Location:Perth, Australia

Name: Karen

Week: 2

Personal Info:

Undertaking this challenge is really increasing my awareness of how/where and what type of plastics are used in packaging.

List of plastic items REFUSED this week. (Yay!)
Bought cheese from the deli counter, rather than plastic wrapped from supermarket

Total items collected: 21

Total weight:

Items: Recyclable
Butter container (5)

Items: Nonrecyclable
Not sure if the cream cheese foil wrapper contains plastic? Have included it in case it does?

Foil wrappers from coffee bags and dishwasher tablet

Plastic wrappers around magazines received in the post

Plastic windows in letters

Plastic pasta packet

Plastic bag that came with meat (forget to take a container)

Plastic lining on wine lid, and 2 x milk bottle lids

What items can I easily replace with plastic free or less plastic alternatives?
Buy butter wrapped in ‘waxed’ paper

Cancel subscriptions to magazine that aren’t essential, and move toward email communication

Remember to take my own container when buying meat

Look for wines with natural cork stoppers

Brew coffee

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?
Buying butter in plastic containers

Receiving plastic wrapped magazines and envelopes with plastic windows in the post

What other conclusions, if any, can I draw?
There is so much to learn from websites like this one…