Day 67 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: going to the farmers market and buying fresh fruit and vegetables without plastic.
I shop for most of my fresh fruit and vegetables at the local farmers market. Sometimes I Continue reading
Day 65 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: finding out how careful you need to be when avoiding plastic cups and straws in cafes.
Watching the first episode of Series 2 of the War On Waste reminded me that I didn’t get around to posting about a particular incident earlier this year.
I was meeting someone in a cafe and we decided to order drinks. It was a hot day, so I Continue reading
Day 64 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: finding a plastic-free nailbrush.
There’s a big push on to bring an end to ‘single-use’ plastic and shift to alternatives to plastic. Much of this push has come from people being disgusted about the impact of plastic on animals and the marine environment. We see pictures of birds, fish and turtles choking on plastic or dying of starvation with bellies full of plastic. The huge plastic Continue reading
Day 63 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: the how and why of washing plastic bags for re-use.
The first question you are probably asking is…
Day 62 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: buying and storing bulk dry goods to avoid plastic food packaging.
In recent years more and more of our food is sold in plastic packaging.
With all that plastic is contributing to pollution and climate damage, avoiding it is a vital Continue reading