Plastic Challenge: Ellen and Pedro, Week 9
Location:, Belgium
Name: Ellen and Pedro
Week: 9
Personal Info:
We are a two person, two cat household. We both work away from home and take a packed lunch every day. We are very strict vegetarians and try to eat vegan at home.
Ellen and Pedro’s personal blog:
List of plastic items REFUSED this week. (Yay!)
we didn’t shop this week, it was leftover week.
Total items collected: 27
Total weight:
Items: Recyclable
4 tetrapack
Items: Nonrecyclable
5 wrappers of vegan stuff
3 trays of breadfilling
2 vegan yogurt big
8 vegan yogurt small (only 2 on pic)
1 bag chips
1 tray veggie burger
1 tray vegetables
1 tube face cream
4 containers of lamps
1 medicine
bag 10g misc wraps
What items can I easily replace with plastic free or less plastic alternatives?
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?
What one plastic item am I willing to give up or replace this week?
What other conclusions, if any, can I draw?