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As the title suggests really - anyone got any particular favourites?
Zero waste/eco friendly - all the good stuff.
I am already using SMOL and WGAC for laundry/toilet roll.
But would love to know what others have used for toiletries/kitchen stuffs, or any household items really?
The floor is yours!
Ice cream served in a cone.
Truly zero waste.
Maybe not what you were looking for, but you do get Ice Cream!
APF
Maybe not what you were looking for, but you do get Ice Cream!
It meets the criteria! I have no complaints!
By zero waste do you mean packaging? What's left over after the product is eaten
It meets the criteria! I have no complaints!
How did the ice cream and cone get to the ice cream seller?
Are these brand names or abbreviations?
I am already using SMOL and WGAC
oh dear it's going to be a long 3 weeks
Support your local zero waste shop for a start. Mine sells dry food items as well as toiletries and cleaning products. Look for closed loop products, this means that the container is returned to the distributor/manufacturer to be used again.
WGAC comes from China I believe and some of it is wrapped individually. Hmmm. I make lots of my own cleaning products and toiletries, have drastically reduced my use of plastic.
Are these brand names or abbreviations?
SMOL is a company. WGAC - who gives a crap.
oh dear it’s going to be a long 3 weeks
Yep - sorry.
SaveThePlanetTrackWorld
Hadn't seen that one!
@Cinnamon_girl - that's the kind of thing I want to get my head around - and whilst I am stuck at home, plenty of time to plan 🙂 Thanks!
Not zero waste but I have moved from shower gel in a plastic bottle with a nylon scrunchie to a bar of soap in paper or cardboard used with some sort of natural fibre bag to exfoliate.
While it's only a small start, I have stopped buying shower gel, face wash & (almost all) shampoo.
Instead I use normal soap & shampoo bars from Lush. I also need to use something like Head & Shoulders around once a week, so I do still have a bottle of that, but the current large bottle has lasted me about a year.
Regarding recycling, it is worth seeing if there is a local terracycle recycler near you. We have one about 7 or 8 miles away, so I have set-up a box in the garage for recycling. They take a load of stuff that the council recycling won't take.
I am considering buying a one-wheeled bike trailer (BOB type thing) so I can take the recycling there in a more environmentally considerate manner, than driving there. The main route is quite a horrible A-road though, so I need to try some alternatives first.
That savetheplanettrackworld thread is great.
EDIT - here is a link to terracycle.
https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/
They take stuff like crisp packets, make-up bottles, food/yoghurt pouches, L'Or Nespresso pods, Tassimo pods, cat food pouches etc.
I buy (online) unwrapped soap in a box of 18, the cardboard box is shrink wrapped though.
Google "zero waste shops near me".
I am already using SMOL and WGAC for laundry/toilet roll.
Unless you're recyling the toilet paper after you use it, it's not really zero waste, is it?
Unless you’re recyling the toilet paper after you use it
By that reckoning nothing you eat is zero waste. Hang on, how about edible toilet paper that wipes on the way through. At least it’s multi purpose before it hits the sewer
By that reckoning nothing you eat is zero waste.
People don't generally eat toilet paper, they wipe their bums with it then flush it.
Some nice ideas here.
Unless you’re recyling the toilet paper after you use it, it’s not really zero waste, is it?
That would depend on your definition of waste - if it means that there is nothing ending up in landfill? (This would be my personal definition at this point.
Sarcastic comments always welcome - each to their own opinions and all that.
To be honest, it took longer than expected. 🙂
I know, its a boring topic, but - well, I've time on my hands, and wanted to see what the options were out there.
thanks for those with positive comments so far!
Sploosh has been added to my list of things to try 🙂
That would depend on your definition of waste – if it means that there is nothing ending up in landfill? (This would be my personal definition at this point.
So if we dump it in the ocean, it's not waste?
Avoid bog roll, fit a bidet. With the current shortages the RoI should be fairly short too.
So if we dump it in the ocean, it’s not waste?
is this a serious question or just being flippant?
just trying to find slightly better ways of doing things, if you have a better way - I'd love to hear it 🙂
is this a serious question or just being flippant?
It's a serious question. You seem to think that flushing something down the toilet means that it's not waste, but if you put the same thing into a landfill, then it is waste. Where do you think the solid waste that goes down the toilet ends up? Outside the environment?
It’s a serious question
so in the context of this thread - what are my alternatives?
appreciating we're not fixing the world here - but trying to find small wins that may be able to help - whether that's switching from plastics, or finding sustainable productions methods?
You seem to think that flushing something down the toilet means that it’s not waste
I don't think that's what I said at all to be honest. If that's what you took from it? okay.
I was hoping the context was understood, my apologies if it was not clear.
How can toilet paper not be waste if you flush it down the toilet after using it once? It might end up in the ocean instead of a landfill, but it's still waste.
I get your point, not sure you get the point of this thread. its cool.
happy to discuss in another forum/chat if required, but I'd like to keep this for those that have ideas/alternatives that I could look into, if that's okay with you?
not sure you get the point of this thread
Virtue signalling?