Dollar store pens: Bonzo bargain — or ecologically irresponsible?
You can get a big packet of pens for a buck or two at the dollar store. But is the […]
Tag: plastic
Re-using milk and frozen fruit bags!
In a perfect world, we’d never use plastic bags; in the real world in Canada, milk comes in plastic bags, […]
Do your homework when choosing “biodegradable” bags
Think biodegradable bags are the perfect alternative to regular plastic bags that take hundreds of years to break down?
Using beeswax wraps instead of plastic wrap
Single-use plastics are an ecological disaster. Using beeswax wraps can help you dramatically reduce your use of plastic wrap and […]
How to tame the garbage monster at your events
Community events are notorious for producing large amounts of trash — including recyclable/compostable material that wrongly ends up in the […]