So, today is the day that I embark on a life without plastic. Well, actually I will embark on a life without packaging and container plastics. In other words, I will rid my life of all plastics except for those that may be found in existing items (computers and other electronics, plant pots, shoes, etc.). For the next 21 days, I will not buy anything new that contains plastic and I will not use anything that contains plastic (with the exception of the existing items listed above). When I came up with this challenge last week, I didn't realize everything I'd be giving up. No crackers, no chips (even those corn chips that come in a paper bag have a little plastic window), no packaged bread (sorry, Dave's Killer Bread). I already own and reuse a number of those plastic produce bags to store my weekly delivery of local, organic produce in (I figure it's ok to keep reusing those guys, rather than getting rid of them, although I will spend the next 21 days researching alternatives to those as well). My goal is to come out of this with a greater awareness of all the things that contain plastic and to train myself to buy alternatives as much as possible. This should be a crash course in learning what those alternatives are...as well as a crash course in making breads, crackers, tortillas, and pita from scratch. Stay tuned!
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