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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Plastic Documentary

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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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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

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

Kim

another challenge?

I seem to have enough on my plate right now and yet here I am jumping into another challenge. Admittedly, this is something that's been on my list for a while. My girls, now 19 and 22, grew up re-cycling and composting. They complained from time-to-time when they were young and it's funny now to hear them complain that so many people they meet now don't re-cycle or compost.

Long ago I switched to bringing my own bag when I shopped for groceries; I carry a travel mug for coffee;… Continue

Posted by Kim on November 11, 2007 at 11:37am — 1 Comment

 

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