Comments on: Plastic Challenge: Laura in Maine, Week 1 http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/2011/02/laura-in-maine-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? Sun, 12 May 2013 02:50:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Beth Terry http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/2011/02/laura-in-maine-week-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1930 Beth Terry Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:20:06 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/?p=544#comment-1930 Hi Laura. I’m so glad you’re taking this challenge. The number one purpose is awareness. It’s easy to get overwhelmed, but remember we all have different challenges and resources where we live, and in a rural area where you are, you might not have the resources I have here in California.

Still, I’m curious about why so much produce there comes in plastic. Are there produce items that you can buy “naked” without any plastic bag or wrapper?

My advice about the bulk store would be to gather a whole bunch of reusable bags and containers and then go exploring there. See what they have and when you go, stock up big so that you don’t have to do very often. But also, I’m wondering if there might be some plastic-free options closer to home that you might not have noticed until starting this challenge. You might be surprised.

By the way, that Netflix peel strip is silicone, not plastic. (I checked a while back.)

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