Organic Textile Company

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I did buy from this store. They have a good range of fabric and they state that ” All our fabrics are good quality inexpensive organic, cotton fairly traded.
” Though they don’t actually have a fair-trade certificate you can see that they are commuted to the cause. There are  some nice personal details about the people they work with. I know who made my fabric,

They also  supply ready made products like aprons and tea towels for craft projects.

Know what you are sewing

The fabric descriptions are not so clear. There is nothing on the dies used. They make some suggestions for what to make but do not put in the fabric weight. If you are new to sewing it might be a good idea to use their sample service. I copied the following from their website.

For 50p/£1 you can choose your own – buy separately, denims, cord, velvet,etc You can buy all current woven organic cotton and bamboo samples for £20  around 200 samples. Jersey samples are extra, order set 4.

If you are in the UK and would like 2 small free samples …..
It would help us greatly if you send an SAE (self adressed stamped envelope) saying what you would like and we’ll be happy to send them to you.

I was too rushed to use this and just ordered what I thought would suit. The fabric was lovely and the service prompt. Reviews to follow.

Packaging NOT PLASTIC FREE

Sadly the packaging was plastic.

Due to the nature of what we send through the post it is not suitable for us to use paper packaging. We do reuse packaging that is from parcels that have been sent to us and we would be able to send out fabric using recycled packaging if it was requested by a customer.

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Huddersfield, Khadims

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Here in lovely Huddersfield, we buy much of our stuff from Khadims, the Asian Supermarket on Blacker Road, including;

Loose unwrapped foods

  • Pistacheos  and walnuts
  • Ginger, garlic and chiles
  • Basmati rice  loose
  • They do a wide range of unwrapped fruit and veg including
  • Small UNWRAPPED cucumbers,
  • They also do halal meat unwrapped. Take a bio bag.
  • Metal pan scrubs.
  • The ever useful coconut oil and some weird vaseline  rip off in tins.

Take

You have to take your own cotton produce bags, scoop up as much as you need and they weigh it at the counter at the counter. Smashing.

 

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Biscuits homemade Christmas Tree Decorations

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Lidles biscuit cutter resized1 1While in Spain I visited Lidles and I came across a set of festive biscuit cutters in a cardboard box.  They might have them in the UK.

If not I have sourced some on Amazon for you but I can’t answer for the packaging!

Plastic-Free Biscuits

To see how to bake these biscuits go to the BBC Food website

And last time I looked you could still get icing sugar in a cardboard box. If not you can make it by grinding sugar in a spice grinder or food blender then adding cornflour. You can find full instructions here.

FOR INSPIRATION check out Pinterest where the  iced biscuits image was found.

Add a compostable tie and there you go – plastic free and edible christmas decorations. What’s not to love?

Find more lovely plastic-free Christmas ideas here….

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Mincemeat Sweet

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No more jars with their plastic-lined, metal lids for me! So what with Christmas coming  I need to make my own sweet mincemeat for my mince pies. So I did. I based my recipe loosely on a Delia recipe. Thank the lord for Leeds Market and the Nut Shop where I bought all my ingredients.Don’t live near Leeds. There are other places – Check out the loose food list here.

This is what you will need for the Delia Recipe

1 lb (450 g) Bramley apples, cored and chopped small (no need to peel them)
2 oz (50 g) whole almonds, cut into slivers
4 level teaspoons mixed ground spice
½ level teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ level teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
6 tablespoons brandy
8 oz (225 g) shredded suet
12 oz (350 g) raisins
8 oz (225 g) sultanas
8 oz (225 g) currants
8 oz (225 g) whole mixed candied peel, finely chopped
12 oz (350 g) soft dark brown sugar
grated zest and juice 2 oranges
grated zest and juice 2 lemons

This is what I am using for mine. Made one big jar which is as many pies as I want to make!
275g Windfall apples from the neighbour – great way to use up sour apples!
No nuts! Yuck!
120g Vegetarian suet from Weigh & Save Whitby
275g Raisins Nut Shop
65g Dried apricots Nut Shop
No Candied peel, but zest and ginger in my Wrinkled Balls of Christmas Fire
No All Spice
No Sugar I don’t think it needs it. Much as I love Delia I think she rather over sweetens!
Juice of one oranges from the green grocers
6 tablespoons Wrinkled Balls of Christmas Fire, ginger and lemon peel in vodka

