Reducing single-use/disposable plastic

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Jul 2019
8:40am, 19 Jul 2019
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Velociraptor
Have a great weekend, RF :)

I don't give parties, but if I did, and if canapes/finger food featured (my preference would just to offer proper food) I hope I wouldn't mind investing time and effort in preparation and presentation.

(For Day 20, the baseline is individually wrapped "sports nutrition" bars. If my workplace food isn't highly palatable and easy to eat with one hand without the risk of spillage or making my room smell I won't even unpack it.)
Jul 2019
8:53am, 19 Jul 2019
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Wine Legs
Any of my balls recipes will do for a sports bar replacement!!
Jul 2019
9:35am, 19 Jul 2019
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Velociraptor
I like your balls recipes, WL :)

If I'm going to spend time in the kitchen, though, I'd be more likely to make something that I'm secure with and that doesn't involve buying ingredients I wouldn't otherwise buy, like a batch of scones or a tray of flapjack. And there has to be a reason that I'm not doing that, otherwise I would.
Jul 2019
10:47am, 19 Jul 2019
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DoricQuine
I'm not nearly as good as most of you but I am trying, so was well pleased to see my preferred supplier starting to give this option to refill their tubs :)

Jul 2019
11:04am, 19 Jul 2019
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EvilPixie
Wine legs ... Ball recipe??

I use my sports bottle a lot including driving and a mug at work

I am Tupperware queen for lunch

Have tried beeswax clothes but not very successfully

Lunch is bits in boxes that could be made previous night if organised enough but I make whilst waiting for morning brew to cool

I still cook for 3 despite gnome leaving for uni 4 years ago do have spare meals in freezer
Jul 2019
11:09am, 19 Jul 2019
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SarahWoo
I get my groceries delivered by Sainsburys. They arrived this morning with the veg and fruit loose - not in those plastic produce bags! I was impressed :)
Unfortunately, the meat was still put into individual plastic bags.
Jul 2019
11:11am, 19 Jul 2019
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Elsie Too
Wine Legs' Balls can be found in Wine Legs' blog with the blog title "Balls? Balls!"
Jul 2019
11:48am, 19 Jul 2019
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EvilPixie
Thanks!!
Jul 2019
12:12pm, 19 Jul 2019
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Velociraptor
I'm the same with the overcatering, Pix. I still make a habit of leaving some dinner in the pan at night for VP's midnight snack/breakfast.
Jul 2019
12:18pm, 19 Jul 2019
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EvilPixie
Thing is when he comes home I cook more! So still have leftovers or we eat too much

About This Thread

Maintained by run free
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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