Reducing single-use/disposable plastic
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Feb 2019
7:06pm, 1 Feb 2019
371 posts
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Jenelopy
I think that moving towards zero waste has been easier for me than some people due to the stage of life I am at. I've moved from frugal student living, to frugal-pay-off-the-mortgage living to frugal-for-the-environment living. All of these involve REDUCING purchases, REUSING things for as long as possible, and the RE-PURPOSING if appropriate. Composting/feeding to the chickens is an option I'm lucky to have now as a grown up that I didn't as a frugal student which helps with minimal waste. As does having a large garden, fruit and veg we grown doesn't come covered in plastic! |
Feb 2019
12:06pm, 3 Feb 2019
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steve45
I suppose I have been getting a bit cynical about plastic etc--there is NO DOUBT that we can all make a difference if we all keep it up My frustrations are borne out of being very much concerned with the environment and its well being since the early 1970's---books, still on my shelf titled " The Consumer's Guide to the Protection of the Environment", "Please Stop Killing Me" etc expounded the notion, quite rightly, that we were messing up the world and gave ideas and thoughts to stopping the process. Those of us then were considered to be dippy hippy types and it's taken nearly fifty years with very little happening--given the technology that has evolved since then. I hope..we all hope...that it won't take as long as that to now make a real difference.
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Feb 2019
9:54pm, 7 Feb 2019
27,781 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Bit of a strange question from me...... any suggestions on what to do with unwanted running trophies? I don’t know if they can be recycled or reused in any way, feels wrong to just throw them out.
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Feb 2019
10:18pm, 7 Feb 2019
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run free
Pinterest has some interesting upcycling ideas. If you were in Singapore there is an art organisation that would take it. Dunno about here.
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Feb 2019
10:20pm, 7 Feb 2019
3,349 posts
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run free
Jen - we from the same pea pod! Steve - would be interested to chat as would love to hear ideas about changes that can be made. Am trying to be proactive....and see changes happening in Singapore at least + other places in the EU...... |
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Feb 2019
11:37pm, 7 Feb 2019
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Singapore is a bit far although we will be stopping over there on our return from a trip to Australia in May, don’t think there is room in my case to take them with me though 
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Feb 2019
2:51pm, 8 Feb 2019
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run free
If there is a plate on the trophies wondering if you can remove it to reuse it as a school trophy or something.
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Feb 2019
2:53pm, 8 Feb 2019
27,784 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Exactly the sort of thing I would like to see happen, you have given me an idea. Thanks:-)
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Feb 2019
2:54pm, 8 Feb 2019
3,351 posts
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run free
This article is a really good read quantamagazine.org and the worrying concerns of anti-biotic resistance bacteria being cultivated in the plastic mass. Also it indicates another reason why "biodegradable plastics" are not a solution. Buried in landfill or in the ocean, neither provides the "right" conditions for it to biodegrade.. It does suggest that coastal cleanups are useful to reduce plastic entering the ocean eco-system. |
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Feb 2019
10:55am, 16 Feb 2019
3,046 posts
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steve45
Great to see school kids taking a serious interest (at last?!) in more serious things. Right on!
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