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- bbbhltz ( @bbbhltz@beehaw.org ) English30•1 year ago
According to the article…
- Don’t heat things in plastic or drink hot liquids that have come into contact with plastic
- Tap water is better than bottled (even glass bottles); filters will eventually “start to shed because [they] will degrade”
- Reconsider purchasing or consuming something that uses unnecessary plastic (e.g. a watermelon wrapped in plastic, fruit with a little sticker)
- Use natural fibres (wool instead of polyester carpets)
- Avoid plastic flatware, etc., for children
- Check ingredients and learn what to avoid (PFAS=bad)
- Vacuum (hoover) regularly — perhaps buy a robot vacuum
- Avoid traffic-heavy roads whenever possible
- AndrewZabar ( @AndrewZabar@beehaw.org ) English19•1 year ago
Where I live you cannot get any fruit that doesn’t have the goddamn sticker.
- bbbhltz ( @bbbhltz@beehaw.org ) English8•1 year ago
And the organic bananas come in plastic bags?
- cobra89 ( @cobra89@beehaw.org ) English7•1 year ago
Highly suggest trying to find farmers markets where farmers bring their produce directly. That won’t have stickers on them. Plus it’s great to support local small businesses.
- nikt ( @nikt@lemmy.ca ) English3•1 year ago
Try living in the frozen tundra that is Canada. Farmers markets only really run May to November, and a third of that is arugula season. The rest is plastic-wrapped-in-plastic 😢
- carlyman ( @carlyman@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
For a whole house filter, what’s the best kind? Is reverse osmosis system worth it?