It should come as no surprise, but I have discovered there are other people who have done this 'no plastic' thing and kept a blog about it. Actually, there are people doing all manner of eco-friendly things and blogging about it. I'm only just beginning to delve into this big ol' blogging world and I have to admit it's a mite overwhelming. So far I have found at least two blogs that are doing more or less exactly what I'm doing. Or, better to say they have been doing it, for two years or more! They are also both much more clear in their plastic rules. Whereas I am rather wishy washy, 'oh, I'd like to eliminate it, but I'll settle for just not buying any, or throwing any out, or not using plastic packaging...' these two have much more clearly outlined the rules to their projects.
The first blog is this one, written by EnviroWoman, a fellow Vancouverite. She took what she calls the 'NoNewPlastic Pledge,' the rules of which she outlines here as a New Year's Resolution in 2007.
The second blogger started in September of 2007 and logged her expereinces at Life Less Plastic. It's nice to see what other people have experienced trying to reduce or eliminate their plastic consumption. It's also nice to refer to them to see if they have solved some of the problems I've run into. For example, we ran out of dish soap last week. Now, you tell me, have you ever seen dish soap come in a plastic-free container? I assume in theory it could come in a glass jar, but I haven't seen any recently. Well, Life Less Plastic ran into this problem also, and described her solution in this post. I had already chatted about it with my roommate and we had done the old, 'what did they do before plastic bottles?' thing. We concluded that people had likely used bar soap, so I was already thinking this was what I should buy. Discovering that post, though, and knowing that someone else had been using bar soap, and succcessfully, to wash her dishes, was reassuring and added significant confidence to my soap-shopping venture.
Ok, I started this post with two bloggers, but in linking those bloggers to this post, I discovered links on their posts and have discovered a third blogger, Fake Plastic Fish.
That's it, I'm not writing anymore until I've decided who my favourites are.
Can anyone tell me about waxed paper? How is it that paper is made waxy, and does it involve plastic at all?
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Thanks for the shout out!
ReplyDeleteI've been using bar soap to wash my dishes for a long time and it's totally fine. I like doctor bronner's but I've also used a regular castille soap.
You'll notice that you're glasses do dry a little spotty sometimes, but if you're having company or something you can use a weak vinegar solution to remove the spots.
Good luck on your quest!
I have another suggestion for washing dishes: baking soda. Seriously. I had been using bar soap like Life Less Plastic and then realized, while scouring with baking soda, that it actually works really well to clean anything. So, I use the dishwasher for most of the dishes (with powder dishwasher detergent) and use baking soda for the rest of the dishes.
ReplyDeletebaking soda's great for cleaning burnt pots too. just chuck a little in the pot with some water and boil it over the element for a while and it washes right off with a dishcloth.
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