You might want to follow the Delia recipe and cook this properly (needs leaving overnight and baking for 3 hours), or you can, at your own risk, do this….
Mix all the ingredients together leave overnight, put it in to bake at a time when you are using the oven anyway for as long as the oven is on maybe a bit longer  then leave it in the oven as it cools down. Spoon into old jam jars. Top with lard or vodka to keep fresh till needed. Can’t promise it won’t go off but not lost a jar yet. That said I don’t make this far in advance.
If you want it to look rather more fancy you could try these  reusable clip top kilner jars with rubber seals.

Find lots more plastic free recipes with the plastic free cook book  and more Christmas stuff here

 

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The Nut Shop

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Strolling round the delightful Gotham City like splendour that is Leeds Market I came across the NUT SHOP the most fantastic stall where all manner of cake related stuff from hundreds and thousands to candied peel and silvered almonds are all sold LOOOSE.

  • Raisons and dried fruit
  • Candied Peel
  • Nuts
  • Spices
  • Decorative things and sprinkles

    • AND cocoa!!!!

    You can see a photo record of some of their loose products here

    Packaging

    If you want to buy loose, you will need to take your own reusable packaging – produce bags, tupperware even compostable disposables. You can find them here.

    Leeds Market

    You can  find stalls selling loose

  • sweets
  • meat and fish
  • veg

    • Read more about it here….

    Don’t live in Leeds?

    Loose Food

    As the plastic movement grows more shops are selling naked food; stuff that that normally comes plastic packaged ie rice, Some sell pasta. Heres a list of towns with shops selling loose food.

    Buy Online

    But loose food shops are still few and far between, Don’t despair. It is possible to buy food online loose and plasticfree. You can even use your own cotton produce bags for some things. READ MORE HERE.

    Packaging

    If you want to buy loose, you will need to take your own reusable packaging – produce bags, tupperware even compostable disposables. You can find them here.

    More

    Supermarkets & Chainstores
    Because sometimes we have to shop there and yes you can get plastic free and zero waste stuff. Read  our supermarket reviews here.

    Better Plastic
    Many products like dried fruit come packaged in lovely looking, printed, laminated plastic film.  Or to put it more simply several layers of plastic each with different properties stuck together. Because they consist of different plastics bonded together it is difficult to know what they are and how to treat them and separating the films is tricky and so very expensive. Films therefore often don’t get recycled but burnt or landfilled.
    Simple polythene bags are easy to recycle. You can read more about that here.
    Check the recycling info on the package to find out more.

    Feel guilty buying plastic packed food? So do we but sometimes you have to so we apply the special treats rule. read more about the three levels of plastic free food

    See all our food posts via the food index

    N.B.

    lines changes, products get removed. For more information why not ask the Plastic Is Rubbish FB group for updates. They are a great source of tidbits, personal experience and the latest news. Why not join them and share the plastic free love x

    And before you go…

    If you have found the #plasticfree information useful, please consider supporting us. It all goes to financing the project.

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    Juice and juicers

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    I can easily avoid juice screw top lids, and plastic lined tetra packs, by making my own juice.

    Now I have been putting this off for a while because I thought it would take a lot of  labour and time . Don’t like the first and don’t have enough of the latter. But I have heard so much good about fresh juice and juicing recently I began to think it might be worth it.

    And our tree is covered with apples no good for eating but if I juice them then maybe. Well at worst I could make cider surely??

    So I bought a Philips Juicer and though there was some plastic wrapping most of the protective  gubbins was cardboard. Result.

    Better still it is really easy to use and clean. No peeling no seeding chuck the fruit in.

    Since then I have been juicing everything – really I mean everything. Both  fruit and veg are quickly reduced liquid and its great for using up things – bit of pepper, some dried up ginger, half a lemon and a soggy tomato – in they go along with the broccoli stems and sour allotment apples. I know it sounds gross but so far it has all tasted good.

