This has been such a simple swap - it's the same car park, the shops are next door, why haven't I been doing this before? (I mean, they don't sell wine here so I do need to pop into the supermarket after all, but I don't do that every day......*lie*)
But what a lovely snack we've enjoyed! Food has been the real crux of this challenge for us as a family – particularly when there seems to be a confusing overlap with plastic free and healthy. But this week has made me reassess the snacking culture I've bought into - with the treat tub very much in the "hide the plastic" category, and biscuits and crisps (and the healthy kiddy substitutes) off the menu, it's been amazing the difference in the treats we've enjoyed.
Lots of fruit, veg sticks, home made humus, cheese from a block. Snacks and treats are chronic for single-use plastic - something that is enjoyed for minutes and if not properly treated, will never, ever go away.
I've read online recommendations that for crisps, sweets, biscuits, in fact anything in plastic packaging like cheese or meat, buying a larger size makes a difference to the amount of packaging overall therefore reducing the plastic footprint. Just say no to multipacks - and indeed anything that has more than one layer of plastic packaging.
But for the future it doesn't even have to be about abstaining from plastic altogether forever, but changing some behaviours that mean we're responsible for a little less plastic can't be a bad idea. These dippy cheese snacks left in the fridge are so unnecessary and wasteful - and there are easy swaps. There is still plastic on the breadsticks and the triangles are individually wrapped, but this felt like a simple way to reduce 3 wasteful plastic trays.
So snacking is sorted, vegetables are sorted, and wine was never in question - as we head to the final stretch I'm feeling much more in control of our plastic footprint and much clearer on what we'll change for good.
Lots of fruit, veg sticks, home made humus, cheese from a block. Snacks and treats are chronic for single-use plastic - something that is enjoyed for minutes and if not properly treated, will never, ever go away.
I've read online recommendations that for crisps, sweets, biscuits, in fact anything in plastic packaging like cheese or meat, buying a larger size makes a difference to the amount of packaging overall therefore reducing the plastic footprint. Just say no to multipacks - and indeed anything that has more than one layer of plastic packaging.
But for the future it doesn't even have to be about abstaining from plastic altogether forever, but changing some behaviours that mean we're responsible for a little less plastic can't be a bad idea. These dippy cheese snacks left in the fridge are so unnecessary and wasteful - and there are easy swaps. There is still plastic on the breadsticks and the triangles are individually wrapped, but this felt like a simple way to reduce 3 wasteful plastic trays.
So snacking is sorted, vegetables are sorted, and wine was never in question - as we head to the final stretch I'm feeling much more in control of our plastic footprint and much clearer on what we'll change for good.
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