March

This month I gave up plastic wrapped

Easter Eggs chocloates greeting cards and fruit and herbal teas

Mr Flighty’s eggs

My mate Mr Flighty wrote to me about Easter eggs  “I see that Nestle are advertising Aero, KitKat, Rolo and Smarties Easter eggs as having 25 percent less packaging and no plastic.” Thanks for that flight man. x.

I have also seem foil wrapped egges in Tescos – and these

empty eggs

made from cardboard. You can fill them with your own plastic free chocolates. You can buy them from Armitages Garden Center where you can also recycle your plant pots

Recycling foil

This is on a need to know basis – you will need to know this when I talk plastic free puds.

Foil can be recycled – see here for what and why

Small pieces need to be scrunched up into a ball so they dont damage the machine… my mate Mrs Average ( her of the Rubbish Diet and how to cut your waste) can tell you all you need to know about balls of foil here for how to collect and then recycle it …

If you are a bit arty you can make a very lovely ball and photo it with posh cars

Chocolates and Love

English: Chocolates in wrappers on a plate (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I dont care if the lady loves milk tray, shes not getting a box of chocks from me.
Not with that plastic wrapping, plastic cover sheet, plastic sweet tray and, to be honest, rather nasty chocolate.

Before you call me hard hearted there is a plastic free alternative.

For example, Sweet Treats in Marsh are selling British and Belgium chocolates loose.

You can buy a separate cardboard box to put them in or you could make your own packaging.

Thornton’s  also do loose chocks.

If the loose chocolates are too expensive you can buy other kinds of sweets from jars -

for mothers day my  mum got two ounces of liquorice torpedo’s in a paper bag.

Find more plastic free celebratory aids right here

Inspired to give up plastic? Check these plastic free products sourced as part of our plastic boycott and listed here the >>>A-Z plastic free index

Want to travel plastic free – check out the plastic free backpack.

plastic free greeting cards

The other day i was wandering through Tescos – recycling plastic coat hangers (of course) – when I came across the greetings cards.

Many of them were unwrapped ie not in the clear protective plastic packets… which surprised me.

So if you need a plastic free card you could buy them Tescos though these are my preffered options…

Carte Postallegreen cards which can be bought from local card shop in Byrams arcade.

Huddersfields own Dig The Earth- locally made cards in cornstarch, compostable bags.

It is worth checking local newsagents and post offices as they sometimes sell unwrapped cards.

You can find other plastic free products with the >>>A-Z<<< plastic free index

Plastic free tea bags – or are they…?

You know some time ago I logged about Twinings and their plastic free tea bags – the box is not wrapped in plastic and bags used to come loose.

So pleased , means I can have biodegradable tea

Well then, feel my horror when I opened the familiar yellow box to be greeted by a plastic crackling and a gold shiny packet.
Argghh… no … wait a minute… un arghh. Its biodegradable and compostable packaging HURRAH.

However they are teabags and Wikipedia claims “Heat-sealed tea bag paper usually has a heat-sealable thermoplastic such as PVC or polypropylene as a component fiber on the inner tea bag surface.” I’m sure Twinings dont do that, and if they do I don’t want to know.

La la la fingers in ears time.

Dont like tanin tea? They also do plastic free fruit teas – see below

Find other plastic free products with the  >>>A-Z<<< plastic free index

Feeling Fruity

readers will know that the wonderful Twinings do plastic free tea bags but did you know they plastic free fruit and herb teas? Yahey…they do…

deformed turtle

This one is for Martin. And here’s a  film of another deformed turtle – 6 pack plastic holders are responsible here

You think they would know what plastic looked like – lord knows there’s enough of it in our oceans

Yeah and here are some stupid ducks choking on plastic

When the oil runs out ….

When the oil runs out so will oil based plastics.

Now while I have problems with oil based plastic, oil running out is not going to be such a great solution.

In fact, even those of you with no imagination whatsoever,  can probably forsee it will result in big lifestyle changes.

We are talking more than taking your own bag to the shops.

So thanks to the following groups for thinking and planning ahead

huddersfield transition communities

Mastt

incredible edible huddersfield

For more green on green action check out Huddersfeild Greens

In the mean time save oil but cutting down on plastic - you can find a range of  plastic free products with the >>>A-Z<<< plastic free index

Sea turtle to eat plastic bag?

Sea turtle to eat plastic bag?

Picture originally uploaded by Bag Monster

Because plastic bags in the ocean resemble jelly fish, and sea turtles eat jelly fish, turtles like this Green Sea Turtle, eat plastic bags that clog up their digestive tract and even kill them. What a way to go! For lots of photos of turtles impacted by plastic bags, go to sea turtles and plastic

Heres a film of a baby turtle eating plastic

Professor Larry Crowder, marine scientist Scientists in Texas examined 473 turtles stranded along the Texas coast between 1983 and 1995. They found ingested plastics in more than half of the turtles sampled. … for more go to turtle bags

For lots more killer  plastic / dead animals stats, try this

Related Articles

• Dramatic Illustration of the Dangers of Plastic from The Daily Mail (gcvconservation.wordpress.com)
• The plastic found in a single turtle’s stomach (independent.co.uk)

Join the plastic boycott – find other plastic free products with the A-Z plastic free index