Last week I posted a lovely review about How To Go Waste free. So it only seems to follow that to reduce that waste we should look at reducing how much plastic we use.
I have been reading another great book How To Go Plastic Free, about how you can reduce your plastic usage and in turn reduce your waste.
About How To Go Plastic Free
How to go Plastic Free looks at how plastic is harming our environment, and although we do know this. The book looks at ways that we can implement this into our daily lives. Starting with an introduction on how we can help in our daily lives.
Like How To Go Waste Free, the book offers 100 tips on how to exceed. By breaking it down and realising Rome was not built-in a day. Taking small steps you can start to reduce your plastic an in turn save your environment.
Below we look at a few of the sections of the book.
#3 Get Support – Look online for local forums and groups that offer help and information and where you can buy plastic free produce
#4 Start Campaigning – As well as changing at home, there are also various campaigns you can join
Eating and Drinking
#6 Switch To Reusable Shopping Bags – There are so many options now such as bag for life which are stronger than normal plastic bags. Or like me when doing a big shop I use trolley bags which come in two sizes depending on trolley size you use.
#7 Sell Back Old Plastic Bags – If you shop online sometimes you can not choose the option of no bags, but companies such as Ocado do deliver in plastic bags but also take away old plastic bags and will give you 5p each bag.
#16 Buy Non-Perishables In Bulk – buying non-perishables in bulk not only cuts down on packaging but also works out cheaper
#17 Try Larger Supermarkets – larger supermarkets often stock bigger quantities of products so buying items like grains or rice will reduce plastic packaging and saves on the bank balance as well
These are just a few snippets from the book which is full of great ideas on how you can do your bit and reduce your plastic use.
You can purchase How To Go Plastic Free on Amazon or Hive
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66 Comments
Ross Leech
4th March 2020 at 5:11 pmGrow your own vegetables.
Troy Easton
4th March 2020 at 6:12 pmBuy and Use reusable bags for shopping.
Natalie Crossan
4th March 2020 at 8:14 pmGrowing our own fruit and vegetables 🙂
Nikki Hunter-Pike
4th March 2020 at 8:37 pmLearn how to cook from scratch! – I’ve learnt how to make bread, rolls and gnocchi from home so no longer have to buy these products which always come in plastic!
Sheila Reeves
5th March 2020 at 6:46 amAlways keep a fold-up reusable bag in my coat so if getting odd bits & pieces when not expecting to go shopping have something to put them in
Bronte Stephenson
5th March 2020 at 10:18 amAlways keep your takeaway tupperware! I try not to get takeaways often, but if you end up with 5 plastic containers from the local Chinese, keep them – there are so many uses! Food storage, planting seeds, storing trinkets, weighing out pet food for the week! They are usually dishwasher friendly. 🙂
Joanne Boland
5th March 2020 at 11:18 amSounds fab, we could all do more to reduce our plastic use
Sarah Heath
5th March 2020 at 12:50 pmI always have a spare bag in my handbag, it is so handy to have to avoid buying a bag in the shops.
Sheena Read
5th March 2020 at 3:10 pmOnly buy items wrapped in plastic if there is no other option available
Orange23
5th March 2020 at 4:35 pmUse a reusable plastic bottle, use greengrocers (less plastic packaging than supermarkets) and buy refill bags of hand soap, cleaning products rather than always buying bottles
Adrian Bold
5th March 2020 at 4:53 pmI actively try and buy food packaging in reusable or alternative materials to plastic.
Sue Carter
5th March 2020 at 7:24 pmI use bar soap and shampoo to save plastic bottles
laura stewart
5th March 2020 at 8:21 pmi recycle as much i can
Paul Meulen
5th March 2020 at 9:55 pmAvoid supermarkets but go to actual markets.
Tracy B
5th March 2020 at 11:36 pmI always carry a fabric reusable bag so I don’t have to use plastic carrier bags, I also buy loose fruit and veg and drink tap water. I’m also planning to buy a sodastream so the family can have fizzy drinks
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