Reducing single-use/disposable plastic
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Jul 2019
1:32pm, 29 Jul 2019
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MazH
just did a wee shop at Tesco. Leeks, onions, carrots all slightly cheaper per kilo loose, so it was a no brainer. A million times over I'd have taken the pre-wrapped multi-pack for ease. When i got to the check out the assistant took the onions and proceeded to put them into a small plastic bag while i wasn't looking. She wasn't happy when i took them out again and told her I didn't want the plastic. She'd have struggled to find a bag big enough for the leeks anyway! |
Jul 2019
4:11pm, 29 Jul 2019
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Garfield
LOL about bagging leeks!
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Jul 2019
4:15pm, 29 Jul 2019
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Wombling Plodder (Welsh Womble)
Well done WL  OH now has a car full of reuseable shopping bags and is quite proud when he comes in with them  He also has a useable coffee cup that he tops up on his way to work and I have now found him drinking out of his reuseable water bottle at home so have brought him another one for work. Thanks for the vinegar tip - will try this out on the kettle, washing machine and limescale marks. We have reverted back to soap in the bathroom and I found a nice soap dish to stop the bar sliding all around the sink top. I have been running around looking after sick parents of late but am going to make some time to be much conscious when buying cleaning products and toiletries. I now have two shopping lists, 1 with all the stuff I need to buy and the other that I put the items that I need to research before hitting the shops. ***** I need to find a replacement for my daily yoghurt drinks (100g) with L casei culture - it helps settle my stomach after a few tummy bugs. I had been using the lil bottles to put on top of my veg canes (to stop me poking my eyes out) but they are all covered now. ***** |
Jul 2019
4:16pm, 29 Jul 2019
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Non-runner
Were the leeks, onions and carrots all grown locally, at least in the UK? They are all fairly sturdy items too, so I am starting to wonder whether there is a “food miles” aspect to this, e.g. if stuff has to be shipped or flown in, and if it is a bit soft (tomatoes, strawberries, peaches etc) then the supermarkets have no option but to package them well for their journey, and the cheapest and most effective packaging is, sadly, plastic. I’m thinking now that I need to pay more attention to where stuff is grown, and focus on eating local and in season, rather than expect to have non-packaged green beans from Kenya, say. I may be wrong about this and would be interested in what others think.
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Jul 2019
4:16pm, 29 Jul 2019
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Non-runner
Above post directed at Maz H, sorry. Lord Fetch, we need an edit button😊
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Jul 2019
4:21pm, 29 Jul 2019
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Wombling Plodder (Welsh Womble)
@runfree - love the German pizza idea For the some being, take aways are off limits so I look forward to all the helpful tips. We tend to drive to the takeaway so another thing to think about is that if we want it then we will need to cycle there In the meantime, I am using all the previous take away tubs for freezing food and storage. PS. my yoghurt drinks are made of PET1 (and today I have learnt that "New technology allows PET to be recycled into new food packaging") - as per the BBC link, check over there >>> |
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Jul 2019
4:21pm, 29 Jul 2019
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Rosehip
eating local and in season is good - I'm lucky, I know where to get pick your own asparagus, strawberries and have farm shops with local grown spuds in paper bags. If I want veg that's not in season I tend to buy frozen (british if possible) - yes it's in a plastic bag, but frozen veg bags make good strong poo bags or liners for the small bathroom bin. |
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Jul 2019
4:22pm, 29 Jul 2019
2,668 posts
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Wombling Plodder (Welsh Womble)
I also need an EDIT button - my post above should read "For the *time* being …"
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Jul 2019
4:31pm, 29 Jul 2019
20,923 posts
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Lizzie W
Our butcher has just announced he'll be using paper wrap and bags.
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Jul 2019
4:34pm, 29 Jul 2019
2,669 posts
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Wombling Plodder (Welsh Womble)
For any newbies out there, I have found some of the stories on Plastic Free July useful: plasticfreejuly.org
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