During Low Impact week,
back in November, I decided to give up single-use plastic. I’m not giving up
plastic – who could, when more than 6,000 items of everyday use are made of it? I’d
have to toss my hearing aids, toothbrush, coffee pot, and a host
of other items I use daily. But use-once-and-throw-in-the-trash plastic is
history at my house.
The first thing to go was
plastic wrap. I always hated it anyway. Tearing off a piece of plastic wrap was
always tricky and keeping it from sticking to itself was a struggle.
I’ve replaced plastic wrap
with hoodie things from the beauty supply shop. I don’t know what they are
meant for, but they make great bowl covers that can be washed and re-used many
times. Here’s one that covers my mixer bowl.
I’ve written before about
my plastic bag collection and how they can be washed and re-used again and
again. A plastic bag can hold a bowl of leftovers or a dinner roll. Instead of
using those irritating twisty things I used wooden clip clothes pins.
And, harking back to the
days before plastic, I often cover a bowl of leftovers with a saucer or larger
plate before setting it in the refrigerator.
I don’t miss plastic wrap
one little bit. Good riddance, I say.
Copyright
2013 by Shirley Domer
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