Hello friends!
July definitely sneaked up on me this year, and I realized a bit too late that Plastic-Free July— an international month-long challenge to refuse single-use plastics— was already underway. No matter, though, I'm doing my own version of the challenge anyway!
If you want to play along at home, here's my basic process:
1: Start collecting all the plastic waste that I accumulate in one spot.
2. At the end of each week, catalogue all the plastic and analyze where it came from, how it can be reused or recycled, and whether or not I can avoid it in the first place.
3. Start making a couple swaps to reduce some of the plastic. (For instance, I want to make produce bags so we can buy fruit loose instead of bagged.)
4. Challenge myself to make some of the harder swaps.
This week I'm focusing on just collecting plastic, without any shame or blame or change of habits, to see what I end up with. Next week, I'll start focusing on changing my habits to reduce it.
I'll be sharing tips, info, and helpful articles about plastic both here and on my Facebook page, as well as posting about my plastic consumption and what I learn along the way. It's going to be a weird challenge with all the Covid stuff going on, but I'll do my best!
Would you like to do the challenge with me? If so, leave a comment below so we can cheer each other on!
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