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Right, so today we are starting to keep track of out plastic waste as a part of Beth Terry’s Fake Plastic Fish challenge.

At the end of this week, we’ll have a tally and photos of our households plastic waste.

There are some  things that we already do that helps us cut down on plastic usage.  The following are the plastic aware steps that we take now:

• We’ve recycled plastic mix buckets from a local bakery for use as our garbage cans. They have handles, are easily washable and have been re-purposed since they would not be recycled in our area.
• We don’t purchase or use plastic garbage bags, just the buckets.
• We use recycled shopping bags and cloth tote bags to carry items.
• In the event we do get some plastic shopping bags from the store, they are saved for making plarn. (Our plarn rug has not been completed yet but has been started)
• We use bar soaps that come in cardboard boxes, no washes in plastic bottles.

Now, we could be doing a lot more in the way of our plastic usage and we are certainly going to try.  The main component that we are dealing with at the moment is in our budget and in purchasing items that come in plastic wrappings and containers.

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