Canada’s Challenge Posts
Plastic Challenge: raylene, Week 1
Location:Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Name: raylene Week: 1 Personal Info: We are a family of four, with two teenage boys. Needless to say, we go through an embarrassing amount of stuff.
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Plastic Challenge: Anny Frechette, Week 10
Stay at home mom. One children at home, sometimes two… with a part time husband (working far away). I’m a fashion designer (trying to be eco friendly as much as possible) working at home. Sorry for my english… I’m a french canadian! :) Location:Deschambautl, Quebec, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Anny Frechette, Week 9
Location:Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Anny Frechette, Week 8
Location:Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Anny Frechette, Week 7
Location:Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Cedar, Week 2
Location:, Ontario, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Cedar, Week 1
Home-made toothpaste, ways to get toilet paper not in plastic bags, how to make tofu and miso paste. Location:, Ontario, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Anny Frechette, Week 6
Location:Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Anny Frechette, Week 5
Location:Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Anny Frechette, Week 4
What about butter? The wrapping seems metallic but….??? Location:Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Anny Frechette, Week 3
I found juice in cans. Since we have a deposit program on aluminium cans, is this a good alternative? Location:Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Anny Frechette, Week 2
Location:Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Anny Frechette, Week 1
Location:Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Kristin Overton, Week 50
Hair products: I have naturally wavy hair but it’s also what you could call “unruly”. If air drying, I usually use some sort of mousse or gel (spray or otherwise) type product… ideas? Brands of hot sauce: knowing that in Canada I may not be able to find what you may recommend, have you found [...]
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Plastic Challenge: Kristin Overton, Week 49
Our deep freeze is a lid-on-top style (rather than stand up) and I suspect when we begin to use glass to store leftovers there is a risk of breakage. Does anyone know of any sort of shelving systems we could use? The freezer does have one basket that sits on the top, and we have [...]
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Plastic Challenge: Kristin Overton, Week 48
Location:Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Kristin Overton, Week 47
Location:Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Kristin Overton, Week 46
What’s your favorite non-plastic food storage container? or Can someone in the US “angel” some of these to me so that I don’t have to buy whole new products: https://www.anchoronline.com/replacements.html Location:Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Kristin Overton, Week 45
Location:Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
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Plastic Challenge: Kristin Overton, Week 44
Winter composting ideas aside from vermiculture, which we already do? We live somewhere that if we leave any food outside, critters will get it. It’s too early for bears but they’ll be out soon enough! Cheesecloth (actually for cheesemaking!) seems to only be sold in plastic packaging. Is there an alternative/environmentally conscious brand out there? [...]
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