Together we made 8 canvas bags, potentially saving 1000s of plastic ones! Next time I´m sure we´ll be quicker & make more…..

Have one less piece of plastic in your home. Rigid plastic-like potty, but made from a special rice husk material that completely biodegrades when the potty is disposed of. Is hard wearing, hygienic and long lasting as a plastic potty.

“Think potties are probably thrown away quite a lot as no-one would really want their child to have a pre-used one!!”

Thanks to Marrianne for this tip & link http://tinyurl.com/abfdxj

Bottled water has to be one of the biggest money making schemes ever! Work out what you use a day, a week, a year. You’ll be shocked. Only the bottle can be re-cycled (if they do) that’s a lot of lids that will last forever. Blacks water bottle is £6.99. This water bottle will have paid for itself in just 2 weeks. Then it’s FREE! Also \”last year 16 million gallons of oil were consumed to make plastic water bottles.\”

The water itself is certainly no better for you. Let’s face it - for the most part, water is water. H2O, no matter what type of fancy bottle you put it in or engage movie stars and models to extol it’s virtues. A report from the United Nations came to the conclusion that bottled water has no nutritional benefits over tap water in most countries.

For the most part, this bottled water is just filtered or distilled tap water.

From
http://riseaboveplastics.blogspot.com/

http://www.blacks.co.uk/110443/product/110443.aspx?searchbreadcrumbs=water-bottle
http://www.wisebread.com/bottled-water-bottled-hype-part-1

If you must - buy a filter

It was just over a month ago we started PNF so I thought it would be an idea to let you all know what people are doing to help clean & REDUCE plastic in that time, showing that just a few changes when put together, can make a MASSIVE difference (and save money).

By popular demand we are giving you a few easy tips on how to avoid plastic in the first place. Next time there will be more tips & more examples of what people are doing to give you motivation. So please get in touch with your own tips & let us know what you are doing so you can get your name on the list!

1. Shower gel = Soap – tons cheaper as well
2. Hand wash = Soap, again tons cheaper
3. Bagged fruit & veg = Choosing loose fruit & veg
4. Putting loose fruit & veg in a plastic bag = Put it in the trolley loose
5. Squeezy Mayo, tomato sauces, HP, etc = Go with the old fashioned glass ones. They look better too!
6. Juice with a plastic screw top or pull thing = Go to the cheap aisle & cut it open
7. Carrier bag = Take your own bags or your ‘Groovy Granny Trolley’
8. Bottled water = A aluminum one from a camping shop
9. ‘Normal’ shampoo = Shampoo bar from Lush or somewhere similar

FOLKS SAVE ENERGY - USE A PRESSURE COOKER -

Cooking times can be reduced by a factor of three or four. For example, shredded cabbage is cooked in one minute, fresh green beans take about five as do potatoes.

This increase in speed means that much less fuel is used to cook a meal. Plus, pressure cookers tend to be more hygienic than other cooking methods and help the food to retain all its nutrients.