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	<title>Low Plastic</title>
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		<title>Art store run!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Went by the Utrecht art supplies store. Loose pencil (also china markers and colored pencils, in lieu of markers), gum erasers, metal rulers, gummed paper tape and a wide variety of paper supplies &#8212; all without additional plastic or extra packaging.
Which is why I think of the art stores as good office supplies stores. 


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		<link>http://lowplastic.com/2012/03/09/art-store-run/</link>
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		<title>Brass brads keep papers together</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK: three posts in the last 2 years is a pretty poor result. I&#8217;ll try to do better.
Now some plastic reduction. I bought these brass brads to keep papers together. They&#8217;re fun and remind me of elementary school book reports and high school plays. Inexpensive, reusable and not a bit of plastic.



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		<title>Filtered tap water wins (just) in D.C. taste test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the University of the District of Columbia:
&#8220;UDC Releases Bottled vs Tap Water Taste Test Results&#8221; (Green Living DC)


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		<link>http://lowplastic.com/2011/11/22/filtered-tap-water-wins-just-in-d-c-taste-test/</link>
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		<title>Water, before the hurricane</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This photo, of any empty bottle water aisle in Washington, D.C. is a bit disappointing, if completely predictable.
My solution, based on more than a few times through a hurricane, is to keep a covered dutch oven full of water on the stove, the electric kettle full and a pitcher in the fridge. And I&#8217;ll doubt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lowplastic.com/2011/08/26/water-before-the-hurricane/</link>
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		<title>Good swag at D.C. Google office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And by good swag I mean promotional goods not made of plastic, and are actually well-designed and useful things that I will actually use.
One is a cotton tote bag with a cute graphic. The other is a glass water bottle. The glass water bottle has what appears to be a silicone thread and was packed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lowplastic.com/2011/03/16/good-swag-at-d-c-google-office/</link>
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		<title>Lesson to learn about plastic bag laws</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Worth reading.
&#8220;How D.C. Beat the Plastic Bag Lobby&#8221; by Lauren Markoe. (OneEarth.org, November 11, 2010)


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		<title>Mi ne bezonas plastajn botelojn!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those who know me personally know I&#8217;m trying to learn Esperanto.  Here&#8217;s a good reason!
Ne trinku botelakvon! 

That is, &#8220;I don&#8217;t need plastic bottles&#8221; and &#8220;Don&#8217;t drink bottled water!&#8221;


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		<title>D.C. water &#8212; tastes good (as bottled)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good news today for D.C water. It&#8217;s often reviled for having poor quality and worse taste; indeed, I get kidded for bypassing the office filter for the tap. But in a blind taste test, the local tap just beat bottled water and many people have no opinion. (My thought, cold water will beat tepid water, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lowplastic.com/2010/09/20/d-c-water-tastes-good-as-bottled/</link>
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		<title>Beth Terry speaking at BlogHer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beth Terry &#8212; she of Fake Plastic Fish &#8212; is speaking at BlogHer this weekend. Congratulations!
But what drew my attention to this was a thread of basic advice for reducing convention plastic waste through her Twitter feed. I was already primping for &#8220;bring your own badge holder&#8221; but her &#8220;Water bottles are great, but mugs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lowplastic.com/2010/08/06/beth-terry-speaking-at-blogher/</link>
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		<title>Look, Mom, no bottles!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good D.C. news: MOM&#8217;s Organic, a small D.C.-based grocery chain is giving up on bottled water.
Details from the Washington Post, via Tapit.


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