Beth, who also writes the blog My Plastic Free Life , has done much, much more to remove plastic from her life. I don't know how far I am willing to go but I'm starting with the contact between plastic and food.
She suggests making one change a week and I think that is great advice. I'm going to make a list of current products and what I can substitute for them and go from there. Top of my list will be plastic food storage containers and at the bottom will be hard plastic measuring cups and spoons. I need to spend time filling in the middle!
My goal for this week is to make that list and start replacing plastic food containers.
So who is up for a Plastic and Food Challenge?
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I applaud your effort. I try to do my part by buying fresh food whenever possible, and never having leftovers to wrap in plastic.
ReplyDeleteMy dilemma: I hate plastic grocery bags; but we need them b/c we have a pickup-your-dog-poop law in our town. Any ideas?
In the book she suggests asking other people for their excess plastic bags, using up all you currently have or acquire (e.g. our newspaper arrives in a plastic bag every day) or making a cone out of newspaper. We are currently using plastic grocery bags for our trash, newspaper sleeves or bread bags for dog poop pickup and other messy items. It is a problem. My goal is to minimize and not to eliminate plastic and focus on the items that are largest, touch our food, or are bought regularly.
DeleteI read the book too. I decided to focus on food storage as well, and disposable things like plastic wrap. I decided not to replace anything else I already have in plastic (such as a mop bucket) because the current plastic one should last forever and why waste resources by buying a new one? Also there are some things that I will continue to buy as needed - such as a new computer or tablet - lots of plastic there! The book did make me think, for example, if I am going to buy a handbag or shoes, I should pay attention to if they are made with any plastic.
ReplyDeleteYou are right about not replacing current plastic objects unless they are potentially causing harm and also about trying to reduce the number of items with plastic components that we buy in the future. I've run into resistance from Hubby on doing away with plastic wrap, sandwich bags and lunch containers as he takes his lunch every day. I'm focusing on what I can impact LOL.
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