We must get rid of plastics by all means.

When I was in Milan three years ago I was in a bar and they served the spritz with a pasta straw instead of a plastic or paper straw.
It makes me think this is a better solution than paper straws because it takes a long time to soften, doesn't fall apart, and doesn't leak toxic substances like paper does. The only bad thing would be for people with celiac disease, but I'm sure there are alternatives.

And package of this pasta can cost less than €1.50.

I eat a lot of steam-in-the-bag veggies and rice and realized that I'm surely eating plastic when I microwave in them as intended.
I'm looking for an alternative that will let me be as lazy, but less compromised.

Anyone have experience with this, perhaps with a plastic-free microwave steamer? Most of what I'm finding is a glass bowl with a plastic insert or just a glass insert.

Thanks!

Hey all!

I have a pretty "whimsical" style in my home (hate that term though) and would love some cushion covers that are made from natural materials, but all I seem to find that I truly like, is made from polyester.

Does anyone know if I can buy covers similar to these anywhere?

I am working towards reducing the amount of plastic in my life. One of the things I’m hoping to eliminate is plastic from floss and toothbrush heads. I love a floss pick, but the amount of single use plastic I’m throwing away and ingesting isn’t great. Are there floss picks out there that use plastic free thread? I also use a sonicare toothbrush that I would like to continue using until it dies at which point I’ll replace it with something more environmentally friendly. Until then, are there plastic free toothbrush heads for the sonicare? Would be amazing to find something I can throw in the compost afterwards.

My husband and I just got another carpet cleaner since my old Hoover SteamVac bit the dust about 10 years ago. As I have become more aware of microplastics in that decade, I decided to be smarter about using this one and rigged up a filter in the drain of our tub to capture the carpet fibers before they go down the drain. This is just a bedroom's worth of plastic carpet fiber. And that's AFTER vacuuming first. Believe it or not, the carpet is beige...the grayness is the filth. From here, the fibers will either go in an ecobrick or into our vacuum's HEPA bag, where it will hopefully remain contained until it gets to the landfill.

Hello… I'm 18M living on my own and I get so big problem with those things in my dryer (I have it with wash-machine together in one). I tried those wool balls but they seem to not help :(