Reducing single-use/disposable plastic
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Jul 2019
5:23am, 8 Jul 2019
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WA
I use beeswax wraps for leftovers and also to wrap packed lunches etc. I do have a roll of cling film, but I can't remember the last time I used any
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Jul 2019
6:25am, 8 Jul 2019
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Velociraptor
I've filed cling film replacements under "extra products I don't need marketed with environmental credentials that may be misleading". I use reusable boxes for storage, reclaimed thin plastic bags from supermarket shopping, and occasionally a bit of ordinary cling film for things that aren't suitable for storing in a box. It takes me several years to use up a roll. I don't actively avoid buying food wrapped in cling film.
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Jul 2019
7:14am, 8 Jul 2019
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LindsD
Beeswax wraps and silicone bowl toppers amd and lots and lots of plastic boxes from ice cream
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Jul 2019
9:23am, 8 Jul 2019
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richmac
Chinese takeaway tubs are ace for this.
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Jul 2019
9:42am, 8 Jul 2019
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WA
Yes we use those! They're also really useful for when the girls have to take multiple separate ingredients to school for cooking.
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Jul 2019
5:35pm, 8 Jul 2019
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Sazzahazza
I've been researching non plastic make up products, does anyone have any recommendations for brands which they use?
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Jul 2019
6:56pm, 8 Jul 2019
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Wine Legs
I don't wear makeup, but there's groups on FB for that sort of thing. As for cling film, I still use it, but very rarely. I use takeaway containers & glass jars for most things, or, in the microwave, cover with another plate. |
Jul 2019
7:03pm, 8 Jul 2019
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Rosehip
I don't wear makeup often either, I have a lippy in a mainly metal tube and may occasionally wear mascara - not sure if getting my lashes dyed (they're going grey) would be less polluting overall than mascara in a tube? Cover with a side plate for fridge storage is what we did before clingfilm - I have a huge catering roll that was surplus to requirements at work about 3 years ago - reckon it'll last me at least another 3 yrs. One of the guys at work has a brilliant (plastic/Tupperware) sandwich box that just fits a made sandwich - any idea where to get one? he can't remember where it came from- thinks it was a freebie from somewhere - beeswax wraps are great as long as you haven't stuffed your lunch in the corner of an overfull rucksack... |
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Jul 2019
7:19pm, 8 Jul 2019
4,859 posts
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Wine Legs
Sistema do a sandwich box. We have two.
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Jul 2019
7:20pm, 8 Jul 2019
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Wine Legs
clearanceshed.co.uk
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