Berry baskets can be recycled. Trash the pad. Rinse and dry the container. I get this question fairly often so I hope this helps and please share this information. Berry boxes tend to be #1 clear plastic so most recycling providers/contractors will accept that color and number. Remember the chasing arrow () doesn’t mean recyclable.…
Shopping local today HarperSage part of Parker and Scott . They have a great selection of zero waste products, a bulk lotion bar, local snacks, wonderful clothes and it’s just amazing so check them out! Intro Video: Some examples of their package-free, compostable, recyclable items are shown here. -glass jars and bottles -Gua Sha stones with no packaging!…
I’m posted candles in my local Buy Nothing group. I’m helping a neighbor downsize and they had all these candles… Luckily I checked the list at Austin Creative Reuse and they Do Not accept candles. I imagine they get so many because there are a lot of people that end up in this situation. I…
Encyclopedias re-homed! @buynothingproject saves the day again! I’m helping a neighbor to downsize their home and declutter and one of the things they needed to rehome was a 1976 set of Encyclopedias. Now as far as my neighbor, her friend the original owner of the books, and myself new, people just used these to cut…
Lotion from home in a glass bottle is going to be greener than a travel tube, any tube, or a pump. I found a small glass jar at the Guadalupe @wheatsville location. There are plastic jars at @naturalgrocers if you want something smaller, and lighter, but they are plastic. My grocery store doesn’t have anything…
Austin recycles all #s and all colors of plastic! Rinse and dry your plant pots and recycle them! The triangle doesn’t mean it’s recyclable, it just indicates the type of plastic. If you have family/friends that live in other cities, they may have different numbers and colors their provider accepts in their recycling carts. If…
Shop small, shop local, pretty things! I’m at the @bluegenieartbazaar May Market. I want to get some eyelash serum and jasmine green tea. I’ll see what else I can find! I did remember to take a big basket with me to shop and use at checkout. This would have been so helpful in December when…
Doing a little mending tonight on Cute-achu. Make a little mending kit with the most popular colors that you wear so you can fix a seam or a button when you need to. Here’s a mending kit from HEB. Who has all these colors? Plus you have to process the packaging. I’d rather get more…
Aluminum Foil from lids and candy wrappers, clean and dry, can be balled up to 2 inches and recycled in the blue/recycle carts. #aluminum#aluminumfoil#candy#recycle#candywrappers#chocolate#zerowasteliving#chocolateeasterbunny#sustainableliving
A little step, a little more forward, maybe a little backwards, but keeping the goal in mind. I did buy a single use juice bottle today, I did ingest. Microplastics, I did take it home to recycle. I am not strong all the time. It’s a process… #babysteps#inprogress#juice#microplastics#noglassbottle#plasticbottles