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Reducing single-use/disposable plastic

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Garfield
Garfield
Nov 2018
5:03pm, 17 Nov 2018
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Let us know how they are EP! :)
meadowsboy
meadowsboy
Nov 2018
5:07pm, 17 Nov 2018
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My wife washes new clothes,drives me mad, to me new things should be worn first.
roberton
roberton
Nov 2018
5:34pm, 17 Nov 2018
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Whether it's needed or not, I know people with sensitive skin who wash new clothes first to remove anything that might be on them. So not dirt, but potential allergens (I'm using that term loosely).

(We seem off topic btw)
alpenrose
alpenrose
Nov 2018
5:44pm, 17 Nov 2018
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I only wash new sheets and towels before use, to take the dressing out, but never clothes.

I popped into Tesco's this afternoon and couldn't believe the Christmas chocolate aisle, the chocs that are traditionally in boxes e.g. Roses :-p are all in plastic bags! You'd think there's been enough talk about it all year in the media and everywhere yet they still persist in wrapping more and more things in multiple layers of plastic.
TeeBee
TeeBee
Nov 2018
7:45pm, 17 Nov 2018
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I have no idea what take the dressing out means. Is it to take out the fold from the packet?
alpenrose
alpenrose
Nov 2018
8:00pm, 17 Nov 2018
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When things are new there's a certain kind of stiffness to them. I don't know what they do, maybe a bit like starch. When you first wash things, that stiffness goes and the items become more limp. (I can't think how else to describe it.)
run free
run free
Nov 2018
9:18pm, 17 Nov 2018
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I have disliked clothes shopping for ever. Never supported fast fashion (most is from plastic materials - such as from that single-use bottle that is being recycled).

I wore the same set of clothes for 5 months this year at work. Only varied it once. No one seemed to notice. Yup it hasn't been washed for that whole duration and even now. I didn't sweat and have been airing out the skirt and blouse after use and don't think it smells.....
DocMoye
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Nov 2018
1:39pm, 26 Nov 2018
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Slightly off topic...but I thought you might have some good ideas. What do you do for Christmas presents in terms of wrapping ?
halfpint
halfpint
Nov 2018
4:38pm, 26 Nov 2018
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Brown paper and ribbon (which my family give me back). I’ve seen some people creating little drawstring bags for family gifts, which again can be reused.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Nov 2018
4:42pm, 26 Nov 2018
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One of my colleagues gave me a leaving present of a book beautifully wrapped in an advertising leaflet he'd picked up in the shop at the same time :)

About This Thread

Maintained by run free
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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