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Reducing single-use/disposable plastic

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Silvershadow Oct 2018 6:48pm, 26 Oct 2018 1,264 posts	Quote Pin Silvershadow Things I can’t get in the supermarket or health food shop I get on amazon
halfpint Oct 2018 6:51pm, 26 Oct 2018 26,741 posts	Quote Pin halfpint I have a related question that I thought this thread might be able to help me with. We have a 3 man tent which has passed it's best (it leaks despite reproofing and resealing seams). I was going to take it to the dump but then I wondered if someone might reuse the fabric? I'm thinking those reusable shopping bags that fold up for in your handbag or similar. I know I've seen bags made from reused parachute silk previously.
Garfield Oct 2018 8:39pm, 26 Oct 2018 9,394 posts	Quote Pin Garfield Thanks for the recipe SS! I have a few of those ingredients already and lots of essential oils.
Jenelopy Oct 2018 10:07pm, 26 Oct 2018 287 posts	Quote Pin Jenelopy V'rap - same here. I don't use deodorant any more either, I just make sure that I am clean and my clothes are clean if I leave the house. Either it works, or else my colleagues/friends are too polite to comment. The only time I've used deodorant in the last decade is when I've been to conferences in hot countries (which is twice...). I find stopping using something much easier than finding an environmentally better alternative. (The same with milk, the methane form cows is terrible environmentally, so I cut out dairy. It was easier to have coffee black and porridge with water than to work out which fake-milk is the best for the environment!)
Silvershadow Oct 2018 8:37am, 27 Oct 2018 1,265 posts	Quote Pin Silvershadow HP, With Christmas gifts in mind how about kites?
halfpint Oct 2018 10:39am, 27 Oct 2018 26,746 posts	Quote Pin halfpint I’m not sure I am ready for the no deodorant step. First use of my shampoo and conditioner this morning. It is a bit more faff and it’s weird not to have lather but my hair feels good.
halfpint Oct 2018 10:41am, 27 Oct 2018 26,747 posts	Quote Pin halfpint I have a 4 year old nephew so a kite could work. If I had any sewing skills I could make some bags but alas I am inept with a sewing machine.
Velociraptor Oct 2018 10:54am, 27 Oct 2018 39,432 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor If you're patient and motivated you could hand-sew the bags
halfpint Oct 2018 11:00am, 27 Oct 2018 26,748 posts	Quote Pin halfpint Patient? You clearly don’t know me well. I’m not sure my hand sewing is any better.
Velociraptor Oct 2018 11:04am, 27 Oct 2018 39,433 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Quite soothing, I'd have thought, once the cutting and pinning was done. (I can only do the most rudimentary sewing, and knitting a shopping bag out of scrap bamboo yarn did my head in with the tedium.)

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Information about Plastic Packaging:
UK: wrap.org.uk

EU: ec.europa.eu

What products have microbeads?
beatthemicrobead.org

To help you reduce try one level at a time:https://tyrelady.wordpress.com/support-the-challenges/

What the EU is doing:
europa.eu

- currently the UK will be following SOME of the EU measures.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

Terms used to describe plastic:
1. Biodegradable (also oxi-biodegradable)
2. Bioplastic
3. Compostable
4. Plastic that potentially could be recycled (has numbers)
5. Plastic that cannot be recycled

Some resources:
BBC's info on the numbers on Plastics:
news.bbc.co.uk

The misconceptions of biodegradable plastics from an academic:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.7b04051?src=recsys&

Understanding plastic terms:
wrap.org.uk

Bioplastic developments as seen by British Plastic

britishplastics.co.uk

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