September 18, 2011

Plastic Challenge: Kristin, Week 25

Toilet paper wrapping: I recall reading an article some time ago about ordering a giant amount of TP from amazon & having it shipped (seventh gen maybe?). I DO have a vehicle & drive it more than I’m proud of, so my TP does come from the grocery store which only offers plastic packaged options. Aside from going all no-impact man via washcloths, installing a bidet (we’re renting, sorry) or abstaining completely (um, no) I feel like buying the largest packages possible is the only way I can reduce the amount of plastic resulting from this purchase. And reducing how much is used of course.

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August 24, 2011

Plastic Challenge: Kristin, Week 22

Dishsoap- I just polished off my giant refill bag. Any suggestions (other than not using it)?

Garbage bags- we’re starting to run low on our ancient stash of grocery store bags that we’ve been using for this purpose, but I don’t feel like we’re close enough to needing NO garbage bags… my understanding is that the biodegradable bags don’t actually biodegrade in the landfill- what’s a girl to do?

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