Monday 2 July 2012

A Plastic Free Month -The Challange

Well I have no doubt this is going to be a challange.  I have signed up for Plastic Free July.
The challange is to attempt to buy no single use disposable plastic in July.

This is an initiative of Earth Carers a group in Western Australia.

The Rules

  • Between 1 – 31 July, attempt to buy no plastic packaging that cannot be recycled.
  • Remember its not going to be easy, but  its a challenge, not a competition so don't worry about being perfect.
  • Collect any plastic packaging you do buy. Keep it in a ‘dilemma bag’ and share a photograph at the end of the challenge. 
For a while now I have been trying to cut back on the plastic entering our house that is not able to be recycled.  I have an arrangement with our butcher that I can take in my own containers and he will tare off their weight and fill them with what I need.
I have long given up plastic bags at the green grocer and instead use some old onion bags that I collected.  They weigh nothing and can be used over and over again.

I think that it is going to be a hard month and I am not optimistic about my "dilemma bag"  being empty at the end of the month.
I will be reporting back weekly about my efforts, struggles and the "dilemma bag".

If you have any suggestions about being plastic free please let me know.

4 comments:

  1. Good luck with this challenge Fiona. I also use newspaper in triple layers to line our bins instead of plastic liners, it works really well.

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  2. Good luck with the challenge! I will be interested to see how you go and am sure you will teach us all a thing or two about plastic recyclables. Sam xox
    http://greenthumbsanddirtynails.blogspot.com

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  3. Ooooh! This challenge interests me! I'll check out the link. Good luck and I look forward to hearing how you go.

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  4. Thanks for taking on the challenge Fiona and good luck from the Plastic Free July Crew

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