Like many, I'm reviewing my plastic use given the news that we can no longer simply ship the problem of recycling it overseas. I think I had got complacent, believing that I am a pioneer, ahead of the game. It's been over 30 years now that I have been vocal about carrier bags. I get my milk from the Milkman because it comes in glass bottles. I have even recently started buying my loo roll online from an ethical company that wrap rolls in paper rather than plastic (check them out, "who gives a crap" and if you want to place an order yourself let me know as I can get us both a discount).
When I looked into my trolley yesterday tho, I realise I still have a long way to go. I'd put in two cartons of soup that were on offer, which then went back in favour of onions so I could make my own. Many of the lunch box items, like snack bars, have outer cardboard packaging but still the bars are individually wrapped. And as they were out of loose mushrooms that I usually put into a paper bag, I ended up with a cellophane wrapped tub. Yoghurt tubs - I momentarily contemplated making my own and then put them in the trolley anyway, cos that's not going to happen.
It's good to notice just how much plastic I use and to keep thinking how to reduce it. I would like to utilise the prison farm shop more, I'll have to think how I can do that.
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