When I committed to plastic free living 5 months ago, I never imagined I would have had so much fun. Working towards plastic free July has been the most incredible journey and I ,honestly, will never look back.
We are just one week out from Plastic Free July and, despite my best efforts, there are a few last minute problems I am yet to solve.
Strawberries
If you know me then you’ll know that I LOVE strawberries. I love them with lunches, in smoothies, on muesli and, of course, eating them by the punnet. However, that is exactly the problem - the only way to buy strawberries is in a plastic tub! While these are recyclable and I always recycle them, we go through them so quickly and they really aren’t that different to all the other single use plastics; they get used once, are chucked out and often don’t make it through the recycling scheme only to end up in landfill. Basically, strawberry punnets are something I want to avoid.
We are just one week out from Plastic Free July and, despite my best efforts, there are a few last minute problems I am yet to solve.
Strawberries
If you know me then you’ll know that I LOVE strawberries. I love them with lunches, in smoothies, on muesli and, of course, eating them by the punnet. However, that is exactly the problem - the only way to buy strawberries is in a plastic tub! While these are recyclable and I always recycle them, we go through them so quickly and they really aren’t that different to all the other single use plastics; they get used once, are chucked out and often don’t make it through the recycling scheme only to end up in landfill. Basically, strawberry punnets are something I want to avoid.