the idea of the chemicals in them. Does anyone know if ‘cotton wool’ is really 100% cotton?
fetcheveryone Jun 2019 2:16pm, 23 Jun 2019 22,100 posts	0 fetcheveryone According to Wikipedia, probs not: en.m.wikipedia.org
Wine Legs Jun 2019 2:53pm, 23 Jun 2019 4,828 posts	0 Wine Legs Sainsbury's cotton pads & cotton wool balls both state that they're 100% cotton. Apart from the plastic bag they come in, of course.
Red Squirrel Jun 2019 9:24pm, 23 Jun 2019 20,928 posts	0 Red Squirrel Silvershadow, milk bottles with foil tops should be available, maybe via delivery.
Chramies Jun 2019 6:45am, 24 Jun 2019 73 posts	0 Chramies I get milk delivered - glass bottles with foil tops. Depends where you live I suppose (I've only lived in urban/suburban areas)
Silvershadow Jun 2019 7:05am, 24 Jun 2019 1,307 posts	0 Silvershadow Thank you, I’ve found a delivery service but it keeps randomly changing the things in my basket. I’ll have to try again on my laptop.

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Information about Plastic Packaging:
UK: wrap.org.uk

EU: ec.europa.eu

What products have microbeads?
beatthemicrobead.org

To help you reduce try one level at a time:https://tyrelady.wordpress.com/support-the-challenges/

What the EU is doing:
europa.eu

- currently the UK will be following SOME of the EU measures.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

Terms used to describe plastic:
1. Biodegradable (also oxi-biodegradable)
2. Bioplastic
3. Compostable
4. Plastic that potentially could be recycled (has numbers)
5. Plastic that cannot be recycled

Some resources:
BBC's info on the numbers on Plastics:
news.bbc.co.uk

The misconceptions of biodegradable plastics from an academic:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.7b04051?src=recsys&

Understanding plastic terms:
wrap.org.uk

Bioplastic developments as seen by British Plastic

britishplastics.co.uk

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