Last week was rather hard for me so unfortunately I didn’t have any time to post about my progress during recycling week. But although I didn’t’ post about it, I’m very pleased to say that I kept to my pledge if using my shopping bags instead of the supermarket ones and I’ve even started to use my own bags for items of clothing, books etc.
(Documenting my pledge: Before my shopping...)
(...and after my shopping. I know, I know, Karen, still too much packaging, but I'll work on it!)
(My mini strawberry bush)I have to admit that the reaction in supermarkets was ok when I took refused their bags but I encountered a total lack of knowledge about recycling week and sometimes even a bit of disbelief! The most incredulous reaction came from clothing shops: the shop assistants at Gap in York couldn’t believe that I was rejecting their precious blue bags!!! And a young lady at a Primark counter in Manchester had trouble to understand that reusing bags is part of the recycling process as well! A good result for me and my family anyway. My biggest ally was and still is my daughter who now goes around with her own textile shopping bag and is very proud of not using plastic bags. Even my big teenager boy has started to reuse his water bottles, a good contribution for recycling week as he doesn’t use any bags anyway!
(My mint and bay laurel bushes)Unfortunately my worst “enemy” is my husband who insists on having plastic bags instead of paper bags to carry books although our very lovely local bookshop tries to discourage buyers use plastic bags! I will “work” on him.
Anyway, I’d like to thank Karen of The Rubbish Diet again for her wonderful inspiration and hard work for the environment. If you haven’t visited Karen’s blog yet, please do so. Apart from being educational and interesting it’s really fun too!!!!
(My daughter's vegetable patch - she's very proud of it!)
