I left this one for last deliberately because I was very skeptical of the period cups I had heard so much about. Honestly, I was kind of scared of them. It’s a long post because it was the most asked about challenge for the whole year so I’ve tried to cover as much information as possible. Here’s my skeptic’s guide…
To be honest, I didn’t use a lot of cling wrap to begin with so this swap was a fairly easy one. Since starting the plastic free-ish challenge, I have built habits of putting food in containers or Stasher Bags more than wrapping them, and it has reduced a lot of my cling wrap use. Still, I wanted to have…
I can’t believe we are up to number 10 of the plastic free-ish challenge for the year! This month I’m recapping my challenge to swap to an eco friendly toilet paper. It didn’t go exactly as I had originally planned, but as with many of the other swaps, I was able to improvise and find other solutions.
Welcome back to another episode of my plastic free-ish challenge! In today’s post, I’m recapping my September goal to swap to low and zero waste toiletries as much as possible. I’m sharing the swaps that went well, the swaps that didn’t (I’m still working on some), and tips for making your own plastic-free or low waste swaps in the bathroom…
Swapping to low waste household cleaners wasn’t quite as easy as I thought it would be. I tried a few different things before I found the best option that worked for my goal of reducing plastic waste. Though it took a few goes to get to a good alternative, it was so worth it. I ended up finding a product…
Welcome back to another episode of my 2019 plastic free-ish challenge. In this episode, I’m going to be going through what I used as a plastic cutlery alternative. This swap was a little tricky for me because I don’t eat out very often. I started earlier in the year to get as much practice to be able to put a…
Ciao! I’m back again with another plastic free-ish update. This month I’m recapping June where I gave up single-use plastic ziplock bags. Well, mostly because there’s one situation you’ll read about where I have a firm stance on using the single-use plastic ziplock bags for now. Here’s my look at the single-use plastic ziplock bag alternative I chose, as well…
Want to know something crazy? I had been using reusable straws at home for a few years as a way to use less plastic. But I hadn’t really considered using one for when I am out and about. I was still using and throwing away the single-use plastic ones. Partly, it seems like there was almost a disconnect in the…
Welcome back to the plastic free-ish challenge. Last month I gave up plastic water bottles. Eeek this might have been the hardest change for me. I have focused the post on using a reusable water bottle specifically for travel. It’s not a challenge to not use plastic water bottles at home – I’m assuming you have cups. I burn through…
Here we are again with another update on the plastic free-ish challenge for 2019. Today I’m sharing a reusable bags review. By now, we kind of all know that plastic bags are bad for the environment and most of us probably also have a couple of reusable bags of our own. I was in that boat as well but I…