Plastic Times Call for Plastic (Free) Measures

My mother in law gave me this beautiful flower "cake" for my birthday that came on a specialized plastic cake stand that wouldn't work for real cakes. Once the flowers died I reached out to see if the floral shop could reuse it and they were very happy to do so. I think this challenge has helped me to think through the disposal...

Making an effort to make dinners vs delivery.    Lessens use of plastic by reusing dishes, pans, silverware.  Less fossil footprint too.

Making an effort to make dinner vs take out.   No plastic, less fossil footprint

I watched Frontline's "Plastic Challenge" last night.  Wow!  And this morning I thought of something else that was not mentioned in the show;  we have also been taught to believe that plastic encasement = sanitary.  When my children were young, we would buy diapers in boxes and the diapers were just in the box.  Now with my...

Hi friends! One of our teammates and I were just sharing some of our favorite media about plastic waste and I thought I'd share them with you as well!Planet Money | Wasteland: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/912150085/waste-landFrontline/PBS Special "Plastic Wars": https://youtu.be/-dk3NOEgX7oThroughline | The Litter Myth:...

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