The supermarkets are finally in 2018 on board,it will make a difference!

Take your bread bags back to the supermarkets as apparently they can now be recycled there into plastic furniture. Every bit helps

Have you seen how much plastic is on the supermarket shelves these days? We often buy something and go ‘hey, didn’t this used to come in a glass jar/bottle?’ A lot of the time we no longer have the choice to buy non plastic products

Plastic reduction will be really difficult to follow through with. Everything us switching from glass to plastic

I’ve had numerous conversations with people at the checkout admiring some of our green bags. There are some pretty ones out there, but I’ve even made my own and personalised them for the kids. And no more dropped groceries when the plastic bag tears too. I also up-cycle our plastic milk bottles into pot plants by cutting off the top (into the recycling bin), putting a few knife holes in the bottom for drainage and planting my seeds in them. Saves me buying plastic pots too.

Some great point here. Something to think about. Though I find the reusable vegie bags a pain to wash and dry but I do still use them.

Great ideas. Plastic may seem convenient but, if we continue using it, we are not helping our environment!

All great tips I can definitely do.

Always consider if there is another way for using something beside plastics and disposables things. Re using is better, so buy in bulk and supply my own containers when I can,

Some things we buy that are only ever packed in plastic are containers that you can wash and re-use a few times. When shopping bags were plastic we used to keep re-using them until the split beyond repair. Only then did it go in the rubbish bin containing other small things that weren’t recycling so they didn’t all blow everywhere. That way there was less risk of things ending up in storm water and ending up on the beach and injuring or killing birds because they tried to eat them.

Thanks again for sharing this article. I have ditched the plastic wrap!

I love recycling, teaching the children from an early age that wastage is not a good thing.

Storing food between 2 plates doesn’t seal food containers.
If you have a head injury you may not be able to open your mouth wide enough to drink from a cup. Glass sometimes breaks if dropped. I have plastic containers that we have been using for about 40 years. We bought them in the 70s. When plastic shopping bags were good quality we re-used them until they split beyond repair. Only then did they go in the rubbish. One family owned Supermarket group offered incentive to re-cycle plastic shopping bags or use others. They issued cards that were stamped when you provided your own bags. When it was full you got $1.00 off your shopping bill.

this was really informative. there’s heaps of great tips that a lot of us should do. thank you for sharing this post with the mums!

I love recycling my jam jars.

I love glass as it is easy to use, clean and store. Thanks for this informative article.

thanks for those tips , you got me looking round my house to see where i can change from plastic.

Great tips, every little bit we do helps. I now have an aluminium water bottle, that’s a few less hundred plastic bottles I might have used in a year.

Good tips another way to reduce plastic and still use a straw is buying clear glass straws

Plastic is outdated, I use containers for all my leftovers.