You can schedule a FREE PICKUP from Trashless for them to reuse those ice packs you receive with your meal subscription or food delivery. Trashless will “sanitize them, and reuse them with our own zero-waste, local, sustainable grocery delivery service.” It’s a great way to reuse these and keep it local. If you’ll recall in…
Plastic bags and film: according to customer service at plasticfilmrecycling.com, “If you can stretch the film or push your finger through and stretch it then it’s likely polyethylene and can be included [in plastic bag recycling].” This means that clean and dry soft plastic films and bags like this shredded coconut may be included in…
I love pumpkin stuff. Food, decorations, all of it. My first pumpkin woe of the season is this coffee creamer. When I ordered it for curbside pickup, I thought it would be plastic. I’m high risk for COVID so we have all our groceries curbside pickup or delivery. The top part is plastic. However; as…
Easy and helpful Rethink: Jumbo binder clips, chip clips and a random clothes pin to air dry reusable menstrual pads. Then those can all be reused for their original purposes at a later date. Honestly, I’m still working on being 100% comfortable normalizing talk and publishing images about menstrual equity and menstruation topics, but I…
Earlier this month my son turned 4 years old. This is the first year that I thought he would really remember what happened at a birthday/event, and since it was the first time in awhile both sides’ grandparents were going to be able to visit, I wanted to do something a little extra special. For…
If your milk goes a bit past where you like to drink it, consider making pudding. It’s hard to find organic whole milk in half gallon plastic or glass so I normally buy a gallon and do something with the extra if we have any. Just a reminder that milk and juice cartons are plastic-coated…
Back in May my newsfeed posted an article from The Guardian about wearing the same dress for 100 days. The company, Wool& offers a 100-Day Challenge for you to wear one of their wool dresses for 100 days in a row. The minimalism and natural fiber intrigued me. The article’s mention of support for women…
Hi Everyone! Taylor here. I wanted to catch you all up on what’s been going on with me. I needed to step back from many of my commitments at the beginning of the summer so I could rest, and take care of some family and health items. Things had gotten to the point that I…
This post includes affiliate links. This product was purchased prior to becoming an affiliate. **Geisswein is allowing me to offer 20% off your order through May 31 with this link. Coupon code: GIESSWEINMAY** I’m excited to share with you all about Giesswein shoes. Giesswein is a sustainable shoe and apparel wool-based brand out of Austria.…
Hi Neighbors! Curbside compost is now in all of Austin! If you are looking for a FREE kitchen compost collector, ARR is giving them away over the next several weeks. The schedule is at the link below and I’ve listed some of the dates too. Also please fill out the Comprehensive Plan Survey if you…