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Reducing single-use/disposable plastic

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cackleberry
cackleberry
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Sandalwood scent?
MazH
MazH
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You used to get soap on a rope in some funky shapes!!
Turtlemama
Turtlemama
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Do you have a plastic free refill shop? We have one that will refill any containers with shower gel of shampoo
run free
run free
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Follow on from turtle’s post... look for zero waste shops / refill shops
Garfield
Garfield
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One of my local hairdressers used to refill shampoo. Hopefully they will continue when they reopen.
run free
run free
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What's today?
run free
run free
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Ahh - we are now into Plastic Free July. plasticfreejuly.org

My local church St John's is collecting eco-bricks to make some community seats + raised beds and one shed. At the moment it seems we are collecting any bottle size to inspire us to use our creative ability :)
run free
run free
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What's everyone else doing for plastic free July?
WA
WA
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We were making eco bricks for a while, but have stopped. I think as schoolwork winds down, we'll start again. Planning to use them to make little garden drinks tables. I've washed so much plastic, it fills a large kitchen cupboard so we need to get stuffing again!

At work tho, plastic consumption has increased from around none to loads because of all the disposable PPE we now have to use
run free
run free
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Seen that some NHS trusts are testing reusable visors:

https://www.nhsggc.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/news/2020/06/new-reusable-ppe-visor-designed-and-produced-by-nhsggc/#

And perhaps patient interaction might change with screens?
nationalhealthexecutive.com

About This Thread

Maintained by run free
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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