Comments on: Plastic-Free Living Discussion, Part 2

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:08:51 +0000

Sophie, I’m looking into options right now. The recent earthquakes have given me a kick in the butt.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:35:36 +0000

Just wondering, now that I’ve been in an emergency situation (Christchurch NZ, earthquake 22/02/11) and Japan has a horrendous situation on its hands… have you found any solutions for a plastic-free emergency kit?

Ours is full of plastic, I admit. Plastic water containers (refilled regularly), strong plastic crate to keep all the food in… a lot of the food is plastic-paked too. That said, we only just had the emergency and repacking (in case of more nasty aftershocks) from various sources elsewhere isn’t an option while things are so disrupted :)

By: Natalie Diebolt

Natalie Diebolt — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:39:20 +0000

I suggest linking with the Clean Bin Project people (Jen & Grant) who are tackling a bunch of the same things. You both could benefit from each other I think.

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friday-favourites-9 | blog — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:12:56 +0000

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By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:16:34 +0000

Hi Lisa. You and someone else mentioned storing water in glass jugs. But the problem for us in Earthquake country would be breakage. I would be afraid to store my only drinking water supply in glass jars that could break. Even on the floor, something could fall on top of them. So I’m thinking stainless steel would be the best choice if we could find it.

As for trash, here is the post I wrote about it:

http://fakeplasticfish.com/2010/02/collecting-garbage-without-plastic-trash-bags/
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By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:12:46 +0000

Do you have any suggestions for what to place trash in-instead of plastic bags…someone mentioned that the bio bags really don’t degrade in the landfill. I don’t want to use paper bags either. Is there an alternative?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:02:01 +0000

In regard to storing water. I use 1 gallon glass bottles that formerly stored apple juice. We have about 12 of them.

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Mon, 17 May 2010 02:32:54 +0000

Hi Anne. Not really a fan of compostable pens. First, can they actually be composted? A lot of so-called compostables cannot without special conditions. I prefer reusables.

For everyday writing (lists, notes to myself, etc.) I use pencils.

For things that have to be written in pen, I use a Lamy fountain pen. I bought it with a cartridge converter so that it can be refilled from a bottle of ink, rather than disposable plastic cartridges. Here is a post showing the pen and ink bottle:

http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/08/reducing-plastic-waste-in-workplace/
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By: claire

claire — Sat, 15 May 2010 21:59:30 +0000

anne, here’s a good article about pens: http://www.changeeverything.ca/blog/leslie_annd/living-plastic-free-pens but it doesn’t really go into the compostable pens, just mentions them. and you’re probably right, fountain pens might be the best option.

By: Anne O.

Anne O. — Fri, 14 May 2010 01:41:14 +0000

Any thoughts of the DBA compostable pens??? I bet you use a fountain pen!