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Monday Mission: Pack Reusable Containers for Restaurant Leftovers

January 3rd, 2011 · 18 Comments · Green Living, Monday Missions

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to pack reusable containers to bring to restaurants or cafeterias instead of bringing home Styrofoam take-out containers or other disposables. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps Get up from your computer right now and do it. That’s right. Stand up, grab a few cheap plastic containers [...]

Back to School Bonanza: Lunch Packing in Stainless Steel…and Some Buffalo {REVIEW}

September 14th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Avoiding Waste, What to Buy

Sometimes avoiding plastic is harder than it sounds. First, you’re used to it. Your plastics cupboard is an institution in the kitchen, and it’s habit to reach for an easy storage container there. Second, you have lots of plastic. The size you want is always available. Finally, especially when you’re packing for children, you realize [...]

Works for me Wednesday: How to Find Safe, Frugal Dishes and Cookware

May 5th, 2010 · 29 Comments · What to Buy

Wish you could afford stainless steel storage containers, but replacing all your plastic that way just isn’t in the budget? We talk a decent bit around here about material safety: plastic, aluminum, and someday, Teflon. It seems like it’s awful hard to find and afford the safer alternatives to all those materials that are filling [...]

Plastics Recap: Substitutes, Resources, FAQs, and Giveaway Winner

April 15th, 2010 · 28 Comments · Avoiding Waste, What to Buy

Once you get to know Beth Terry of My Plastic-Free Life, your plastics standards increase by exponential degrees as a result of positive peer pressure. I’ve often thought of Beth’s commitment to using no plastic in the past week, and I feel like a plastic failure! Here’s my full confession: During Get Out the Plastic [...]

Spring Cleaning Carnival: Get the Plastics Out

April 5th, 2010 · 38 Comments · Avoiding Waste, Call to Action

I’m pleased to feature Beth Terry of My Plastic-Free Life for today’s spring cleaning carnival. She is amazing in her commitment and her knowledge, as you’ll discover by the time you read her story below. Be sure to catch all the past topics and upcoming themes here. My Plastic Story: From Addict to Activist Before [...]

Are Stainless Steel Food Storage Containers Worth the Premium Price? (Life Without Plastic Review and GIVEAWAY)

April 5th, 2010 · 401 Comments · What to Buy

Fifteen dollars for a bowl with a lid strikes me as expensive. I’m a frugal (cheap!) girl, and I had a hard enough time going from the “4 containers for $2 minus a $1 off coupon” Gladware to the “4 containers for $6-8 and no coupons” Pyrex glass dishes. I have to say I was [...]

Monday Mission: Get in that Plastics Cupboard!

April 5th, 2010 · 30 Comments · Monday Missions

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to evaluate and reduce your plastic storage containers. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps All right kids…we’ve talked about soap and gluten so far during the Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out! carnival, not exactly anything that made you put your scrubbing gloves on. This week [...]