    Totally recommend this product

    PLASTIC ALERT

    Of course the juicer has plastic elements but we don’t boycott all plastics. We think that there are some valid uses for the product ( gasp!! yes I know…you can read our reasons here). The juicer fits into the

    Plastic products that reduce the use of plastic disposables

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    Pan Scrub Luffas

    by Posted in 3.1 Cleaning Up, 3.1 House, Office & Garden Tagged , , 4 Comments

    The slightly rough texture of the luffa makes it ideal for gentle scouring. 

    The luffa, also spelled loofah, is the fruit of either L. aegyptiaca and L. acutangula. It looks rather like a cucumber. If harvested young it can be eaten but if left to mature it becomes very fibrous.

    These fibrous fruits can be dried out then used  for anything from exfoliating the skin or cleaning the dishes. Not the same one obviously. And so you can find loofahs for sale in anywhere from chemists to cookery shops.

    I bought a monster Loofah in T.K. Max for peanuts. I use it the slough my leathery old skin

    Mean while Michael’s rather more expensive and much smaller Original Luffa Scouring Pads Micheal’s  can be bought from Half Moon Oraganics in Huddersfield or on line at the ethical superstore. are used to wash the dishes

    They ” are ethically and sustainably grown on Michael’s family farm in the Phillippines (luffas are plants grown on land).
    Bought directly from the farm at a fair price, your purchase supports less privileged families and prevents environmental degradation.
    Michael’s Luffas become flexible and supple in water and are durable and tough enough for all but the hardest baked on food (soak it first). They are gentle enough for cleaning non-stick surfaces, fruit and vegetables (and also your body).

    Well not by me at that price – I just cut the end off my monster loofah and used that.

    Grow Your Own

    When I need a new one I am going to try and grow one.

     

    More

    You can find more pot scouring options here

    Exfoliating here

     

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    Water steriliser – SteriPEN

    by Posted in 3.2 Travel Tagged , 8 Comments

    Its easy to give up bottled water in England but what of when you are abroad? in countries where the water is not so reliable? India for example.

    I have travelled a lot in India and over the years have seen plastic pollution rise to horrific levels. A lot of that plastic rubbish is empty drinking water bottles many of them discarded by tourists. I refuse to drink bottled water because I don’t want to add to the plastic pollution.

    But you might also want to consider this;  some of the drinking water bottles in India, claiming to contain purified water have been refilled with tap water. There are recurring reports about this and  it seems to be a fairly common scam. Empty water bottles are collected, refilled with tap water (if you are lucky), and the cap glued back on. To quote from but one source, “You cannot rely on the bottled water available in public places in India, because of the rampant refilling of used bottled water bottles by the racketeers in India.”

    So what to do? The steri pen is my solution to that particular problem. Stick the sticky bit in a liter of water – switch on and 90 seconds later the water is safe to drink. Works by UV light.UV light destroys virtually all viruses, bacteria and protozoa. It weighs next to nothing and is tiny.

    It kills

    Viruses

    A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms.

    • Hepatitis

    Bacteria

    Bacteria are microscopic living organisms, usually one-celled, that can be found everywhere.

    • Campylobacter
    • Cholera –
    • Escherichia coli –E coli
    • Legionella –
    • Salmonella
    • Shigella

    Protozoa

    Protozoan parasites live in the cells and tissues of other living creatures. Protozoans can cause problems, from targeting the central nervous system to diarrhea.

    • Cryptosporidium
    • Giardia

    It Does Not Filter Water

    This is not a filtration system. It does not remove  other contaminants such as heavy metals, salts, chlorine or physical dirt. You have to find clear water. I usually use it on tap water or fresh water.

    Effective?

    I have used it the world over to sterilise tap water and river water.  I had no tummy troubles at all – which was rather a shame as I was depending on a bout of Delhi Belly to help with my weight loss programme.

    Charging It Solar, Battery or USB?

