Comments on: How To Stop Using Plastic http://www.thegreenestdollar.com/2009/04/how-to-stop-using-plastic/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-stop-using-plastic Save Money. Save the Environment. Be Happy. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lisahttp://www.thegreenestdollar.com/2009/04/how-to-stop-using-plastic/#comment-17089 Lisa Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:43:47 +0000 http://www.thegreenestdollar.com/?p=1403#comment-17089 PS: I forgot about the plastic caps on the milk jugs. I don't know what to do about those. Get my own cow, perhaps? PS: I forgot about the plastic caps on the milk jugs. I don’t know what to do about those. Get my own cow, perhaps?

]]> By: Lisahttp://www.thegreenestdollar.com/2009/04/how-to-stop-using-plastic/#comment-17088 Lisa Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:42:56 +0000 http://www.thegreenestdollar.com/?p=1403#comment-17088 I love this site! I make my own yogurt like you were talking about. You can buy milk in glass bottles from the natural foods co-ops and make yogurt from it and store it in glass mason jars--totally avoiding the plastic. I love that. Although we still do buy plastic in the yogurt tubs from time to time. You can buy butter in paper wrappers at our food co-op. I am not sure how to avoid the plastic-wrapped cheese, though, unless you make it yourself. I love this site!

I make my own yogurt like you were talking about. You can buy milk in glass bottles from the natural foods co-ops and make yogurt from it and store it in glass mason jars–totally avoiding the plastic. I love that. Although we still do buy plastic in the yogurt tubs from time to time.

You can buy butter in paper wrappers at our food co-op.

I am not sure how to avoid the plastic-wrapped cheese, though, unless you make it yourself.

]]> By: Nickhttp://www.thegreenestdollar.com/2009/04/how-to-stop-using-plastic/#comment-15950 Nick Mon, 30 May 2011 23:57:27 +0000 http://www.thegreenestdollar.com/?p=1403#comment-15950 Sorry, I think what I said was a little unclear...I meant to sew the old materials into bags which can be used for produce and bulk items. Sorry, I think what I said was a little unclear…I meant to sew the old materials into bags which can be used for produce and bulk items.

]]> By: Nickhttp://www.thegreenestdollar.com/2009/04/how-to-stop-using-plastic/#comment-15949 Nick Mon, 30 May 2011 23:54:46 +0000 http://www.thegreenestdollar.com/?p=1403#comment-15949 Heather, awesome stuff here! Thanks for sharing! One thing that stuck out in my mind was that you buy cotton bags for your produce and things. A really good way to save on that is to use old pillowcases and other old material laying around the house and sewing bags for produce and for bulk items. Repurposing and cutting down on plastic! Woo-hoo! Hope that helps =) Heather, awesome stuff here! Thanks for sharing!

One thing that stuck out in my mind was that you buy cotton bags for your produce and things. A really good way to save on that is to use old pillowcases and other old material laying around the house and sewing bags for produce and for bulk items. Repurposing and cutting down on plastic! Woo-hoo! Hope that helps =)

]]> By: Bethhttp://www.thegreenestdollar.com/2009/04/how-to-stop-using-plastic/#comment-15147 Beth Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:19:39 +0000 http://www.thegreenestdollar.com/?p=1403#comment-15147 Bravo, friends! I'm moving in the same direction. Thank you all from the fullness of my heart! Bravo, friends! I’m moving in the same direction. Thank you all from the fullness of my heart!

]]> By: Bethhttp://www.thegreenestdollar.com/2009/04/how-to-stop-using-plastic/#comment-13877 Beth Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:17:49 +0000 http://www.thegreenestdollar.com/?p=1403#comment-13877 We just moved here from Germany where we could recycle just about everything. Or at least we were encouraged to try - where it went after collection, I do not know. The local Aldi (and any other drink-selling stores) were obligated to have bottle collection machines on site. Communities collected the trash, which we separated into different kinds. It was all part of our trash-collection bill. I wonder why communities here do not simply charge us to recycle? Is it more expensive? Sure. But then it gets done *and* adds an incentive for people to use less plastic... We just moved here from Germany where we could recycle just about everything. Or at least we were encouraged to try – where it went after collection, I do not know. The local Aldi (and any other drink-selling stores) were obligated to have bottle collection machines on site. Communities collected the trash, which we separated into different kinds. It was all part of our trash-collection bill. I wonder why communities here do not simply charge us to recycle? Is it more expensive? Sure. But then it gets done *and* adds an incentive for people to use less plastic…

]]> By: bobhttp://www.thegreenestdollar.com/2009/04/how-to-stop-using-plastic/#comment-12968 bob Tue, 18 May 2010 21:19:03 +0000 http://www.thegreenestdollar.com/?p=1403#comment-12968 plastic never biodegrades plastic never biodegrades

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