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Could You Live 'plastic Free'?
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- Do you ever “refuse plastic,” perhaps by bringing your own bags to stores, avoiding takeout containers, drinking from a cup rather than using a plastic straw (or bringing your own metal one) or employing other tactics?
- Do you think the goal of using no plastic products is attainable? What about simply cutting down?
- If you tried to live totally plastic free, what would be the biggest challenge for you? Why do you say that?
- Do you try to use fewer plastic products these days? Do you try to recycle when possible? How about your family?
- Where in your life do you see the most unnecessary waste, whether it’s plastic or anything else? What, if anything, do you think can done to address the issue?
- Do you think the goal of using no plastic products is attainable? What about simply cutting down?
- If you tried to live totally plastic free, what would be the biggest challenge for you? Why do you say that?
- Do you try to use fewer plastic products these days? Do you try to recycle when possible? How about your family?
- Where in your life do you see the most unnecessary waste, whether it’s plastic or anything else? What, if anything, do you think can done to address the issue?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I would love to live plastic free but being realistic it is not possible without becomeing a hippy in a tents (Are there any hemp tents these days?)
So, the next best thing is to cut down and reuse what you have. Which is what my wife and I have tried to do for the last 27 years together. Kids, except one, do the same.
So, the next best thing is to cut down and reuse what you have. Which is what my wife and I have tried to do for the last 27 years together. Kids, except one, do the same.
I started taking my own bags to the supermarket 35 years ago - the checkout people thought I was weird! I've always washed and re-used freezer bags until they have too many splits/holes - my grown-up kids think I'm a cheapskate. I'm using plastic margarine containers for freezing food that I've had and recycled for 35 years if not longer. I also now take those with me when I buy meat from the butchery counter in Waitrose - yes they will put your "loose" meat in it and save plastic bags! I'm not saying I could do without plastic but I can certainly do my bit to re-use and re-cycle. I wouldn't dream of buying coffee in a disposable cup - not least because it tastes foul.
Today I received a new battery for my digital camera it was packed in
1 Large plastic envelope approx 8in x 7in
2 Card board box approx 6in x6in
3 Bubble wrap envelope approx 4in x4in
4 Another cardboard box approx 3in x 3in
5 Inside this the battery itself in one of those cardboard and plastic
packets you always struggle to open.
6 Finally the battery approx 1.5in x 1.5in x 0.25in
I'm all for proper packaging but I think in this case it was a little bit overdone
1 Large plastic envelope approx 8in x 7in
2 Card board box approx 6in x6in
3 Bubble wrap envelope approx 4in x4in
4 Another cardboard box approx 3in x 3in
5 Inside this the battery itself in one of those cardboard and plastic
packets you always struggle to open.
6 Finally the battery approx 1.5in x 1.5in x 0.25in
I'm all for proper packaging but I think in this case it was a little bit overdone
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