And The Winner Is… (’Use Less Plastic’ Challenge)
After a completely objective drawing (thank you to my son, Mikah), I am pleased to announce the winner of the ‘Use Less Plastic’ Challenge. Please join me in congratulating Sara! I will be sending her a 2.5 quart stainless steel mixing bowl.
This was a great challenge! I am very thankful to everyone who participated! Let’s keep up our desires to cut…
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Wrapping Up the Plastic Challenge
Even though the challenge I issued to myself and to others — Use Less Plastic — will be wrapped up tomorrow, I hope that what we’ve learned and done will carry on for much longer.
For myself, this challenge came at a good time. As many have echoed, using less plastic has been on my mind. Sharing this experience with all of you gave me great…
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Alternatives to Plastic for the Refrigerator, Lunchbox & Freezer
A great alternative to the ever-useful plastic baggie is wax paper and/or wax paper bags. Some wax paper is coated with a petroleum based product, and that is not the type to get. However, there is wax paper that is coated with paraffin. This article suggests the Natural Value brand. Wax paper and wax paper bags biodegrade easily, unlike plastic, which lasts forever in…
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Plastic Discards
I went through my cupboards Monday afternoon. Here’s my bag of plastic discards.
It is going to Goodwill today. Haniya is a little upset about that. She makes a good point: if they aren’t good for us, why should we corrupt someone else? My reasoning is that if the plastics could bless someone who doesn’t have money to spend on other, more expensive, utensils, I’d much rather pass our…
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