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On the whole I don’t approve of plastic recycling. Talk of recycling makes us feel good about our rubbish and diverts attention away from the real issue of our ever growing pile of plastic trash. However that said, there are some plastic recycling projects that make you go OOohh. By mixing together ground-up plastic with [...]
We all know that animals are dying daily from accidentally ingesting plastic – everything from camels to elephants, birds to whales and more are being killed … and the problem just got a whole lot worse. Micro bits of plastic may be killing teeny, tiny beasties. Traditional plastics degrade rather then biodegrade, which means they [...]
Each month we record our plastic waste. This is the plastic rubbish created by 2 people. Please note we count everything but the alcohol** 6 cans of soda – in plastic lined cans 5 glass bottle of soda with plastic lined metal caps 12 straws – We say no to the straws we, don’t use [...]
And what a year it was! We took plastic is rubish out on the road and are currently plastic free backpacking…NO STRAWS PLEASE!!!! and sourced all these plastic-free products. Black Currents BYO Cutlery bubble wrap bun cases (paper) in cardboard boxes bird food breakfast healthy basmati rice. Cutlery Camping Cutlery CDs. chop sticks. cereal [...]
Each month we report on what we have done … and where we have failed. Yaaayyyyy plastic free This month I wrote about giving up on plastic CDs. I copied my entire collection of music onto USB drives and in future I will only download music from the internet. Given my technological incompetence I have my [...]
This is the plastic rubbish created by 2 people backpacking overland. Please note we count everything but the alcohol** Plastic wrapper from reusable water bottle Plastic cap and wrapper from glass bottle of vinegar Dropper from essential oil bottle 1 plastic bag wrapper from shower cap 5 straws Plastic packaging off yet another plug converter [...]
Each month we report on what we have done … and where we have failed. Yaaayyyyy plastic free This month it is the turn of the cool and funky tin cup from Moscow a fantastic reusable product I like to call the PutIn in honour of both its purpose (Coffee? Put in there please!!) and the beef [...]
This is the plastic rubbish created by 2 people backpacking overland. Please note we count everything but the alcohol** Thailand We have had to up our plastic free activities in Thailand as they love plastic. Everything that can be served in plastic is but they don’t stop there. If they then double or triple wrap [...]
This is the plastic rubbish created by 2 people backpacking overland. Please note we count everything but the alcohol** Vietnam to Loas Back in the land of bottled sodas hooray. The caps are plastic lined but are recycled for their metal content. About 30 bottles of soda New tooth brush – bought a two pack [...]
Each month we report on what we have done … and where we have failed. Yaaayyyyy plastic free Holidays just got better with these biodegadable rubber flip flops put together a write up on reusable bags and revealed how to travel plastic free on Russian trains Boooo plastic used In the bin this month is not much [...]
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