As our household focuses on going even more next-level in reducing plastic, I thought I'd start regularly sharing some of the changes we've made to up our game. This is far beyond bringing our own bag to the supermarket, and while some things took a bit of research to locate, it's been utterly worthwhile.
Here are my first three plastic-free favorites I recommend that embrace zero-waste living while also being super functional...
1 - The TRULY Plastic-Free Reusable Water Bottle
So here's the deal: if you look up 'plastic free water bottles' online you'll get what's basically a load of horseshit. 99% of them include plastic because NEARLY ALL OF THE LIDS ARE PLASTIC! And that's literally what you're ingesting, tiny microplastics from the various plastic tops that you suck/drink the water from. Prior to these new ones, we owned two HydroFlasks for over a decade (gifted from them as they were a former client back in their startup days), and the lids were not only a pain in the arse to keep clean, there were no plastic-free options to replace them with. Look carefully at these recommendations - is the lid plastic? 'Cause that ain't plastic free. Most - even with 'sustainability' in the website name - are focused on getting commissions based on the links you click on...NOT actual truth in advertising or, gasp!, truly sustainable living.
So in my journey, a couple months ago I first ordered what appeared to be truly plastic-free bottles/lids from "TreeTribe", who - get this - will steal your money and literally never send you the product or respond to your attempts to find out WTF is going on! I eventually had to file a dispute with my credit card company weeks later, after checking their social media pages only to find out they hadn't posted anything in over a year...meaning they most likely went out of business but still had the nerve to keep their website (and credit card processing) active. Total scammer scumbags let me tell you.
Happily, after continued diligence, I finally came upon the good folks at LifeWithoutPlastic and their no-BS, truly plastic-free water bottle. Simple, functional, and with a sweet ring on the top to carry it, hang it, etc. It doesn't have the sucker thing to drink from but it just means I can't be a slob while I'm drinking water. And that's OK by me. I'll take that any day over plastic bits in my brain.
2 - The TRULY Plastic-Free Food Storage Containers.
While I haven't owned tupperware-type food storage containers in well over a decade, everything I had was glass based but still with plastic lids. You know, the click-top types where eventually the edges break off in one corner... So when I discovered the bamboo-lidded containers in every size imaginable at Crate & Barrel, I bought the whole collection - and haven't regretted it one bit. The little bitty ones are perfect for leftover sauces & dressings, small amounts of produce and for me, peeled garlic cloves rarin' to go when I'm cooking, and then all the other sizes for storing food leftovers, prepped veggies, cheeses, etc. Oh and best of all? The seal is so good you can bring your soup to work in it. Boom.
3 - The TRULY Plastic-Free Canisters
Continuing on the food theme, I fell in love with these Anchor Hocking "cracker jars" for bulk storage. While I used to own their glass-lidded canisters, because those did not screw on, the lids would tend to slide off if you were pulling these off a high (or low) shelf, and after some searching, found these super sturdy aluminum-lidded canisters that do the trick for both storage of my bulk dry goods like flour, prevent spillage unlike the other options (especially those tilted ones, I never understood those, as a good canister like this will always fit a one-cup scoop), as well as not endangering our food with plastic that - yes even if not heated - leaches into our foods, and therefore into our bodies...all while looking kinda rad as well...
So with that, there are my first three and I'll be back to post about more ways of plastic-free living, and how we've transitioned over the years. Plastic has reached our brains, y'all. There's no excuse for making the changes to decrease its impact in our lives.
"We don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly." ~ Anne Marie Bonneau
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