Reducing single-use/disposable plastic
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Jun 2018
12:55pm, 5 Jun 2018
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run free
Whaddya mean?
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Jun 2018
1:00pm, 5 Jun 2018
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swittle
BBC Radio 4 'Farming Today'. Item on refillable bottle scheme along the Welsh Coastal Path [870 miles] 'within the next year' [from 8:50]. bbc.co.uk |
Jun 2018
1:02pm, 5 Jun 2018
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Velociraptor
Food shopping decisions, both before going shopping and at the point of purchase. Elimination communication instead of nappies. Washable sanitary protection/menstrual cups. Let's send women back to the hearth. Or the Third World. I'm all for reducing waste in general and plastic in particular, but I'm actually quite concerned about this aspect of it. |
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Jun 2018
1:40pm, 5 Jun 2018
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run free
Ahh thanks for the feedback. You've moved onto Level 2 and bear in mind the post is written by a lady. I do see am going to have to create more levels before you get to those items. In addition you are right, in that the environmental burden tends to be women centric. I've seen it a lot in the different societies where have been speaking & presenting at expos. The women are the more interested. But I would like to address a concern. Warning Women Discussion here ------------------------------------------- With washable sanitary protection / menstrual cups - the technology that is used is really excellent and should be sent to the developing countries so that women can afford sanitary protection. I would use a menstrual cup over a bleached cotton/rayon tampon; washable breathable sanitary protection over a non-breathable plastic backed chemical impregnanted pad any day. There is a liberation over having a reusable sanitary protection on expedition trips rather than to have to carry lots of sanitary protection and then having to work out how to dispose of it. |
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Jun 2018
2:09pm, 5 Jun 2018
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run free
P.S. (Women Only Link) An article by tree hugger. I have suffered from some of the symptoms listed in the first when using the single-use sanitary protection. I have not had any issues since switching over to reusable. treehugger.com |
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Jun 2018
2:38pm, 5 Jun 2018
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Velociraptor
Bit of scaremongering there in the health sections. Many, many women use single-use pads and plugs without any problems at all. And I'm not sure there's much that's "empowering" about the obligation to launder your pads.
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Jun 2018
2:39pm, 5 Jun 2018
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Wine Legs
Nappies: my kids can out-pee a cloth nappy in record time if they've drunk a lot! We had two leaks each within half an hour after they had some crappy juice drink in a lunch bag (yes, a lot more plastic than I wanted to consume!!). Very frustrating! And a good reminder not to give the kids anything other than water or milk to drink.
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Jun 2018
2:46pm, 5 Jun 2018
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Velociraptor
I didn't use cloth nappies. I intended to, for sound middle-class-privileged environmental reasons. Then when I was pregnant with my oldest child Saddam Hussein set fire to the oil wells in Kuwait and I thought, "Why put so much of my time and effort - and the emotional work of being DIFFERENT - into a gesture that's going to be less than a drop in the ocean?"
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Jun 2018
3:00pm, 5 Jun 2018
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Wine Legs
We were massively fortunate to be sent a HUGE bundle of cloth nappies by Purps, which we have put to very good use. I'm not sure how far I would have got with them if I'd had to buy them all from scratch tbh. Especially with two bums to deal with. And the elimination communication is a bit of a challenge, given their age and the fact that we are working, and that there's two of them, so the focus can be a bit tricky. They're both currently resisting all potty-based bribery, despite the fact that Squeak is definitely ready to use a potty and Pip isn't far off. We're probably not spending enough time on it tbh. Life is VERY rushed, especially first thing in the morning. |
Jun 2018
3:57pm, 5 Jun 2018
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Silvershadow
My mum used to boast that we were all out of nappies by the time we were 1. (She actually probably meant 1 and anything up to 11 months) Then again this was the 60s she had one of those top loader washing machines and no dryer. Didn’t work or drive. I think mothers have enough to cope with with these days and babies will work it out for themselves eventually. How many 3 year olds do you see still in nappies with even the most neglectful of parenting. The only biologically male specific activity I can come up with is shaving/beard care. Nightjar uses a reusable razor and has just made his first batch of shaving soap. |
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