Plastic Challenge: Annie, Week 1
Food containers that are plastic-free, bags of products like nuts, sweets, screws.
Location:Â Â England, United Kingdom
Name: Annie
Week: 1
Personal Info:
25 year-old
List of plastic items REFUSED this week. (Yay!)
I re-used an existing Starbucks cup I happened to not throw away for my next (and last!) cup later that day.
Total items collected: 8
Total weight:
Items: Recyclable
Plastic drinks bottles
Items: Nonrecyclable
Not sure
What items can I easily replace with plastic free or less plastic alternatives?
What items would I be willing to give up if a plastic free alternative doesn’t exist?
Take away cups, individually packed items like vegetbles.
What items are essential and seem to have no plastic-free alternative?
Make up, shoe laces, chargers for electronics, ID and other types of cards, sunscreen, medicine packets, eye drops, electronics, clothing with zips
What lifestyle change(s) might be necessary to reduce my plastic consumption?
Carrying a bottle and cutlery around with me
What one plastic item am I willing to give up or replace this week?
What other conclusions, if any, can I draw?
It is not difficult to find sunscreen not packaged in plastic – a quick Google or Yahoo search would do it.