Archive for May, 2009

Blogging plastic-free in D.C.

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Thanks to the last comment from JMcK, I started reading her blog The Unplastic Life, and I hope to meet her when she’s back in D.C.

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Not all reusable bags are created equal

Monday, May 25th, 2009

I’ve been using reusable grocery bags for years, but not for any reason the hip or fashionable would recognize. First, I had no car for long periods in Georgia, and that meant long walk and bus waits to get groceries: overloaded plastic bags cut into your fingers. (I also used a backpack to shop.) Second, [...]

Bought batteries online with less plastic

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Trying to make household appliances last longer, to keep their plastic in active use and out of landfills. So when my old cordless phone’s battery wore out, I ordered one from an eBay vendor. Cheaper that way. (I care about low cost, too, to a point.)
Little would I guess la_tronics — whose appeal was free [...]

Getting the shaving brush

Monday, May 18th, 2009

My male office-mates know I’m an advocate of double-edge razors: they save money, plastic and provide a superior shave.
Martin Higgins (Plasticless.com) had a post today about safety razors — but if you see the one he notes, avoid it; I got one and it’s awful — and the subject of shaving brushes came up [...]

Keeping packing peanuts out of landfills

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

We can agree that plastic packing peanuts are best avoided, who actually seeks them out? Indeed, they seek us in the goods we order or gifts we receive.
We get many at work, and they’re not recyclable through the usual waste streams. But shipping companies will sometimes take them and reuse them.
The Plastic Loose Fill Council [...]