Comments on: Week 2 Results: Head buried under 17 oz. of plastic waste! http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-2-head-buried-under-17-oz-of/ Learn to live life with less plastic... for the health of our bodies, our oceans, our planet. I don't buy new plastic. Join me on my plastic-free journey. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:55:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-2-head-buried-under-17-oz-of/comment-page-1/#comment-4742 Anonymous Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:22:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-2-results-head-buried-under-17-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-4742 COME ON! Wiping my ass with a towel and washing it??? Dont be such a freak! COME ON! Wiping my ass with a towel and washing it??? Dont be such a freak!

]]> By: Anonymous http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-2-head-buried-under-17-oz-of/comment-page-1/#comment-1748 Anonymous Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:32:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-2-results-head-buried-under-17-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-1748 So, I was just randomly googling "toilet paper mound" (you can make your own associations) for research on an art project I am about to start and your blog came up. And I just happen to be the same person who you added to your facebook today because I got some bubble wrap from you off of freecycle. The internet is a small place after all.<br/><br/>Great blog, by the way!<br/>--Trisha So, I was just randomly googling “toilet paper mound” (you can make your own associations) for research on an art project I am about to start and your blog came up. And I just happen to be the same person who you added to your facebook today because I got some bubble wrap from you off of freecycle. The internet is a small place after all.

Great blog, by the way!
–Trisha

]]> By: axelle http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-2-head-buried-under-17-oz-of/comment-page-1/#comment-61 axelle Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:01:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-2-results-head-buried-under-17-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-61 If you bring your own container to a cheese shop, they can weigh the container and then weigh the cheese, put the cheese in your container, do the cheese weight vs. container weight math, stick the label on your container, and off you go. Same thing with meat. Bring your containers to Berkeley Bowl's weigh station and have them pre-weighed, then fill them with bulk stuff and weighed again. They'll deduct the weight of the container. <br/><br/>I stopped using plastic containers as food storage when someone gave me a couple of boxes of canning jars with rings and an extra box of lids. If a lid picks up the odor of food, I use another lid and stick the old one in the sun for a couple of weeks. I really like being able to see what's in the glass jars instead of guessing what's in an opaque plastic container. If you bring your own container to a cheese shop, they can weigh the container and then weigh the cheese, put the cheese in your container, do the cheese weight vs. container weight math, stick the label on your container, and off you go. Same thing with meat. Bring your containers to Berkeley Bowl’s weigh station and have them pre-weighed, then fill them with bulk stuff and weighed again. They’ll deduct the weight of the container.

I stopped using plastic containers as food storage when someone gave me a couple of boxes of canning jars with rings and an extra box of lids. If a lid picks up the odor of food, I use another lid and stick the old one in the sun for a couple of weeks. I really like being able to see what’s in the glass jars instead of guessing what’s in an opaque plastic container.

]]> By: Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-2-head-buried-under-17-oz-of/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank Sun, 08 Jul 2007 01:21:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-2-results-head-buried-under-17-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-18 Thanks for your comments. Morgan, just yesterday I discovered bulk powdered soy milk at Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco. It's made from 100% organic soybeans and nothing else. Just add water. So I bought some and am going to try it. Since I only use it in my tea and on my cereal, I am hoping I won't notice much difference between that and the refrigerated kind. And it costs a lot less when you don't have to pay for water and packaging!<br/><br/>Your comment about the paper towels is right on. Just have to start new habits, I guess. Thanks for your comments. Morgan, just yesterday I discovered bulk powdered soy milk at Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco. It’s made from 100% organic soybeans and nothing else. Just add water. So I bought some and am going to try it. Since I only use it in my tea and on my cereal, I am hoping I won’t notice much difference between that and the refrigerated kind. And it costs a lot less when you don’t have to pay for water and packaging!

Your comment about the paper towels is right on. Just have to start new habits, I guess.

]]> By: Morgan http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-2-head-buried-under-17-oz-of/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Morgan Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:45:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-2-results-head-buried-under-17-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-16 I have two suggestions to help reduce plastics on the list. About paper towels, I don't know of a brand that doesn't come wrapped in plastic either. But you could just not buy any altogether. Rather than use paper towels (if they are sitting on my kitchen counter I plow through them) cut up some old towels, bedsheets, and t-shirts or even buy some rags and keep a container of them uder the sink. When you use them, rinse them and use them again or put it in another container and wash them at the end of the week. <br/><br/>About soymilk, you could stop relying on manufacturers for that as well. I've made my own soymilk and it's great. Get some soybeans in bulk at a 'health food store' and bring your own bag to take them home in. Rather than buy a soymilk maker (which probably has some plastic components) just do it on the stovetop.<br/><br/>Good job at the catalog of plastics. It really made me aware of how much plastic we use! I have two suggestions to help reduce plastics on the list. About paper towels, I don’t know of a brand that doesn’t come wrapped in plastic either. But you could just not buy any altogether. Rather than use paper towels (if they are sitting on my kitchen counter I plow through them) cut up some old towels, bedsheets, and t-shirts or even buy some rags and keep a container of them uder the sink. When you use them, rinse them and use them again or put it in another container and wash them at the end of the week.

About soymilk, you could stop relying on manufacturers for that as well. I’ve made my own soymilk and it’s great. Get some soybeans in bulk at a ‘health food store’ and bring your own bag to take them home in. Rather than buy a soymilk maker (which probably has some plastic components) just do it on the stovetop.

Good job at the catalog of plastics. It really made me aware of how much plastic we use!

]]> By: Debra http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-2-head-buried-under-17-oz-of/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Debra Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:25:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-2-results-head-buried-under-17-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-14 Beth, thanks for doing this! I have also been trying to track/reduce our family's plastic consumption, and I quickly got overwhelmed. Seeing your blog and some of the others reminds me that we are not tilting at windmills... OK so maybe we are tilting at windmills, but at least we are not tilting alone. I appreciate what you are doing!<br/><br/>Gracie :)A Beth, thanks for doing this! I have also been trying to track/reduce our family’s plastic consumption, and I quickly got overwhelmed. Seeing your blog and some of the others reminds me that we are not tilting at windmills… OK so maybe we are tilting at windmills, but at least we are not tilting alone. I appreciate what you are doing!

Gracie :)A

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