One of the changes we were hoping to make since travelling was to head more towards a plastic free life. Here's what I wrote in my end of travels blog:
Packaging - I want to think more about what I buy and try to buy things with less packaging. In particular, John has become good at thinking about plastic. He bought the book 'plastic free life' in California when seeing an exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium about the amount of plastic sea animals ingest. We are planning to research local places where you can go refill washing up liquid bottles etc. If anyone knows of any places around Oxford or has any good tips then do share!
I thought this blog would be a good place to keep track of how we are doing on this journey. I still haven't read the book which will be an obvious good step to take. But I do declare I am much keener on the idea than when John suggested it. I thought it seemed so impossible at first, but now I'm feeling excited about taking steps in the right direction. I spent a little time on the internet which encouraged me. One day I feel I'd like to have milk delivered but it just doesn't seem plausible to a flat.
One small step we have taken is to buy bars of soap rather than liquid soap in plastic bottles. Another is not to buy pre-packaged vegetables but rather loose, although it's still tricky to get supermarket delivery not to put them in bags. We have also been a few local shops on Cowley Road and bought veg and grains there. One thing I am conscious of at the moment is that many greetings cards seem to come in plastic wrappers which is a pain.
I'm not quite sure what to call this change we are trying to accomplish, mainly being unsure what to tag this blog as! Should it be Eco, environmental, plastic free, packaging? Plastic free seems a bit extreme, but plastic reduction seems a bit boring! And as you can see from the post title, I was totally lacking excitement there! Suggestions welcome 😀
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