October 2023 "Just Change One Thing" towards waste free lifestyle

OCTOBER 2023

This weeks "just Change One Thing" towards waste free lifestyle 

I'm so excited by this one as it really is a waste free change in my kitchen.

When my son turned 16 years old last year he wanted the a coffee machine that his uncle has because according to him - "It's the Best Coffee Ever".

We purchased the Nespresso coffee machine as a present but like most you need to buy the single use coffee pods for the machine. (P.S not a happy momma)

Here is the machine, it's very practical and makes lovely coffee                                            

                

But here is the waste from one month on, a pod pack full of pods that I need to drive to a drop off point. As you can imagine I was not happy with the impractical and inconvenient way this company offers a waste free option as you can recycle. Not waste free then??

Role on one year and I can now officially say that I am coffee pod waste free thanks to the reusable coffee pod lids. I have emptied out the coffee cleaned the original coffee pod and purchased a coffee pod lid. These are superb as you can fill your pod with coffee, place on the lid and clean it all after use ensuring the coffee goes in to your compost too. These cost me £19.99 and I can cancel my subscription of £39.99 per month for the coffee pods delivery. I can just by the coffee in a pack and add to my pods. Money & waste saved. RECAFIMIL 4 PCS Reusable Cap Compatible with Nespresso Vertuo and VertuoLine Capsules, Refillable Coffee Pod Caps with Spoon and Brush : Amazon.co.uk: Grocery

There is also this £24.99 metal pod but you will still need to save your original pod bottoms as these are barcoded to ensure the amount of coffee made. They also work great but personally the first one is more practical. RECAFIMIL Reusable Coffee Pods Compatible with Nespresso Vertuo Next Machines Stainless Steel Refillable Coffee Capsule Filter, Use with 230ml Original Capsules(NOT Including Original Capsules) : Amazon.co.uk: Grocery

just make one change and see how you get on

Day one
1st July 2019

So I was really chuffed last night preparing for Plastic free July.

So this morning I woke up to one simple change Milk bottles, I have changed to glass bottles now for about a year so that was simple. PG tips pyramid are compostable tea bags and I was ready to guide my family forward. Then boom, one problem on day one breakfast I find that my goats milk has a plastic lid. I’m cow dairy intolerant and suffer from Ezcema so I can’t have cows products, I’m in trouble now as this is a plastic item. I can recycle the carton and cut off the lid to be recycled by a local company who make items from plastic lids.

Stuck what to do as I can’t buy another this month due to being plastic free, so I’ve decided to email St Helen’s farm to see if they offer a carton without plastic lids.

Wish me luck, first day, first meal then boom gutted but one hurdle to conquer on my plastic free quest.