Location:Oakland, California, United States

Name: Beth Terry

Week: 19

Personal Info:

I am the founder of MyPlasticfreeLife.com and have been collecting my plastic and attempting to live as plastic-free as possible since June of 2007.

See my previous years’ tallies at:
/category/beths-weeklymonthly-plastic-tallies/

List of plastic items REFUSED this week. (Yay!)

Plastic bags, plastic bottles, plastic-coated cups with plastic lids, and so much more!

Total items collected: 6

Total weight: .2 ounces

Items: Recyclable
1) Expired bank card. Earthworks systems collects used gift cards to recycle. I’m not sure if they will accept expired credit cards or not. There could be fraud issues. http://www.earthworkssystem.com/index.html

Items: Nonrecyclable
2-3) Two plastic envelope windows. Read about what plastic envelope windows are made of here:  /2009/04/year-2-week-42-results-05-oz-of-plastic/

4) Window from a cardboard compact fluorescent light bulb package

5-6) Stickers from a box of Lush Toothy Tabs, my alternative to toothpaste in a plastic tube:  /2011/08/searching-for-the-perfect-all-natural-plastic-free-toothpaste-or-powder-or-soap-or/