    You can choose from solar, battery operated or USB rechargeable Steripens. I have tried them all. The solar charger was way to slow and I quickly had to find an alternative. However that was some time ago and things might have improved. The battery powered was the only option available to me when I bought my first PEN. The batteries (CR123) can sometimes be hard to find abroad though of course it very much depends on where you are. On the plus side the batteries do last a long time ( longer than a charge), but they do present disposal problems and it is not always possible to find a safe place to bin them.

    This time I went for the rechargeable Freedom PEN which can be charged via a USB port. I am pleased with it. It holds the charge for days though that obviously depends on how much water you sterilise.

    Other Benefits

    On a long trip it soon pays for itself and then goes on to save you a considerable sum

    You never run out of water. You may not be able to buy water or boil it. That’s the time you are glad you got a SteriPEN.

    It doesn’t change the taste of the water – which is not always a plus point!

    More

    You will need a water bottle with a wide neck to accommodate the width of the PEN as it needs to be submerged in water.

    It will do 1 or 1/2 a litre of water at a time. Get a bottle that is one or the other. We found half a litre of water each was as much as we needed to carry.  With a PEN we can always sterilise more when needed.

    For more information visit the steriPEN site and check out great reviews of the product here and here.

    Find out all about refill points, filters and other water related information here.

    Buy

    You can buy a SteriPEN in the UK  at shops, on line and of course Amazon.

    Travel Plasticfree

    Here’s the rest of our plastic free travel stuff and useful tips

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    Rubber Gloves

    by Posted in 3.1 Cleaning Up, 3.1 House, Office & Garden Tagged , 3 Comments

    There comes a time in every girls life when waterproof  hand protection is necessary (just don’t ask), and I found myself  searching for plastic-free rubber gloves in a hurry.

    At first I did not succeed. In fact I was so unsuccessful I had to buy two pairs of rubber gloves in non recyclable plastic packaging URK!! That is a particularly bad plastic crime. But then lo ….the sun came out and shone on Holmefirth Health Shop where they sell these little beauties.

    Greentips Household Gloves
    Product Information:
    Pair of Latex Gloves made from Fairtrade natural rubber. Medium size green colour, flock lined with fairtrade and sustainability sourced logos.
    Flock lining and extra weight ensures long life for these gloves. Boxed in recycled CARDBOARD packaging.

    So when I have finished my unpleasantly moist tasks and have no further need of them it is claimed they can go  onto the compost heap. Though, despite what others say, I have my doubts as to wether latex actually is compostable!SUGLOV_large

    I cannot find an online supplier. The closest I can get is Fairtrade gloves from Big Green Smile – but the packaging appears to be plastic…. BOOOOO! A well thought out product spoilt?

    You can buy something similar but much tougher for even nastier jobs from Ethical Superstore

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    Tea Bags Plastic Free

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    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 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?

    Well it could be because the actual bag that you thought was paper, does in fact contain oil derived, non- biodegradable plastic and so are only between 70-80% biodegradable.
    Then there is the sealing. Wikipedia claims “Heat-sealed tea bag paper usually has a heat-sealable thermoplastic” coating. You can read more HERE.
    OR the paper may have been treated with Epichlorohydrin to make it stronger
    And those bags are so white because they have been bleached with chlorine.
    You can read more HERE.

    Plastic Free Tea Bags

    The technology is out there to make plastic free teabags that are not coated with Epichlorohydrin.
    Teabags can be made from
    PLA—polylactic acid, a compostable alternative, can be used to make silky bags.
    manila hemp cellulose fibres can be used to make paper bags
    You can get paper bags that have not been treated with epichlorohydrin that have been made from oxygen washed fibers with no polluting whiteners used.

    For example these from Twinings Few things in life are as fresh and delicious tasting as loose leaf tea – or as simple and convenient as the teabag. The good news is, our pyramid shaped silk teabags let you enjoy the best of both worlds. We call them silky pyramids – althoughf the bag is in fact made from a manmade, biodegradable fabric. Looking through the prism-shaped mesh, you can see the beautiful whole dried leaves of tea or colourful buds, where they’ve got just the right amount of room to swirl about in the hot water and release their flavour.You can read more here.
    Or Pukka herbs whose tea bag paper is made of a special blend of natural abaca (a type of banana) and plant cellulose fibres.

