Comments on: Denise Yribarren, Weeks 1-4 http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/2011/01/denise-yribarren-weeks-1-4/ 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? Sun, 12 May 2013 02:50:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Molly de Vries http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/2011/01/denise-yribarren-weeks-1-4/comment-page-1/#comment-1911 Molly de Vries Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:31:08 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/?p=488#comment-1911 Denise,
That’s so cool that you are in progress. I feel so slow sometimes making so many mistakes. I have to say progress not perfection is the key for me. other wise I would not attempt any of this. So cheers to you for going for it. thank you

]]> By: EcoCatLady (AKA Rebecca) http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/2011/01/denise-yribarren-weeks-1-4/comment-page-1/#comment-1863 EcoCatLady (AKA Rebecca) Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:33:15 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/?p=488#comment-1863 Hmmm… maybe you could bring your own mug or container or whatever to a take out restaurant and have them fill it with soda for you to get an occasional soda “fix”. I actually pretty much gave up soda alltogether after I worked in the kitchen in college and watched the cook use the carbonated water to eat through all of the grease on the grill. If it can do that to the grill, what on earth does it do to our insides?!? That being said, I very occasionally will indulge in a soda (like once every few years) at a restaurant so there’s no packaging waste.

I’d also love to hear more about your solar cooker. Did you build yours or buy it? It took me 3 tries to build a solar oven that actually worked, but I finally got there. It has one tiny design flaw though that I haven’t figured out how to deal with. The only way I could get the temperature to go high enough was to seal every nook and cranney so that no air could get out. But…. once it gets hot enough to boil water, the cooking food creates steam on the glass which blocks the sun. It’s not a huge problem because by that time it’s usually time to check the food anyhow, so if it’s not done I just wipe the glass off and set it back to cook more, but I wonder how other people have dealt with this problem. Do you have any thoughts?

]]> By: Beth Terry http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/2011/01/denise-yribarren-weeks-1-4/comment-page-1/#comment-1835 Beth Terry Sat, 29 Jan 2011 07:39:29 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/?p=488#comment-1835 Denise, I’m glad you took the challenge even without being able to post a picture. I’d love to hear more about the solar cooker.

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