Reducing single-use/disposable plastic

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1step2far Oct 2018 1:21pm, 15 Oct 2018 3,435 posts	0 1step2far Ohhh wooden toys? 2nd hand is good too... What about vouchers to experience things- soft play, zoo, day out on a boat, trip to beach or cinema?
Lizzie W Oct 2018 1:23pm, 15 Oct 2018 18,513 posts	0 Lizzie W Waldorf or Montessori toys. Look at Babipur. Mini tools eg dustpan and brush.
Lizzie W Oct 2018 1:32pm, 15 Oct 2018 18,514 posts	0 Lizzie W Puzzles. Dressing up clothes.
Silvershadow Oct 2018 1:35pm, 15 Oct 2018 1,261 posts	0 Silvershadow Seeds to grow things indoors or out. Sunflowers, cress, magic beans. Cookie ingredients in a glass jar with a recipe. We used to buy powder paint in tins but I don't know if you can still get it or if you have to buy it ready mixed now.
run free Oct 2018 1:45pm, 15 Oct 2018 3,278 posts	0 run free The best presents for 3 year olds are boxes that are being chucked out.....big boxes that they can play with, draw on, bash, hide in, create slides, create homes and where ever else their imagination takes them
Wine Legs Oct 2018 3:09pm, 15 Oct 2018 4,544 posts	0 Wine Legs Ha! The first 3rd birthday child is about to move house, so I bet cardboard boxes would be appreciated by their parents right now and by him later... I like the growing things idea SS. I'm trying to keep gift spending to around a tenner per present, since my kids need to take two to everything (!). Babipur is gorgeous, but expensive. I struggled with experiences too, trying to find something I could afford... Some good ideas to think about though definitely. Off to check out carp's website suggestion now too.
EvilPixie Oct 2018 6:54pm, 15 Oct 2018 15,043 posts	0 EvilPixie Just seen someone post on Facebook about ecobricks Fill solid a plastic bottle with plastic that can’t be recycled and use it for construction
Carpathius Oct 2018 8:42pm, 15 Oct 2018 15,521 posts	0 Carpathius Why two, WL, I'm sure that one from Pip and Squeak would be perfectly acceptable?
Velociraptor Oct 2018 8:57pm, 15 Oct 2018 39,353 posts	0 Velociraptor Boring, but ... a cash gift?
Elsie Too Oct 2018 8:59pm, 15 Oct 2018 1,972 posts	0 Elsie Too Jigsaw puzzles?

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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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