rickfm wrote:Another area I have a problem with is frozen vegetables. I use them all the time, every day. And the economical ones all come in plastic bags. They are an important part of my adherence to the diet.
I've taken to shredding the bags into small pieces before throwing them away. That's the best I can do with this issue, for now.
Rick: I had the same lightbulb about the frozen food packaging. I do about half of my cooking the JeffN toss frozen veggies in a pot way. So, my freezer is full of plastic. I don't see myself changing this because it fits with the budget I am on and allows that I buy most food organic.
But I had an idea to start writing the companies I buy from to see if they can consider something for their packaging that can at least be recycled. Afterall it seems they are just going half way environmental by being organic - they ought to make a showing that they are committed to the whole thing, doncha think
I got the idea from the TED movie I saw - where that woman went on a campaign to get the Britta people to have a recycle method for their filters. They won that too - I think there were 16,000 signatures on that campaign.
Come to think of it this might be mentioned in her book. I am going to ask my library to order her book, so I can find out.
It's great that your dealing with this by giving the plastic a bit of a head start by shredding.
Grammy Ginger - what a good hint the really light fabrics are perfect, I'll have to try that - if I can unearth the sewing machine......