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Jul 2019
2:34pm, 2 Jul 2019
3,411 posts
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run free
WA - you can use eco-brick making as a family activity...... maybe in the future you might have a resource to sell to someone 
WL - In 2006, when I started carrying my cup around, no one would touch my cup and would cite health and hygiene + cross contamination. Now there is no issue. Perhaps you can remind them about cups that are refilled in coffee shops etc
:)G There are light aluminium water bottles but then there have been some mutterings about metal poisoning etc. Have not researched this yet. I have simply been reusing what I have. Convert a alcohol bottle into your water bottle....and yes glass breaks....which is one of the reasons why plastic was hailed as being sooo good.... hence plastic tumblers for children. Do note lead water pipes were once used and most should have been converted to uPVC water pipes!!
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Jul 2019
2:40pm, 2 Jul 2019
31,975 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Lol at cross contamination. They don't have to lick the spoon!
I think it's a mindset thing - refilling containers that we bring will become the norm again in less than a generation, I'm sure.
Thanks tyre girl - maybe I'll just keep on refilling the plastic bottle I'm using just now. And I could actually wash it after the couple of weeks, rather than replacing it with another plastic bottle! Why buy another, reusable one, when the one I've got is reusable?! Cheers, G
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Jul 2019
9:13pm, 2 Jul 2019
20,932 posts
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Red Squirrel
I've got thin stainless steel bottles which fit in my bike cages. The brand is Cheeki. Just holding one now; pretty light. I use a sturdy glass Keep Cup for takeaway coffee; I think you can also get bamboo coffee cups but I bought my short glass one a way back; so keeping that for now and haven't checked out bamboo yet. Hope that helps, Happy.
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Jul 2019
10:16pm, 2 Jul 2019
3,412 posts
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run free
2nd July: What do you all do to reduce packaging from supermarket shopping?
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Jul 2019
5:37am, 3 Jul 2019
4,843 posts
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Wine Legs
I take produce bags with me & buy loose where possible & reasonably priced to do so. I feel very very limited at the supermarket. EVERYTHING is swathed in single use plastic. It's impossible to avoid.
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Jul 2019
9:27am, 3 Jul 2019
First-time poster!!
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Ligi
I'm collecting all single use plastic this month to send it all back to their headquarters.
At least in the office environment it might attract more attention to the issue than just leaving packaging in the shop.
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Jul 2019
10:29am, 3 Jul 2019
17,337 posts
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Carpathius
Welcome Ligi
That's a good idea. In the shop I expect they just bundle it into the bins and don't give it a second thought.
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Jul 2019
10:38am, 3 Jul 2019
6,011 posts
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WA
Good idea run free. I was thinking a garden table type thing. Need a few more bricks!
Supermarket shoppong- I buy loose fruit and veg where possible and get most delivered from the local green grocer anyway, and I use refillable containers for meat etc. It's the things like multibag packets of crisps, biscuits etc where it's more difficult. And bags of dog food. A local friend has started selling shampoo bars etc so I get that sort if stuff from her rather than buying bottled products.
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Jul 2019
11:22am, 3 Jul 2019
4,408 posts
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The Scribbler
I get most of my fruit and veg from a local box scheme, so it doesn't come packaged, just in a crate or re-usable cardboard box. Their meat does come in sealed plastic but without the polystyrene trays.
Taking my rubbish and recycling down to the bins last night got me thinking what do people do about rubbish bags? I recycle what I can, but I don't have a garden so can't compost food waste and there's always a bit of rubbish to dispose of. I suppose I could wrap them in paper, but we don't get newspapers! Are there non plastic bin liners and rubbish bags?
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Jul 2019
11:30am, 3 Jul 2019
17,338 posts
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Carpathius
I line my bin with newspapers - we don't actually buy them but my parents do so we get a bundle when we visit. Neighbours, local takeaways etc are also good sources of newspapers.
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