tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672883659746456880.post6497235359756271297..comments2023-09-17T01:16:15.986-07:00Comments on Ration The Future: Plastic wasteJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00371314706811756465noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672883659746456880.post-74821797112450496772017-02-11T06:24:09.449-08:002017-02-11T06:24:09.449-08:00I am sure you didn't really fail last time, bu...I am sure you didn't really fail last time, but made some really good progress. Maybe just not as much as you would have liked, but with a few tweaks you may be back on track soon. I certainly intended my jars to spell the end of plastic packaging, but I am not even close.<br /> <br />Thank you so much for spending your valuable time off picking up rubbish. I love that there are so many people who do care about this sea of waste. It fills me with hope.<br /><br />I have been picking up odd bits of rubbish on my dog walks. I just need to find a carrier bag to take with me to collect it in!Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371314706811756465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672883659746456880.post-30954221215638279752017-02-11T05:34:59.190-08:002017-02-11T05:34:59.190-08:00I'm just embarking on a serious plastic and ru...I'm just embarking on a serious plastic and rubbish diet, I've tried it before and failed miserably. This is timely :)<br /><br />I'm lucky that I live in a city with plenty of options, but even then its difficult not to slip into bad habits I did a beach pick-up at the weekend; and I've got to the point that my cognitive dissonance isn't working anymore.Aurorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13500482771785499295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672883659746456880.post-3876440046108998942017-02-11T05:26:48.262-08:002017-02-11T05:26:48.262-08:00Thanks for all your suggestions Jo. I am not sure ...Thanks for all your suggestions Jo. I am not sure that bulk bins are much of a thing in the UK. Elf food has nuts, which I do buy in bulk, but I have never seen anyone bring in their own bags/containers. I am sure they won't have a problem with it though now you have suggested it. They also have herbs, so I could probably bring my spice jars to refill too.<br />Meat is a tough one because they have to think of hygiene. The organic farmshop, does have some meat wrapped in plastic but a lot is still displayed loose. Again turning up with containers would probably work as they are very friendly and helpful.<br />Loughborough is just a town of 70,000 people, but I visit the city of Nottingham regularly, so hopefully they have a bulk bin store. Can't believe you have 4!! I am sure Oxford or London would be better equipped for the packaging free shopper.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371314706811756465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672883659746456880.post-51232494799975208962017-02-11T01:43:38.301-08:002017-02-11T01:43:38.301-08:00Hi Judy, I have spent years finding (and often fa...Hi Judy, I have spent years finding (and often failing) to find plastic-free food! Luckily, my regional Tasmanian city (pop 80,000) has four bulk-food shops both in the CBD and suburbs. I just take my bags and jars, fill and go. I am really surprised to hear that the UK is not full of these - I thought the UK was far more inclined to be avant-garde about food shopping than wee Tasmania..<br /><br />Have you looked at Bea Johnson's (zero waste home) bulk food app? There might be something on there. <br /><br />http://www.zerowastehome.com/2016/04/welcome-to-my-new-site-and-app/<br /><br />Wait! Due to the magic of the internet, I have discovered that you can at least buy bulk nuts in Louborough, at Elf Foods on Market St :) Also there is this large whole foods company in the UK:<br /><br />http://www.naturallygoodfood.co.uk/<br /><br />They look like they at least try to deliver stuff wrapped in not too much plastic. Maybe you could start a buying club with your friends? Remember that the bulk buy whole foods shops also get their food delivered by companies like this, but at least they are wrapped in one large plastic bag rather than twenty small ones.<br /><br />We also have a mill in town that sells large paper sacks of flour and oats etc I am also finding more local, organic dry goods packed in paper, again, flour, oats, lentils etc. The other possibility is bulk buying with friends from UK organic farms. We have a couple of organic farms in Tasmania now that grow flour, oats, lentils, quinoa etc. I buy them from my whole food shop bulk bins, but often farmers will do farm gate sales.. it's tricky isn't it, but we have to keep pushing for solutions. Maybe if you go to the local shop to buy bulk bin nuts you could enthuse about the possibility of buying other dry goods there in from bulk bins as well?<br /><br />My hardest thing still is trying to buy meat not encased in plastic. I can't believe that all the farmers' market meat is cryovacced every time..Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.com