Reducing single-use/disposable plastic

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run free Oct 2018 10:15pm, 15 Oct 2018 3,281 posts	0 run free How about making play dough for the kids out of flour, salt, water and food colouring? Or how about making more bees wax paper or a creating a funky food bag for them to take their sandwiches?
1step2far Oct 2018 6:26am, 16 Oct 2018 3,440 posts	0 1step2far I saw that too pixie. Not convinced but maybe I'm just to cynical. Will read more around it thou.
EvilPixie Oct 2018 6:39am, 16 Oct 2018 15,046 posts	0 EvilPixie I have seen on tv before using glass bottles for house construction
Wine Legs Oct 2018 8:15am, 16 Oct 2018 4,545 posts	0 Wine Legs Carp.... I feel like it needs to be two because both kids go to the party and eat the food etc, so there's (for example) two soft play entries, two lots of snacks, two party bags... also, if people get a present from each child, then they won't always get joint presents in return!
Wine Legs Oct 2018 8:58am, 16 Oct 2018 4,546 posts	0 Wine Legs This is pretty cool (my friend is Antarctica NZ's acting environmental manager, hence how I heard about it): solarcity.co.nz
Lizzie W Oct 2018 12:08pm, 16 Oct 2018 18,521 posts	0 Lizzie W WL - Cool! Zero Waste shops: hipandhealthy.com
alpenrose Oct 2018 1:53pm, 16 Oct 2018 36,148 posts	0 alpenrose I saw one of those kind of shops in Bridport last week along with other signs of plastic reduction. Have you noticed how apart from Harrogate, all those places are in the South?
run free Oct 2018 2:39pm, 16 Oct 2018 3,282 posts	0 run free WL - that is brilliant. Think we will at some point see 3D printed buildings via large vehicles or at least the materials will be 3D printed. Lizzie - thanks muchly. EvilPixie - am creating a 3D interactive art piece in Singapore with eco-bricks.....doing this remotely via a group of volunteers so will be interesting what actually turns out.
beebop Oct 2018 8:53pm, 16 Oct 2018 1,220 posts	0 beebop There’s Alligator Wholefoods in York. One day I’ll get there and find out if it’s as good as it sounds.
Garfield Oct 2018 11:24am, 17 Oct 2018 9,370 posts	0 Garfield and this is when I miss the health/bulk food shop where I used to work years ago. Everything in bins and some of our customers some 25+ years ago were bringing in their own containers instead of using the plastic bags supplied. Others were already using fabric bags for flour.

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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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