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Holy plastic packaging obstacle course!<\/strong> I accepted Rodale\u2019s challenge to go plastic-free in February<\/a> thinking that I was pretty savvy about the plastic thing and that I could master a plastic-free universe with a minimum of trauma. Wow, I am humbled by the magnitude of plastic I\u2019ve gotten used to \u2013 to the point that I don\u2019t even realize it is there!<\/p>\n Week 1 was relatively easy because I didn\u2019t really need to go shopping for anything, so I could control the incoming plastic.<\/p>\n Week 2? Not so much. I bounced along to the market with my reusable shopping bags with a little trepidation, knowing it would be challenging to side step plastic, but once I started to consider non-plastic-packaged options, my confidence was shattered. Honestly, because we were having a big family luncheon and Super Bowl shindig<\/a>, the crisis became one of mental exhaustion \u2013 trying to figure out how to create EVERY detail from serious scratch in order to avoid plastic packaging was beyond my capacity. So, I cheated and told Wayne, he had to do the packaged buying this week (dunno what will happen next week \u2013 stay tuned!).<\/p>\n I looked at my bathroom counter this morning and tried to imagine how I might get along without some of my favorite products that seem ALL to be packaged in plastic. double ugh. The picture above is my bathroom counter \u2013 note the nice glass brown bottle in front (yes, but even that has a plastic top!!!!!). I made my own facial cleanser and bottled it for family members for the holidays and gave myself one. That\u2019s it? The only almost-non-plastic container of my favorite bathroom things?!?! Ok . . . so, in order to avoid all this plastic packaging, I\u2019ve got to make all my own skincare and personal care products? In theory, I like it and think it is a healthier choice all the way around, but in reality . . .<\/p>\n This has been an education and I\u2019m someone who considers herself pretty anti-plastic already.<\/p>\n Thanks Rodale<\/a>! (she said with some exasperation, sarcasm and also with some sincerity)<\/p>\n Hope to be a better participant in the challenge by next week!<\/p>\n eat. blog. be merry.<\/em> Holy plastic packaging obstacle course! I accepted Rodale\u2019s challenge to go plastic-free in February thinking that I was pretty savvy about the plastic thing and that I could master a plastic-free universe with a minimum of trauma. Wow, I am humbled by the magnitude of plastic I\u2019ve gotten used to \u2013 to the point that I don\u2019t even realize it is there! More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":11910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[2,11],"tags":[9012,111,5390,5391,5392,5393,5352],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Plastic-Bathroom-Suff.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6410"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}I\u2019ve come to the conclusion that to avoid plastic packaging means DIY from scratch<\/a>. Now I know how much I\u2019ve leaned on plastic for convenience. ugh.<\/h3>\n
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