Cutting plastic and living compostably
These days most of us automatically reach for the teabags but is that really the best choice? Certainly not from a plastic free zero waste point of veiw. Nasty Bags Whats in your tea bag? Paper and tea you wish but actually no. Firstly is your bag made from paper? Are you sure? Because when…
Whats in your tea bag? Paper and tea you wish but actually no. Firstly is your bag made from paper? Are you sure? Because when you think about it if it really was made from paper why doesn’t it go all soggy when you submerge it in boiling water? Plastic In The Bag Well it…
The Problems Presented By Plastic Misuse & How To Combat Them Today plastics dominate our lives. We use a shocking amount of plastic on a daily basis, often without even realising it. Some of the day to day plastic that we use includes plastic carrier bags, water bottles, the packaging that our food is wrapped…
Gosh in 2013 the E.U. realised that “Dozens of millions of tonnes of plastic debris end up floating in world oceans broken into microplastic, the so-called plastic soup. Microplastics are found in the most remote parts of our oceans. Entanglement of turtles by floating plastic bags, sea mammals and birds that die from eating plastic…
This post does not deal with using plastic to protect food in transit rather than the plastic used to pre-package food for sale in stores. Plastic is used to pack food for a number of reasons. The most simple are to contain it – to stop it falling about protect it from bruising wrapping products…
Plastics are divided into thermoplastics and thermoset plastics. Thermoplastics can be heated and shaped many times. Thermoplastics pellets soften when heated and become more fluid as additional heat is applied. The curing process is completely reversible as no chemical bonding takes place. This characteristic allows thermoplastics to be remolded and recycled without negatively affecting the material’s…
…..is hard. Here’s an update. So far we are totally about 4o items that contain some plastic and 4 plastic wrappers each. It has been pouring down here (with a light dusting of snow – sigh!), so we have been sitting in a lot of cafes in an effort to keep warm and sometimes try…
Of course every month is plastic free for me but plastic free July is a time to make a bit of extra effort, promote projects, look at my bin and join with other people all over the world who are taking this time to rethink their relationship with plastic. What is Plastic Free July The…
These days most of us automatically reach for the teabags but is that really the best choice? Certainly not from a plastic free zero waste point of veiw. Nasty Bags Whats in your tea bag? Paper and tea you wish but actually no. Most do in fact contain plastic and so are only between 70-80%…
Latest reports and news stories about plastic in the sea can be found here, (reports and statistics about other plastic related issues can be found here) Thanks to Fabiano of www.globalgarbage.org for keeping us well informed. Try schnews for the nasty nurdles billions of tiny plastic pellets, called nurdles – the raw materials for the plastic…
Ahoy there me hearties! Have I got a project for you! These Uk designers trawl the beaches for plastic which they turn into chairs with their home made plastic recycling machine. I know… so sweet! Now they need money to develop the project further! They want to go to sea with their machine and make…
Last month (July) we took part in plastic free July (pretty much as it sounds) . We are did it in a van. This is what went into our landfill bin to date. We have nothing in our recycle bin. All other rubbish has been compostable. Camping weekend with mates Beers in glass bottles with metal caps that are plastic lined. I don’t…