Reducing single-use/disposable plastic
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Mar 2018
5:45pm, 1 Mar 2018
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run free
Cackleberry / Curly - how about using old pillow cases? Or EP - sounds like you might have a business 
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Mar 2018
7:36pm, 1 Mar 2018
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cackleberry
Curly - I am a tea drinker and nowhere is as good as tea made at home. Apart from maybe the cycling cafe at Swainby, they have personal glass teapots. And delicious homemade cake. And locally sourced quiches. Hmm, might have to suggest that for our run on Sunday... run free - I'm not sure I am old enough to have old bed linen I am no longer using!! Could ask my mum for some though... |
Mar 2018
7:48pm, 1 Mar 2018
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EvilPixie
Agree tea made at home by you is best
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Mar 2018
11:13pm, 1 Mar 2018
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run free
hahaha love it - you're old if you have "old bed linen"
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Mar 2018
12:15pm, 2 Mar 2018
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Wine Legs
Some good ideas on tree hugger. I'm not going to go down the bread bag route though because of being gluten free. I can figure out some other options though. Like getting even larger batches from the butcher and splitting it up myself. My home made yoghurt is going well and tastes yum. I'm going to try straining some today to make greek yoghurt. I do find supermarkets frustrating. So many things, especially in the fruit and veg section, used to come loose and now come swathed in plastic. Grapes, lettuce, potatoes, celery, tomatoes, oranges, lemons, onions (only some loose, lots in plastic), kiwifruit... etc etc etc. Does my head in. |
Mar 2018
12:16pm, 2 Mar 2018
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Curly45
Lettuce is a pita because it comes wrapped even at the greengrocers
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Mar 2018
1:01pm, 2 Mar 2018
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Wine Legs
If anyone would like an alternative to using any kind of wet wipes, I can thoroughly recommend cheeky wipes. We've used these with the kids for as long as I can remember (so, about two years then). The only time I use disposable wipes now is if they poo out of the house, which has happened about 2x in the last six months. I always have a few dry ones in my bag for wetting and wiping hands, highchairs etc. I reckon they'd be great for makeup removal too...they're a small version of a facecloth basically. People (grown ups) use them as those bum wipes too instead of the ones you're not meant to flush but do. cheekywipes.com |
Mar 2018
1:59pm, 2 Mar 2018
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Carpathius
I just shove loose veg into reusable bags. You do get the odd bit of broccoli on your apples and potato dirt on your lettuce, but it washes off.
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Mar 2018
1:59pm, 2 Mar 2018
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Carpathius
How many of us have those small bags with strings from races? Use those.
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Mar 2018
2:35pm, 2 Mar 2018
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Red Squirrel
I've just had a plastic-free month. I had to do some prep and spread the word amongst my usual suppliers. They were all keen to help out. My organic bag providers' fruit & veg was all delivered in a big paper bag as usual with smaller things like mushrooms in paper bags. I bought Olivia soap in cardboard. Local wholefood shops also sell loose soaps. I made my own almond milk. My local Indian supermarket sells food in waxed cardboard boxes and waxed paper bags. (Chaat mix, Punjabi fish, samosas etc.) I have 3 sources in the city of loose pulses, rice, muesli, seeds, nuts etc. Scott's porage oats. I bought coffee beans from my local roasters - in a paper bag. Some glass jars were problematic - bits of plastic around the lid. Again, the Indian supermarket had plenty of jars of pickled things with no plastic bits. River Cottage sell yoghurt in glass jars with metal lids. Bread and butter also fine but Marmite a massive issue with its plastic yellow lid. Have to find another yeast extract supplier. I plan next month to make my own pasta and corn tortillas. I've bought some If You Care brand paper sandwich bags. They're too small for a proper-sized sarnie really but I carry them around in case I want to buy cheese or something that's normally given to you in plastic. I don't eat many take-aways but I have a tiffin tin, which is accepted by quite a few take-aways in east Bristol. |
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