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Waste free /plastic free

Answered 4 years ago

Has anyone actually thought about what kind of future planet we are leaving for our children and grandchildren?
It is predicted at the rate rubbish enters the ocean, that there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050.
I did not realise half the plastic we use is one use and much cannot be recycled and it does not biodegrade.
I'm so sad we have created this mess for our children to clean up. Im trying to stop using single use plastics at home. Everything is covered in plastics! It's disgusting! How do we stop this? How do we save our childrens futures? Why isn't the government holding big corporations responsible for this plastic litter? Why aren't we holding our government responsible so they make laws to change things? Or are we so selfish and lazy and refuse to change because we don't care about future generations after we are dead and gone?


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4 years ago
It is quite obvious that a large percentage of people don't care, because they don't see it as an issue effecting them.
But they definitely are not considering their children and grandchildren and great grandies etc who it will directly impact.
Maybe if instead of fining a parent for littering, we charged them with neglect of their children's future, they'd change their tunes. Drastic action 😂

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4 years ago
I think about it every time I buy something new

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4 years ago
We can do everything right but how does our government responsibly take care of our rubbish. Go google all the Sydney rubbish and recycling heading to Ipswich QLD

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4 years ago
If we aren’t making rubbish there’s nothing they can handle irresponsibly is there?

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4 years ago
It’s pretty easy once you wrap your head round lit

I find shopping at farmers markets is not only cheaper but reduced the plastic in our house by 40/50%

My kids hardly eat packages food
Mi reuse all glass jars
No bags obviously.
Iv never been wasteful with clothes but that’s also something most can consider.

How many herbs can you grow? There’s less plastic there too

Getting in the habit of water from home

We can go weeks without purchasing plastic...

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4 years ago
Since trying to purchase less with plastic...
- the week I started my bin was overflowing as per usual
- first month was taking a full garbage bag of scrunchable plastic to Coles for RedCycle every 3 days, and have been using a compost bin. Big bin full but not overflowing
-second month, I almost have filled the compost bin with food scraps (mostly veggie peels, corn husks, some food the kids have leftover). Only one full rubbish bag of scrunchable plastic taken to redcycle in last 3 weeks. Garbage bin has 3 small bags of rubbish in it (one from kitchen, one from son's room that's been in there collecting rubbish for a month, one from bathroom mostly daughters used pads etc. Have bought some reusable pads that she's currently trialling but not thrilled with, but as she's on contraception her periods too light for a cup). Recycling is cleaned properly now, labels removed, with breadtags or bottle caps sorted for collection points.
We getting better

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4 years ago
^ well done.
My daughter uses period undies. They are amazing. Expensive upfront but worth it for her. I use a cup.
We also buy almost everything second hand.

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4 years ago
My husband still needs work. His first reaction was why change? Followed by one person can't make a difference. And still a lot of denial haha. He still buys soft drinks in plastic. But he has been buying more in cans to recycle. But he has been refilling dish washing liquid and hand soap at this refilling shop we have, and buying blocks of soap from there too with no plastic. He is harder to convince to make long term changes

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4 years ago
My husband was initially my biggest opposition now he annoyingly calls me out over the littlest shit lol

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4 years ago
I find that I reevaluate almost everything I buy these days. If there's too much or unnecessary waste, I'll look for an alternative or just not but it

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4 years ago
Switched to cloth nappies when bubs was six weeks. Best decision!

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4 years ago
Governments could ban more single use plastic products. They could fine companies who don't start making changes to their packaging. They could invest in better recycling initiatives.
I watched that docco war on plastics and apparently Japan have 7 or 8 different recycling bins and have to sort their rubbish very specifically. Why are we aussies too lazy to do this? Hmmm