Comments on: Tess Giles, Week 1 http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/2010/06/tess-giles-week-1/ Take the challenge. Collect your plastic waste (both recyclable and non) for one week or more. Then photograph, tally, and post it here. What can we learn about our habits and lifestyles by examining our waste? And what changes can each of us make to leave the planet a little less trashy? Tue, 28 May 2013 06:08:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: celia http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/2010/06/tess-giles-week-1/comment-page-1/#comment-795 celia Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:29:22 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/showyourplastic/?p=272#comment-795 I spoke to the Brown Cow people, my favorite brand of yogurt. They provided a number and actually answered the phone, so I like them even more, but their answer to my dilemma about packaging was “It’s a safety issue.” I said, “I buy olive oil, vinegar, beer, wine, mayo, etc. in glass, why not yogurt?” This is not about safety, it’s about the packaging industry that wants to do everything as cheaply (short-term) as possible. A couple days in my fridge, forever in the landfill.

]]> By: Beth Terry http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/2010/06/tess-giles-week-1/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Beth Terry Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:41:40 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/showyourplastic/?p=272#comment-709 Hi Tess. Thank you so much for taking the challenge. I think collecting our plastic and really taking a look at it is invaluable because it’s so easy to kid ourselves into thinking we’re using way less than we are. Kind of like eating sweets. Oh, just this time will be okay. But we forget that we told ourselves the same thing the day before and the day before that, right?

Regarding the dishwasher cleaner, could you switch to a brand in a cardboard box? We like Ecover. What brands are available where you live?

Regarding the other stuff, it seems like you know what to do. As far as remembering to bring bags, I finally just had to carry stuff out of the store in my own two hands a few times and then I never forgot them again. :-)

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