OK so I need to tell the truth about today and how time consuming looking for plastic free is when you are on limited times.
I needed Cream, sliced bread, yogurt, tea and digestive biscuits.
No Biscuits can be found without plastic wrapping and I needed digestives for Banoffee pie pudding as we needed to use up the tin of condences caramel. plus Banoffee was quick to make when you have a busy day.
Tea? I cannot run out of tea in my house and on the supermarkets shelves the option are not biodegradable tea bags, the only brand the I have researched is PG Tips, they have a plastic wrapper around the box but all tea bags can be put in the compost.
Cream, I had a option of buying it in a glass jar however they wanted £2.65 for a small amount and I would of had to buy two jars. so a plastic 85p one was brought.
yogurt I am still looking for the alternative and my children need yogurts, so i decided Natural yogurt in one big tub was worthy and I would add fruit, make smoothie ice lollies. All these benifit from less plastic.
My 12 year old only like brown bread, struggling on the toast front and when this man is hungry toast wins everytime. so I brought bread in plastic however this bag can be recycled back at the supermarket.
The rest of my shopping was plastic free so I still did not buy the convenient normal shopping. I have just put my bins out for recycling and the waste is down by half a bin as I normally put two full bins out. Please remember I am a family of six two bins are essential. However this waste is also part of the June buys before i went plastic free, so I am hoping in two weeks these recycling bins will be reduced immenesly. I will wash them out tomorrow and show in 14 days my results hopefully of reduced to plastic free & recycling waste.
So I feel like I have let myself down today and feel very annoyed with the supermarkets not offering the option to buy plastic free for the above.
The difference with letting myself down is not the issue as my kids and husband must come first and when you are a busy mom feeding time sometimes has to be convenient. So I appologise if you are reading this and are disappointed but finding plastic free alternatives quickly is not possible well no just not achieveable.
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| this would usually be full so i'm really proud its only a third full |
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| Normally two full bins go out for recycling |
Well try not to be too disappointed. You have done amazing 😁. You are trying your hardest but unfortunately you are coming up against a brick wall when high street shops do not offer non plastic alternatives especially on everyday larder items. Keep your chin up you are an inspiration
ReplyDeleteThis was never going to be easy, especially when you're reliant on supermarkets. Until they, the government & manufacturers get there acts together, the struggle is real.
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