In July it is time for the plastic diet again and this year I will participate. The last weeks of the month I was back home, so I could take the reins a bit more in my own hands.
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Convenience store
The house was empty when we returned from our not completely plastic-free holiday, so I immediately went to the supermarket with my own shopping bags and vegetable bags.
Just after a long journey, I did not feel like going to six different stores, but I never really have that sense. I had just planned to see how far you can get in an average supermarket.
The Groceries
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I had mixed feelings about that first shopping session. In the fruit and vegetable department I filled my vegetable bags with kiwis, apples, green beans and tomatoes. The use of those bags gets used quickly and at the checkout they do not even look at it. That is secretly a relief. The nectarines and avocados in plastic were half as expensive as their individual counterparts, so I was guided by the price. The loose peppers were also packed in plastic and I did not see another unpackaged vegetable that I was satisfied with. Oh yes, and the strawberries called me, so I really could not help it!
For bread and cheese I could take a bag and tray or beeswax, but I do not have one yet. No one was present in both departments and no more food was baked. The pita bread was also in plastic. You can also make it yourself if I had thought of it a little earlier than five minutes before dinner time. Well one to remember! Fortunately, the crackers were in a paper package.
The yogurt and soy yoghurt are in a pack. The only alternative is such a plastic bucket, but because the packs are bigger, it seems better. If Alpro were to sell (one and a half) liters, by the way, I am the first one to buy them.
For that yogurt you can see oat flakes in a paper bag and pumpkin seeds and linseed in plastic. In this way I make crispy muesli myself in the hope of saving some packaging material, but because of many other - often plastic-packaged - ingredients from my kitchen cupboard, I doubt whether it is that effective. It is striking that the organic oat flakes and even almost all organic grains, seeds and nuts are packed in plastic. I really have no idea whether I can buy organic oats in plastic bags or non-organic oats in paper.
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We do not eat that many meat substitutes anyway. Vivera was on sale, so the freezer is full again. Frozen meat substitutes also seem to be sold in cardboard, but I have not yet been able to find them. I also wonder if cooling them is not much more harmful than plastic packaging. Compared to the kilo lamps that I used to buy in plastic, the content of these packaging has in any case become much more sustainable.
Finally I bought some (future) sandwich and lemonade syrup in glass and tin and a bar of Tony's Chocolonely. Under the paper wrapper is unfortunately still a very thin aluminum foil, but that (or plastic) seems really necessary to keep it well. Of course I choose this brand especially because chocolate without (child) blood is much better and I like to take the packaging for granted
Pfff,.... where to start; there is so much to do ,.....
I found my inspiration on : zaailingen.com and blupura.com
Excellent post ;)