Day 7: A week in – reducing waste and repairing things

The first week has gone pretty well, though there have been times that I’ve been a bit down about the amount of plastic I’m still putting in the recycling or the bin.

I have made another switch to help with this – I researched tea bag brands as I noticed that the Twinings tea bags I’ve been consuming are individually wrapped in non-recyclable foil/paper envelops. I learned that they are also still maiking the tea bags themselves with plastic blend! Ugh.

I have now bought Sainsbury’s own brand tea, in recyclable paper envelops, and Clipper tea – they both use PLA tea bags which can be put in the commercial food waste bin. A win! 

https://moralfibres.co.uk/the-teabags-without-plastic/

I also spent time this first week on some repair work – I fixed one leg warmer, bringing the pair back into circulation, and darned both socks in a pair to lengthen their life, and I fixed a pair of earrings, fitting a new hook on one from an pair of shell earrings in which one shell had sadly shattered and I can’t wear anymore. 

I’ve also practiced some rethinking and have avoided any to-go food and drink plastic packaging – except for one incident at the Source cafe in Senate House when I asked to drink in using a mug but the barista made my oat milk latte in a to-go cup 🙁 but I don’t count that as my fault! 

Today I bought some fair trade cooking chocolate wrapped in recyclable paper and foil (not film plastic) which I’m going to use to bake something for my colleagues for International Women’s Day tomorrow 🙂