Reducing single-use/disposable plastic

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Curly45 Jun 2018 5:14pm, 29 Jun 2018 3,707 posts	0 Curly45 Does Suncreen butter work for you? amazon.co.uk
beebop Jun 2018 8:31pm, 29 Jun 2018 1,104 posts	0 beebop Thanks, Curly - looks good, but ouch, it’s expensive! I’ll no doubt talk myself into trying it...
Wine Legs Jun 2018 7:24am, 30 Jun 2018 4,408 posts	0 Wine Legs Here's another option: theplasticfreeshop.co.uk
beebop Jun 2018 11:24am, 30 Jun 2018 1,107 posts	0 beebop Thanks, Wine Legs - I obviously need to change my search parameters! Decisions to be made...
alpenrose Jul 2018 10:25am, 1 Jul 2018 34,160 posts	0 alpenrose I am on a ferry and they have wooden cutlery.
Curly45 Jul 2018 1:45pm, 1 Jul 2018 3,712 posts	0 Curly45 Anyone got any recommendations for big plant pots (for a tree) that are not £60 and not plastic? I dont mind spending £30 but its likely I will have to replant at least once more so £60 for terracota seems a lot to spend...
Silvershadow Jul 2018 6:30pm, 1 Jul 2018 1,238 posts	0 Silvershadow Make your own concrete planter using cardboard boxes as mounds. One bigger one and one smaller inside. google.co.uk
run free Jul 2018 1:21am, 2 Jul 2018 3,149 posts	0 run free tyres stacked on top of each other. Look up "tyre planter" for images
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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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