But I thought the goal was to stop using plastic???? In hot climates (like mine) clear plastic and tarps are good for one summer only. They disintegrate from the hot sun. What I'd like to stop using are the irritating plastic bags from the produce section of the grocery store. I sure wish they would provide the paper bags like back in the 1950's.
I love this post! I just told my fiance that I'd like to make it a family goal (us and our 3 daughters) to basically live on a homestead. This way we can eliminate a lot of waste by growing/raising our own food.
My problem area is both my fiance and I were raised on frozen and boxed foods. On top of the poor nutritional value, I feel like it's such a waste to buy these things. For example, boxed Mac and cheese. We use to buy these by dozens. When I started to have kids I realized I wanted more for them and now I make my own Mac and cheese in bulk from scratch and freeze it. But I am not the best cook and I don't think my fiance even knows what a stove is. So it's hard because if there isn't a recipe for me to follow I am too intimidated to try and just end up grabbing something frozen, wrapped in way too much plastic
I would like too! I need to make this one of my goals, in the past I would start eliminating items but then slowly fall back into the convenience of single use plasticsand it makes me feel ashamed. Currently our cabinet is full of plastic cutlery, plates, and cups. Life gets busy and its so tempting to use those to just grab and go and throw away. After this batch I'm going to start eliminating items, no need to put that much waste out when we have perfectly fine reusable dinner ware.
Here in California the produce plastic bags are not recyclable. I haven't asked if they will allow one to bring in paper bags to use at the stores here. Remember this is California and it's expensive and radical and weird!!!! I will try tho!
As you may or may not know, California banned the use of plastic bags by any store that sells groceries. You have to take your own bags and I don't mind that at all! I like it and always have a "bag of bags" to use. You almost make my point about the produce bags. Are you going to put all your produce in the cart loose? Because 99% of produce is weighed I don't know if the store(s) will allow you to use paper or other bags. I don't see why not, if it weighs more, you pay more! I will be asking on my next trip to town if I can use other bags! If they say it's ok, I sure will! Congratulations of leaving California! I wish I could.
they may offer you recycling there but not here the garbage companies throw it all in the back of the truck and either haul it to a landfill or incinerator some will give you a trash can others will charge you extra for a trash can but they sound liker a Taylor Swift song about recycling bins because they will "never ever ever" give you one. and I'm glad I'm not in Cali, our gas is over a buck cheaper here and that's at the highest is 3 bucks, it's right around 285=300 depending where you go.Yeah, I sure don't understand banning plastic grocery bags but not the produce bags! It's like California wants to do the politically correct thing, but doesn't care if it's effective. Almost all garbage companies here give you recycle bins and such, but the news did an expose that showed much of the time the garbage companies throw the recycling in the landfill anyway, especially now because China won't accept our garbage anymore. I think it's disgraceful, we pay for recycling and most folks do their best and then the businesses don't care.
Anyway, I'm glad you're happy in AZ! I used to have relatives there but they are long dead now. I am not a beach person and don't want to go there, so it would work for me! I'm sure the expense is not missed! Auto gas is over $4 a gallon now and going up fast! You don't miss that I'm sure!
