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Plastic Challenge: jennifer patrick, Week 4
Location:boise, Idaho, United States
Name: jennifer patrick
Week: 4
Personal Info:
List of plastic items REFUSED this week. (Yay!)
several straws, plastic shopping bags, plastic cups, celery bundled in plastic
Total items collected: 14
Total weight:
Items: Recyclable
none :-(
Items: Nonrecyclable
plastic wine cork
plastic bread tie
2 plastic bandaids
2 toilet paper packages
stock portfolio packaging
plastic top of wine bottle
pita package
watercress package
spaghetti package
Larabar package
2 bread packages
What items can I easily replace with plastic free or less plastic alternatives?
I could make my own bread, buy TP wrapped in paper, buy wine with real corks or screw caps
What items would I be willing to give up if a plastic free alternative doesn’t exist?
What items are essential and seem to have no plastic-free alternative?
What lifestyle change(s) might be necessary to reduce my plastic consumption?
making bread (make time)
What one plastic item am I willing to give up or replace this week?
greens (spinach,etc) that come in plastic bags. I had celery on my shopping list this week and decided to forgo it because they were wrapped in plastic.
What other conclusions, if any, can I draw?
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Tags: plastic challenge
Hi Jennifer. There is a mobile website that lets you look up wines before you buy them to see if they have a real cork or a plastic one. Check it out: http://myplasticfreelife.com/2012/03/cant-tell-whether-a-wine-bottle-has-a-plastic-cork-or-real-cork-theres-an-app-for-that/