Illinois’s Challenge Posts
Plastic Challenge: Colleen T, Week 3
Location:Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States
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Plastic Challenge: Colleen T, Week 2
Any and all Location:Glen Ellyn, IL, Illinois, United States
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Plastic Challenge: Colleen T, Week 1
Any and all suggestions appreciated Location:Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States
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Plastic Challenge: Clara, Week 1
Location:Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Plastic Challenge: Valerie Teruel, Week 4
My kids love (organic) cranberry juice, can’t find one that is sold in glass that is not super expensive. Any ideas for put together homemade recipes? Location:Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Plastic Challenge: Valerie Teruel, Week 3
Location:Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Plastic Challenge: Pat Clancy, Week 7
How can I determine whether things are made of cellophane or plastic? For instance, the bag inside of the cereal box, or the see-through bags of granola, the window on the paper bread bag, etc.? Beth has made me think about all these things, and my count this week is higher than ever! Location:Lisle, Illinois, [...]
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Plastic Challenge: Pat Clancy, Week 6
Is it better to buy organic produce packaged in plastic or bulk items that are not organic? I am finding that sometimes that is my choice. Yesterday I bought nonorganic onions because I really needed onions and didn’t have time to go to another store. When the farmers market starts up in April this will [...]
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Plastic Challenge: Valerie Teruel, Week 2
Will Aveda accept the flip open lids on all the almond milk/soy milk containers? There is no number on them, but they have the same quality as caps. I’d feel happier being able to recycle at least some part of it. Location:Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Plastic Challenge: Valerie Teruel, Week 1
I’m keeping my old laundry detergent bottles, to reuse when I make my own laundry soap. Does anyone have a recipe that they use? Same with toothpaste, I’m looking for a home made powder, any suggestions of tried and true recipe Location:Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Plastic Challenge: Pat Clancy, Week 5
I keep learning here about more things that are plastic that I wasn’t aware of before, so the number of items in my tally goes up instead of down in spite of changes being made. What can I do about mail that comes in window envelopes? I have one plastic magazine sleeve this week from [...]
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Plastic Challenge: Pat Clancy, Week 4
Location:Lisle, Illinois, United States
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Plastic Challenge: Pat Clancy, Week 3
Location:, Illinois, United States
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Plastic Challenge: Pat Clancy, Week 2
Location:, Illinois, United States
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Plastic Challenge: Pat Clancy, Week 1
I’d like to know what some items are made of – what kind of plastic, and whether it can be recycled. Food and medicine packaging are everywhere every day, and much of it goes in the trash because I can’t identify it. Location:Lisle, Illinois, United States
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Plastic Challenge: Hanh Pham, Week 3
I know there are pens with refillable ink cartridges, but it’s still a plastic shell. What’s a plastic-free alternative to a ball point pen? Location:Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Plastic Challenge: Hanh Pham, Week 2
Location:Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Plastic Challenge: Hanh Pham, Week 1
The produce bags that I use are often reused twice or three times before they get worn, tipped, or too dirty to rinse off. Is it more environmentally friendly to use plastic produce bags and reuse them numerous times? Or buy a mesh one – made from plastic – often from China? How many times [...]
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Plastic Challenge: Sandy Sanders, Week 1
Question: I throw alot of tennis ball containers in the recycle. They have a metal edge at the top of the plastic container. I wonder if they get booted out of the stream at the facility? Do you know anything about this item in the recycle stream? I am already aware of recycling and started [...]
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