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I took the plunge a couple days ago and ordered a bunch of things from greenfeet.com. First [...]

Trying Out Some Plastic Alternatives

Trying Out Some Plastic Alternatives

I picked up my Azure Standard order yesterday. I don’t have to meet the truck anymore on late Monday nights, because a friend retrieves my order and then I go grab it from her when I’m out in town on Wednesdays. I am so thankful to have the help with that, being as we live [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Plastic Discards

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 [...]

Breaking Down the Plastics

There are really two categories of plastics that we use: disposables and non-disposables.
The disposable plastics would be items such as zipper-seal bags, wrappers, and plastics that are used once and then thrown out. I could say that my goals are to reduce the amount of disposables I use to an absolute minimum. I just can’t see [...]

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