Team Do Good

Plastic is ubiquitous and hard to escape! It takes a lot of planning and effort to minimize, especially when convenience comes into play (a key part of our lives balancing kiddos and work). I learned about a lot of helpful tools to minimize plastic use and hope to increase my use of them moving forward. This challenge also emphasized how...

Buying things in bulk with our own containers, buying things in other types of containers (though not the most sustainable option), making things like dips and dressings at home.

Super easy- I’ve never used them. But my husband was used to them so we now use wool dryer balls.

We stopped buying sponges and switched to the Swedish dish cloths and washrags for cleaning. We’re still trying to move away from our dish washing wand (has a sponge on the end), which we’ve used for convenience for quickly washing dishes that aren’t dishwasher safe.

So many benefits- from cleaner water and land used for growing and processing (and hopefully less water in some cases), to safer working conditions for people harvesting/producing the clothing, and less pollution and micro plastic going to water through laundering. Also creating less plastic waste at products’ end of life. Might be better...

I’d guess it’s more for ease of transporting goods than anything, so probably more to the producer/seller’s benefit, though for consumers it can be more appealing to buy a bag of something rather than taking time to individually count/assess what you need.