Getting the plastic out - Page 2

[barose]

Originally Posted by takebirthback

I don't use the plastic bags at the grocery store and don't feel the need to buy or make anything to replace them. I don't seem to have a prob. just getting produce without a bag. \\t.

What do you hold your produce in until you get it home? Though I dont shop at WFS very often, when I do, I notice they spray the crap out of their produce with water constantly. Its soaking wet at time and need something to keep it in. Even at farmers markets and produce stores that dont spray, I dont feel comfortable just letting the fruits and veggies just go w/o a bag...

[IntuitiveJamie]

I just put them in the cart and then they just go in the cloth reusable bag with everything else. Well actually they all go together in one ore two cloth bags, just like the rest of the food I buy. I saw a program once years ago that talked about how much plastic is wasted using those bags and I stopped using them immediatly and never looked back. I only used them in the first place b/c that's how my parents did and I had never even thought about it until then.
Why aren't you comfortable not using them?

[smeisnotapirate]

Flush cat poo, feed kitties raw!

For us, flushing the cat poo was the big thing. Make sure you're using a natural litter, though, like corn or something.

[Rachel_G]

don't know if this applys but I like to use yougert containers and other things like that as plant starter containers and the lids make great water catchers. And if you give away your plants you don't have to worry about loosing a pot. Just poke a few holes in the bottoms for drainage. Smaller containers like yougert and such are great seed starter pots.

you can make some nice art stencils from plastic lids, or drip catchers under sticky items in the cupbord.

[iamloved22]

I use a plastic ice cream bucket for the kitty poo and swheat scoop litter (my kitties like it! YEA!)
I am phasing out store bought bread (although I have a nice lady that gives me as much bread from a popular name brand company (Pep Frm) for free so I'm having a hard time giving this one up.) for homemade and I have a reusable bread keeper bag on order from Frontier.
We use soap dispensers for liquid soap & I just buy a large sized refill for the whole house

I do use cloth bags for shopping (and cloth diapers on the babe)

With all the recycling we do we don't have a lot of actual trash (and will have less once we can burn again in the spring/summer/fall) but my DH get's the bag's from work that their bottle caps come in for our trash, they just throw them out so we at least give them another use before the landfill.

I just ordered some soaps from blue house soaps and I've heard their shampoo bars are fantastic.
I make soap mitts (website in progress pm me if your interested) and the kids and I love them for washing up in the tub/shower and I have one just for my face soap. You just slip the bar of soap inside and wet to lather & scrub away! I put loops on the ones I make so you can just hang from the shower head or knob and it dries that way, plus they are machine washable. No more slippery bars of soap here! Or yucky plastic germy scrubbies!