The Great Plastic Challenge

Eliminating plastic from our lives...one week at a time.

Have you heard of the Pacific Garbage Patch? It's twice the size of Texas, it's 80% plastic, and it's FLOATING IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. We need to cut plastic off at the source, and WE are the source. Join us and make a difference...one week at a time.

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jonornoy

Plastic Documentary 1 Reply

Started by jonornoy. Last reply by Cathy Harkness Jan 31.

LifeLessPlastic

Plastic Free Christmas 2 Replies

Started by LifeLessPlastic. Last reply by Wendy Nov. 26, 2008.

Beth Terry

How's everybody doing? 1 Reply

Started by Beth Terry. Last reply by Laura Jan. 27, 2008.

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The Challenge:

Each week, choose one plastic-packaged item that you buy regularly and commit to PERMANENTLY substitute a home-grown or non-plastic-packaged alternative.

Here are a few suggestions:

Daily coffee? Bring your own mug instead of sending a plastic lid to the landfill every day.

Laundry Detergent? Buy powder instead of liquid.

Juice? Get it in glass only, then recycle!

Water? It's free at the water fountain and at your sink.

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  • Cathy Harkness
  • Vanessa
  • Jen Macy
  • Dara (Whitmer) Edgerton
  • Laura
  • Wendy
  • Green Tallahassee
  • kiki
  • Kim
  • cynthia glenewinkel
  • Jody Garcia
  • Deb
  • Susan
  • Yari
  • Michelle Belle-Oudry
  • Aaron White
  • Vickie Cusack
  • jonornoy
  • mvds27

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Green Tallahassee

IT'S A SCAM!

Recently, I received a friend request from this site that exclaimed how the person 'friending' me made 100's of dollars through the "GOOGLE MONEY KIT." The information is ONLY A $1.95 shipping charge to learn how to earn big money at home!! Why not give it a try?

Here's why:

Note what they DON’T tell you on this page. Go check out the “Terms and Conditions” and you’ll see this buried in there:

“Should You fail to cancel Your Subscription within the 7 day trial, You will be billed $1.95… Continue

Posted by Green Tallahassee on August 15, 2009 at 12:17pm

Cathy Harkness

No more fresh yummy salsa or hummus!

Alright folks! After the past week of reading blogs, and watching heart-wrenching videos on Youtube, I feel awful about my plastics consumption. Therefore, I am giving up my delicious fresh salsa and hummus in plastic containers. This is just a small step in a journey of many, many steps in the future, but for now I'm putting the kibosh on my wonderfully delicious, HOT Casa Sanchez salsa from Whole Foods, and any creamy delicious (and highly addicting) fresh hummus in evil plastic containers.

I… Continue

Posted by Cathy Harkness on January 31, 2009 at 9:01am

Laura

Status quo...

I currently:



  • bring my lunch in canning jars and cloth napkins.

  • buy in bulk (meaning one large plastic container) in stead of individual plastic containers.

  • refuse plastic silverware whenever possible.

  • refuse straws often.

  • choose take out food by what kind of packaging it comes in. (example: the Blue Water Taco near work wraps burritos in alluminum foil and doesn't force a plastic bag on me.)



I want to:



  • stop eating

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Posted by Laura on January 24, 2008 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Abigail

I have been on my own plastic free challenge since the begining of the year...here is where I stand:…

I have been on my own plastic free challenge since the begining of the year...here is where I stand:


Plastic So FarMost of the plastic I already had in my home, but some unfortunitly that I have bought or used in the past

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Posted by Abigail on January 24, 2008 at 11:21am — 1 Comment

Kim

Small Steps

I've been doing a lot of thinking and talking with my friends and family. My nature is really one of trying to be more aware of what I'm doing and build community with those around me. In the short term it help me to prepare for change and in the long term it helps keep me on target. Yesterday morning, at breakfast with my women friends, we talked about how so many people we know suffer from a disease of "affluence" - buying too much of what they don't need and replacing items with more-better i… Continue

Posted by Kim on November 17, 2007 at 11:04am — 2 Comments

 

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