Reducing single-use/disposable plastic
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Dec 2018
8:03pm, 31 Dec 2018
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Garfield
Very interesting...
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Dec 2018
8:17pm, 31 Dec 2018
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beebop
Carp, I did remember to ask about pasta the other day, but I haven’t got all the info yet. Apparently, it comes from Italy in big plastic sacks which then get sent back for reuse. This might rule it out if your shop is run by a perfectionist, but it sounds like an improvement to me. The woman I spoke to on Friday said she’d ask the boss what the company was, but she wasn’t around when I went in today and as they only have one till and I felt I’d held up the queue long enough I didn’t want to ask. Next time it’s quiet I’ll try again! Good suggestions about the long stuff - thanks. 
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Jan 2019
2:16pm, 1 Jan 2019
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Carpathius
Thanks beebop.
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Jan 2019
4:10pm, 1 Jan 2019
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halfpint of mulled cider
People who use shampoo bars, do you use conditioner too? I bought both but I have had to go back to washing hair every other day, rather than every 3. I wonder whether the natural bars don’t strip natural oils as much and therefore I don’t need conditioner to compensate.
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Jan 2019
5:04pm, 1 Jan 2019
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run free
Thanks @rosehip - still think green house gases is a complex subject: - fast fashion, flying medical stuff to save one life, imported foods/clothes stuff, using fridges and freezers, whether soya bean is more polluting or beef is the biggest polluter, burning fossil fuels, bicycles (scandal in China where millions of bicycles have been dumped....sadly same in Singapore when a company went bust), whether cotton bags are more polluting and creates more green house gases than plastic bags..... THEN there is the far right Brazilian president who wants to chop down the Amazon. He says for agriculture, but there are oil companies interested in expoiting the area. So prefer to focus on general waste reduction / elimination. |
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Jan 2019
5:18pm, 1 Jan 2019
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run free
BTW a researcher in Hawaii has discovered that photo-degrading plastic (like in the ocean, landfills or even as pellets) generates methane & ethlyene which is like a fast hot fryer compared to CO2 which is a slow long term fryer. FYI: sciencedaily.com |
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Jan 2019
5:58pm, 1 Jan 2019
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Carpathius
Shampoo bars; I don't use the conditioner ones much, although I bought both. I've just got a 2-in-1 bar from Lush which I'll try. I do put jojoba oil on my hair sometimes, before washing it. It seems to help. |
Jan 2019
6:42pm, 1 Jan 2019
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Rosehip
Greenhouse gases is very complex - and the photodegrading plastic issue adds to that complexity.
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Jan 2019
8:59am, 2 Jan 2019
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run free
Absolutely. Hence if you knew producing plastic goods produced less green house gases, would this change your mind to reducing plastic usage? |
Jan 2019
9:07am, 2 Jan 2019
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Velociraptor
It would certainly make me hesitate to accept a paper bag.
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