Tonight, I ventured into Ukrop's to do a little shopping. Keeping in mind my upcoming trashless lifestyle choice, I brought along my own reusable bags. Score 1 point for me.
After selecting a few items, I came across Clif Bars, which I usually get, but I had to balk at the non-recyclable wrapper. And they have the nerve to say the company is committed to the environment.
Let it be known that Clif Bars are the first casualty in my war on trash. Plus 1 for me.
Soon I found there were very few things that I could actually buy that was in recyclable packaging. I went for some pita bread but because of the unlabeled plastic packaging I had to opt for a brown paper bag wrapped Billy Loaf. Plus 1.
I also opted for canned tins of mackerel and herring instead of the plastic wrapped fresh fish.
I will admit I got some single serving yogurt cups, will have to devour and dispose of those before Jan 1. Minus 3 points for me.
Finally I decided not to use plastic bags for my produce. What is the point. I just threw them in the cart with out any produce plastic. That felt good, I'll go ahead and give my self 2 points for that.
So tonight I discovered how hard this challenge will be, and how much my buying habits and diet will have to change.
So that's 2 arbitrary points for me.
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