Lifestyle

Live a life a little less plastic!

Explore ways to reduce your plastic consumption in the home. Learn to make your own cleaners, understand your waste streams, and more.

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Reusable Face Coverings

Disposable masks are made of mixed materials and not recyclable. When possible, I will reduce my waste while protecting myself and others by wearing a reusable face covering when in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.
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About Cloth Face Coverings

How to Make Cloth Face Coverings
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Buy Only What I Need

I will not buy anything except items required for health and safety.
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Explore the Story of Stuff
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Complete a Waste Audit

I will conduct a waste audit - including recyclables and compost - to understand how much waste I create and where I can reduce the most.
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Minimize Your Trash with a Trash Audit (Green Indy Blog)

Save Money with a Food Waste Diary

Conduct a Trash Audit (Going Zero Waste)
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Support a Sharing Economy

I will create or support a sharing economy with family, friends, and neighbors.
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These 5 Lending Libraries Are Redefining the Meaning of Ownership

SolutionsU Collection: Sharing Economy
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Share My Actions

I will post to my social media networks about how reducing our plastic use is important for both environmental justice and conservation.

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Homemade Cleaners

I will make (___) of my own cleaning products at home.
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Easy DIY Tub Scrub (Going Zero Waste)

My 3 Ingredient Homemade Nontoxic Cleaner
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Natural Fibers

When available, I will purchase clothing made with natural fibers, such as cotton, linen, or wool, rather than synthetic fibers.
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The Story of Stuff - The Story of Microfibers

10 Tips to Get Synthetic Plastic Out of Your Wardrobe and Wear Natural Fibers Instead
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Naked Bins

To the extent allowable in my community, I will either line my trash cans with repurposed newspaper or paper bags, or I will not line my trash cans at all.
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How to Line Your Rubbish Bin without a Plastic Bag (Treading My Own Path)
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Watch a Documentary

I will watch a documentary film about waste with family and friends and talk about what we learned.
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The True Cost

Minimalism

A Plastic Ocean

Bag It
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Travel Smart

If traveling, I will bring my own plastic free items (water bottle, grocery bags, collapsible food containers, utensils, straws, etc.) with me.
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Plastic Free Travel Tips

Plastic Free on the Go

How to Travel Plastic-Free
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Travel Eating

If traveling, I will bring my own snacks and meals in my own containers to avoid the waste of take-out containers.
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Plastic Free Travel Tips

Plastic Free on the Go

How to Travel Plastic-Free
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Travel Toiletries

If traveling, I will reuse my old travel tubes to refill with my soaps or only bring bar soaps with me in a TSA approved reusable quart sized bag.
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Plastic Free Travel Tips

Plastic Free on the Go

How to Travel Plastic-Free
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