(almost) Waste free pizza!

Friday night, movie night! 

This week we had pizza. I made pizza dough in my bread maker. The yeast came in a little packet that can't be recycled, I need to research a better one...and the skimmed milk powder has a plastic lid, but you don't need much so I will make a LOT of pizzas with the one box. The rest is waste free.

All the toppings were waste free apart from the cheese. I CANNOT find cheese anywhere, even in delis that do not come wrapped in plastic??

The photo is hilarious, reminds me of the photos you get in the worst fast food places that you can sometimes find yourself in! Thankfully it tasted delicious!

My new cup!

Very few people know it, but 2017 marks a somewhat dubious 30th anniversary: that of the modern single-use “paper” cup. In three short decades, we estimate over 2 trillion of them have ended up in landfill – oh, in case you’re wondering, that’s 2,000,000,000,000.

The average lifespan of a single-use cup is 13 minutes – and due to their plastic content less than 1% get recycled.

It is estimated that 100 billion cups are used every year.

Taken from the Ecoffee website- https://ecoff.ee/pages/stopthe100billion

Here is my cup that I will take everywhere and use instead of disposable single use cups.

Something to think about...

I live near a cricket ground and last week the local roads were closed for a day of cricket. The road closures were clearly organised with the council, however someone there forgot to notice that it was also recycling day! So the trucks were not allowed through!!! 

The next day many of the streets were littered with plastic that had escaped in the wind :( I saw a friend and they explained what had happened and said that they hoped the council will come by soon other wise they would be swamped by all the rubbish. So, in only 8 days there is a problem, it looked like this:

In 14 days there would be serious health issues and in a month well, we can't even imagine what it would look like in a month!
Clearly, we all need to buy less plastic. 

Plastic free mens shaving stuff!

Here is a great recipe for mens shaving cream/oil.
You need 80g shea butter, 3 tablespoons of coconut oil and 4 drops of tea tree oil- that's it!

heat in a pan (not messy!) pour into a pot cool.

Then put in the fridge for 20 minutes. 

Job done! this lasts for between 40 - 50 shaves!
My husband has been using this for a while, have a go!

31 days to make a change

It's May!

Each month I'm going to offer one idea to make a change that will result in reducing plastic waste.

A couple of years ago my county started collecting plastic waste in recycling boxes. It felt better to be recycling almost giving permission to buy as much plastic as we want, so long as you recycle it. Although this an area of major development and there are many projects being investigated very little of the plastic we use actually gets recycled.

One method is to change plastic bottles into fleece and other polyester fabrics. The process is quite shocking especially if you think about the ship loads of plastic being sent around the planet, the worker conditions in China and the fact that it all gets shipped back again. Take a look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyF9MxlcItw

So, I have decided to reduce the amount of plastic that I buy both the kind that has a recycling symbol on and the kind that says ''currently not recyclable'

Here's a challenge for you....

This month dig out all your bottles of shower gel/ wash and use them all up. This may take longer than a month, it of course, depends on how many bottles are stashed away!

While you are using them all up have a search around at soaps.

In my local supermarket I bought a cardboard box with soap in and for less than £1.00 It's a mild one and skin sensitive.

In my high street you can buy 'faith in nature' soaps in many different scents but it's in a plastic packet, not good. However, in a different shop I found the same soap for just over £1.00 and it is sold loose...it's just a case of shopping around...

Once you start looking there are thousands to choose from ranging from cheap to expensive (and we all need a treat every now and again, right?)

Clearly the choice is yours but this month find a soap/ soaps you like at a good price.

After that, just think of all those bottles of shower gel you are not throwing away- good feeling!

Additionally to shower soap you could also ditch the liquid soap in the bathroom. We have a tiny downstairs loo and we looked around for an innovative way to store soap. This is a french design and the soaps come in many colours. We love it! The soaps last for ages and smell good too! We got ours through amazon, replacement soaps are sold separately and last ages, as it stands it seems to be working out cheaper then a bottle of liquid soap too. Awesome.

Of course a normal soap dish works well too!

Good luck and write a comment to share how you get on!