One Small Step: Cut Out Five Poorly Conceived Ideas
Starting today, choose five small products that make no sense from the earth’s perspective, and boycott. Forget they ever happened. Choose any five you like, but I’ll give you some ideas to start with.
Single serving cereal boxes - you know those ones your kids want. Just say no, but of course explain why.- Small hotel shampoo and conditioner. Can we say extreme plastic overuse. I can, “Extreme plastic overuse.”
- Traditional cleaning wipes. Most are full of gross toxic stuff, plus, they add up. That’s a ton of garbage if even 50% of this country alone uses them on a daily basis. I said traditional because there are a few green brands, but really, is it so hard to use a cloth?
- Children’s Benadryl Allergy Perfect Measure - what a huge waste. You’re not a bad parent if you simply carry around a bottle of medicine and a reusable measuring cup.
- Sticky notes: I know you have scrap paper laying around. Don’t buy scrap paper, that’s just silly.
Now, which products are you going to give up?
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6 opinions for One Small Step: Cut Out Five Poorly Conceived Ideas
DramaMama
Mar 16, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Gave up swiffer cloths, almost out of single serve micro oatmeal. Throw in a little brown sugar or honey and everyone eats the old fashioned kind, thank goodness! I’ll think of 3 more later…
Jennifer
Mar 16, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Oooo, swiffer, now that is a good one. I know tons of people who use swiffer items, when a plain old cloth or rope mop and cloths do the same thing. The oatmeal is great too. My son likes those fruit snacks - but we found them organic at the co-op in bulk - much better with less packaging.
Peggy
Mar 16, 2008 at 8:24 pm
DramaMama, If you like the swiffer because of the handle, try one (many different brands) with a washable cloth head that goes on it. Of course, a plain cloth is better since you can avoid the plastic handle.
Jennifer, confession: I don’t know how long we’ve had them, but at some point years ago we bought a big pack of stickies. So, we’re still working on them. I do recycle them though!
On the hotel shampoo, I alway take my own, but Michael uses the hotel stuff. I’ll have to nag him!
DramaMama
Mar 16, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Actually in regards to the swiffer, I just put a piece of fleece on it. I shake it out in the trash, flip it to use the other side, shake it out again and toss it in w/a load of laundry. I heard flannel works better but I had tons of fleece lying around. It was a real duh moment. My fleece sweatshirts always pick up everything, so I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before! It is nice to learn something new after 30 years on this Earth, though…
Peggy
Mar 16, 2008 at 11:49 pm
DramaMama, I’ve never tried dusting with flannel, but you are right. It loves cat hair.
Jennifer
Mar 16, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Peggy, I used ot have some stickies too. Not now, but I did at one time, oh the shame ;)
Good ideas about the flannel ladies. I always use a slightly wet old cloth diaper - the thinner material ones, not thick. It grabs dust pretty well. I hate dust though, it just keeps coming.
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