Comments on: Carrick in Los Angeles

By: Carrick

Carrick — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:04:11 +0000

Cool, thanks for asking them, Beth! How good of an alternative to plastic is silicone? I mean, it's good that it's not made from oil, but is its production (and disposal) that much more environmentally friendly?

Thanks for the Marcal tip-off! I'll check it out. :)

Tea and coffee w/o milk?? NOOO!!! ;-) Actually, I tried Earl Grey with lemon juice since I'd run out of milk and that's supposedly the "proper" way to drink it anyway, and I must say, it was quite good.

By: Fake Plastic Fish

Fake Plastic Fish — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:15:37 +0000

You brought up the question, and I found the answer about the Netflix seal. I wrote to Netflix, and here is the response that came today:

Beth,

Good to hear from you.

The pull off tab on the Netflix mailer is paper coated with silicone.

If you’d like more information about Netflix, please check the Media Center at www.netflix.com or shoot me an email.

Thanks.

Steve Swasey | Vice President, Corporate Communications | Netflix | 100 Winchester Circle | Los Gatos, CA 95032 | Office: 408/540-3947 | Cell: 925/899-8108 | sswasey@netflix.com

By: SusanB

SusanB — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:23:01 +0000

Marcal rolls are wrapped in paper but the multi-paks have an exterior plastic wrap. However, a 20pk of Marcal on lossleader sale is less than half the cost per roll of the larger 7th Generation on Amazon. Just saying.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:58:37 +0000

Also, on the TP — the Marcal and CVS brands of recycled TP compare favorably with the Seventh Generation stuff, are paper wrapped, and, in the US anyway, can usually be found locally. But the Amazon shipment gives a huge amount — I bought it that way once and I swear I didn’t have to buy TP for over a year. So the one-time shipping may make it worth it. (But finding a place to store it in a small apartment not so much.)

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:53:37 +0000

Coffee and tea are quite good without milk. No really! (Actually, I seriously dislike milk in my coffee, but I know many disagree.) I also second Beth’s recommendation to look for bread not wrapped in anything. I also find making bread by hand to be quite satisfying; you might find you like it. (And you can make a bunch of dough at once and freeze it for future use.)

By: Carrick

Carrick — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:04:19 +0000

I probably could find a bakery… All right, throwing that on the to-do list–to replace the bread maker. Someone on my blog (where I also posted this) made a similar suggestion, i.e. to just make my own bread by hand (and included this link to a no-knead-bread recipe: http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2008/12/the_noknead_bre.html), to which I responded:

“Actually, I was thinking of doing exactly that! Coincidentally, I’ve made bread recently (it’s an Easter tradition for my family), and yeah, it really wasn’t that hard. So yes, I will try that first–if anything, just to see if I even continue eating bread before investing in a machine.”

Although if I do start eating loaves of bread by the dozen, then of course I’ll get a used bread machine. :)

Hm, yeah, I don’t know for sure if the Netflix thing is plastic–I just assumed it was.

Aha, plastic-free toilet paper, thanks! But isn’t it better to buy at a local store than online? Although I suppose if not even my hippie store carries them (!), then I might just end up resorting to Amazon.

Thanks!!

By: Fake Plastic Fish

Fake Plastic Fish — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:34:25 +0000

Wow, Carrick. Your list is so detailed! Way to go.

I do have a few comments/questions...

1) Instead of buying a bread machine, can you find bread from a bakery without packaging or artisan bread that comes in a paper bag instead? We have some great plastic-free bread alternatives here in the Bay Area. And if you do buy a bread machine, I would encourage you to look to Craigslist, thrift stores, etc. to find one used instead of new. It would be nice to know just how much bread one would have to make to make up for all the plastic, metal, and other materials in the bread machine itself.

2) I've never included that little Netflix strip because I assumed it was wax paper. Perhaps I'll check with them to get the full story.

3) You can get plastic-free toilet paper by the case from Amazon.com. Here's the info:

http://www.amazon.com/Seventh-Generation-Bathroom-Tissue-500-Sheet/dp/B000C7OHFK/ref=pd_sbs_gro_1

Don't know if you've looked into this option.

Kudos for your hard, detailed work! I look forward to future posts from you.