    Sounds good right. Hold your horses… sadly plastic free tea bags doesn’t mean plastic free tea. TWinings pyramid envelopes are made from PET 12um / Polyethylene EVOH 60um which unfortunately is not recyclable. And pukka plastic free tea bags come in tea sachets (envelopes) that have a Polyethylene lamination.

    Plastic Free Teabags (usually in plastic packaging)

    Twinings silky teabags are made from PLA but come plastic packed
    Tea Pig plastic free teabags but plastic in the packaging
    Pukka herbs use natural abaca but teabag envelopes are plastic lined.
    These I dont know about the packaging.
    Tetley Black & Green tea uses Perflo paper bags, which are free of epichlorohydrin.
    Numi Tea: manila hemp cellulose, and free of epichlorohydrin. The tags are made from 100%
    recycled material and soy-based inks.
    Rishi Tea: PLA silky bag
    EDEN Organic: oxygen washed manila fibers sealed with 100% cotton string.
    Organic Stash: 100% cellulose fibers
    Two Leaves Organic Teas: biodegradable cornstarch based nylon,
    Organic Tazo
    Organic Traditional Medicinals: unbleached bags made from abacá ( Manila hemp)
    Organic Yogi Teas: Manila hemp (abaca) fibers and wood pulp, oxygen bleached.
    Thanks to Clean Plate for the following information. Visit their website for more.
    NB while thebags may be free from, the packaging may contain plastic.

    Pg tips have brought compostable teabags. Though I have yet to find them in the U.K.

    MESSAGE FROM PG TIPS

    Our new tea bags are completely biodegradable and will break into its natural parts down under the right environmental conditions. The best place for your tea bag once you’ve finished making your cup of PG tips is in your food waste bin. The UK’s climate means that the process of the tea bag breaking down in your compost can take some time, so if you want a quicker result you should follow WRAPs guidance: “There are several ways to get rid of your used tea bags. If you have a food waste collection scheme in your area, you can put your used tea bags in there. While the new PG tips tea bags are fully biodegradable and will eventually break down in your home compost, it can take a long time to break down, so you may want to sieve out the leftover part of the bag and discard it or dig in with the compost.

    N.B. I think they are still wrapped in plastic.

    They also do loose tea that is completely plastic free. Read more about loose tea, strainers and other gubbins, here.

    Plastic Tea Bags In Compostable Packaging

    And yet in a strange twist of fate you can get conventional tea bags that contain plastic in compostable packaging.
    Twinings pack their conventional teabags ( have a plastic content) in compostable packaging. Their Everyday teabag line in the UK comes in a cardboard box with no cellophane. Inside the bags are packed in sealed bags of Innovia’s Natureflex NM material. This is a shiny foil like “plastic” that is certified compostable. Read more here.
    I have composted in my own compost bin.

    Clipper teabags have dumped the cellophane though the teabags are still packed in plastic bags inside the box.

    Loose Tea

    if none of the above suit you could always try The only alternative is loose tea. Initially this might seem like a lot of faff. First you will need to source some loose tea. You can find that here

    One Cup

    But how to steep them? If you are brewing up for the WI, a teapot is fine but what when you want a quick cuppa for one?
    You can get cotton bags that you can use to make your own teabags but really who can be bothered with that kind of faff.

    I have found that a steel mesh single cup infuser works perfectly. It sits on your mug, you fill it with loose tea, let the brew, brew then remove. Really no effort at all and very easy to empty into the compost bin after. Mine was given as a gift but I have found something similar on Amazon

    More

    How to make a pot of tea here

    Milk

    If you take milk, you will need to get yourself a milk man who delivers milk in glass bottles and possibly a milk jug!

    Find other sneaky plastics here….

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    Washing Soda

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    Sodium carbonate (also known as washing soda, soda ash and soda crystals)
    is the water-soluble sodium salt of carbonic acid.

    Pure sodium carbonate is a white, doorless powder with a strongly alkaline taste.

    Washing Soda or Sodium carbonate (also known as soda ash and soda crystals) has a chemical formula of Na2CO3.

    Pure sodium carbonate is a white, doorless powder with a strongly alkaline taste.

