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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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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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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- 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
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.
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