When someone says to you that their polyethylene bags, etc are bio based and better for the environment, you need to know right now that the plastic produced is no different to petrochemical based polyethylene. What is different is the original age of the substances used to produce them and that bio based polyethylene is […]
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How to be a Plastic Free Boss when you Floss
You’ve just eaten a great meal and some time later you notice something stuck between your teeth or you’re just about to head off to bed and you are doing your nightly tooth cleaning ritual. Not everyone flosses but if you do you might want to know a thing or too about that little spool […]
How to Find a Really, Authentic, Genuine Plastic Free Toothbrush.
My husband and I travelled to the Faroe Islands. These are a set of eighteen islands in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. They are very remote and occupied by families who have been there since the time of the Vikings. We stayed in a very small village at the top of one of […]
The Plastic Free Manifesto
It’s very simple and is still a work evolving. Each point will be expanded upon in future articles.The basic Plastic Free Manifesto is: 1.Love your planet. 2.Reject plastic. 3.Reject synthetics. 4.Reject semi-synthetics. 5.Know your enemy. 6.Don’t recycle plastic, synthetics or semi-synthetics. 7.Recycle non plastics, non synthetics and non semi-synthetics 8.Reject false claims. 9.Embrace truth. 10.Encourage […]
How To Be Amazingly Brave About Wasteful Inflight Plastic
Who doesn’t enjoy the adventure of flight to locations that would otherwise take hours or weeks to visit? I am up there with many eager, Australian jet-setters, only too willing to escape the bonds of our large island. I love visiting far off lands and meeting people who live very different lives to my own. […]