It’s a wrap

A month ago I announced I was giving up plastic for the whole of August.

My aim was to try to live for a month without buying anything new made from plastic or wrapped in plastic. I was able to keep and use the plastic I already owned but if anything ran out I would have to buy a plastic-free replacement.

…So my challenge was to find out whether it was possible to live a normal life without adding to my own plastic waste pile at all.

The short answer was no. I did not manage to eliminate plastic waste in August, however, I did cut it by 80% to 116 items.

Some of the problems I or others foresaw did not materialise: we did not have huge amounts of food waste – in fact we probably wasted less than usual.

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