    It has been used for centuries.

    History

    Soda ash was called so because it was originally extracted from the ashes  of plants growing in sodium-rich soils, such as vegetation from the Middle East, kelp from Scotland and seaweed from Spain.

    It also occurs naturally as a residue. “When seasonal lakes evaporate, they leave a huge chunk of mineral deposits behind. These deposits are good sources of sodium carbonate. Other dry lakes and wells are also good sources of the same. It is also believed to have been erupted from volcanoes. Large deposits of sodium carbonate are found in Africa and North America.”

    From

    While it can be made from the  ashes of  plants or  occur naturally as a residue most is now via one of these heavily industrialised processes:

    The Solvay Process  Uses limestone, salt and ammonia to transform salt (sodium chloride). 

    Mining –  Trona ore  is mined, then heated until it turns into soda ash also known as washing soda. Bicarbonate of soda is obtained along the way. Read more.

    Baking Soda V Washing Soda

    Baking Soda’s PH is not as alkaline as washing soda, so it doesn’t cause skin irritation and you don’t need gloves to handle them. It is not as harsh as washing soda but neither is it as effective a cleaner. It is also half as effective at softening water.

    You can turn bicarb back into washing soda by baking it so that breaks back down into water steam, carbon dioxide and washing soda. I have never done this but by all acounts need to cook your bicarb in the oven for half an hour at 400 F (or 200 C).

    You can read more about bicarb versus washing soda  here

    Uses

    Water Softener
    Methods for softening hard water involve the removal of calcium ions and magnesium ions from the water.

    This can be done by adding sodium carbonate to the water.
    “The water is softened because it no longer contains dissolved calcium ions and magnesium ions. It will form lather more easily with soap.However, the calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate precipitates to form limescale. As well as being unsightly on your taps, it can also clog up pipes in heating systems (causing them to break down). This makes treatment with sodium carbonate suitable for softening water only in certain circumstances – such as softening water for hand washing clothes.”
    washing Soda is alkaline which means it will work well  with organic soils ( dirt). Alkaline emulsify grease.  Fatty acids are normally insoluble which is why they cannot be cleaned using water alone. The alkaline breaks down fat making them dispersable in water. Read more here

    For the same reason it can help remove wax from floors
    helps in better absorption of dye
    reduces the acidic effects of chlorine in swimming pools.
    an excellent descaling agent
    A powdered form of dishwasher detergent can be made with washing soda and Borax
    For more uses and a rather cheery info graphic visit Dripak.

    Dripak sell washing soda – in plastic bags. Here’s some of their blurb

    All-natural Dri-Pak Soda Crystals are bio-degradable and contain no phosphates, enzymes or bleach. Soda Crystals are an alkaline “washing soda”. The main uses of Soda Crystals are to dissolve grease, soften water, loosen dirt and reduce acidity. You can safely combine Soda Crystals with other natural ingredients like baking soda and soap flakes for even more cleaning power. Soda Crystals, along with Soap Flakes, have a long history. They were the primary cleaning products in use at the turn of the twentieth century.

    Buy

    Dripak sell washing soda – in plastic bags.

    More

    Borax, washing soda, bicarbonate or all three. What should you use for your cleaning needs? A comparison HERE
    See all out #plasticfree cleaning aids HERE

    Technical Data

    Technical grade

    Sodium carbonate, also known as soda ash, is a white, anhydrous and hygroscopic powder with a purity. There are two forms of sodium carbonate available, light soda and dense soda (granular). Sodium carbonate has a melting point of 851C, it decomposes when heated and therefore a boiling point can not be determined. Sodium carbonate is an inorganic salt and therefore the vapour pressure can be considered negligible. It is soluble in water and solubility increases with temperature. The average particle size diameter (d50) of light sodium carbonate is in the range of 90 to 150 µm and of dense sodium carbonate is in the range of 250 to 500 µm. Sodium carbonate is a strong alkaline compound. The pKa of CO3 2- is 10.33, which means that at a pH of 10.33 both carbonate and bicarbonate are present in equal amounts.

    Click here to view MSDS