SCZ - Gorilla

I went to my favorite place for lunch yesterday, and read a bit of 101 Ways to go Zero Waste by Kathryn Kellogg. I highly recommend reading it, even if you think you know all the answers!

Today is the last day of our annual challenge! I've discovered some new products, limited what I buy, and generally had a lot of fun tracking my plastic-free progress. Much like last year, I hope to keep these new habits in place throughout the year. 

Just sayin...

We got our school supplies through Walmart's pickup and my husband went to get it. I was so proud that he refused all the plastic bags and used some baskets I had in the van. He doesn't even realize what a change this challenge has inspired in him :)

I am good with the recycling part!

As this challenge comes to a close, I wanted to encourage everyone to continue to keep up on the new habits you have developed this month.  As an example, last year one of my challenges was to give up floss picks.  I loved my floss picks and hated the thought of going back to regular messy floss. So I found this compromise. It is essentially a...

How do you handle caustic people when you’re trying to be more plastic free? After the guy behind me on line at the grocery heard me talk about Plastic Free July, he asked the clerk to double bag all of his items in plastic because of “that hippy.” I didn’t know what to say. (I am a bit of a hippy.) 

These came in the mail today. 

Hey team!! We're currently ranked 47 out of 774 total teams! Well done, SCZ team Gorilla! With six days left including today, we can still make a difference!!

I've been surprised at not only the number of items that have plastic packaging, but how many layers of plastic packaging some items have!! A food item I chose not to buy had a layer of plastic around the box, the cardboard box, and then a bag inside it!