Reducing single-use/disposable plastic

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Garfield Nov 2018 6:26pm, 15 Nov 2018 9,464 posts	0 Garfield My Lush solid bar is slowly turning into its gritty constituents. It had a thin wax coating to make a 'handle' but it's slowly eroding away. I'll continue using it until I can't any more...it works well, and not all deodorants work for me.
TomahawkMike Nov 2018 6:38pm, 15 Nov 2018 1,643 posts	0 TomahawkMike V23.. Not heard of Fit Pit but just had a look online and ordered 100ml of the Fit Pit Man. Supposedly 3 months supply. If it does work that wouldn't be a bad price for 3 months. Will feed back...
alpenrose Nov 2018 7:37pm, 15 Nov 2018 36,743 posts	0 alpenrose That's a great article Lizzie. One of my bug-bears is the multi-buy plastic packaging. If 3 or 4 are cheaper then the modern tills can work it out without having to wrap 3 or 4 tins or whatever together.
Silvershadow Nov 2018 9:01pm, 15 Nov 2018 1,267 posts	0 Silvershadow It was me, I make my own deodorant with very similar ingredients to fit pit. I use beeswax which is no good for vegans but there is a soy wax. I might experiment with adding aloe Vera to my my next batch.
run free Nov 2018 12:59pm, 16 Nov 2018 3,298 posts	0 run free Hey @Lizzie - UK's 25 year plan includes introducing plastic free aisles at all supermarkets (page 88): assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
halfpint Nov 2018 1:07pm, 16 Nov 2018 26,904 posts	0 halfpint I need to try your deodorant recipe SS. The shampoo from heavenly organics is primarily bicarb and I have definitely seen a recipe for similar shampoo - was it run free’s blog? goes to check
run free Nov 2018 2:45pm, 16 Nov 2018 3,299 posts	0 run free I don't use shampoo or deodorant. Here is the blog post about shampoos: tyrelady.wordpress.com
Carpathius Nov 2018 3:04pm, 16 Nov 2018 15,796 posts	0 Carpathius Poppies - if you take them in to Sainsbury's before 30th November, the Royal British Legion will recycle them (stem and button for next year, paper bits to recycling).
Lizzie W Nov 2018 3:44pm, 16 Nov 2018 18,844 posts	0 Lizzie W Thanks, Carp
halfpint Nov 2018 8:26pm, 16 Nov 2018 26,911 posts	0 halfpint Thanks run free. I found that blog. It doesn’t have what I thought I was looking for but it did lead me to a shampoo recipe (via SS’s blog)

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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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