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Yeah, I don't live in the UK, but I don't think I've purchased ice cream with plastic in years. The hardest part for me would be milk. I buy milk by the gallon
by beatgammit 7y ago
Yeah, I don't live in the UK, but I don't think I've purchased ice cream with plastic in years.
The hardest part for me would be milk. I buy milk by the gallon (usually a gallon per week), and my kids love to drink it. I make yogurt and occasionally make cheese, so we would probably not suffer too much if we can get milk relatively cheaply. Milk does come in cardboard containers, but I'm pretty sure they're lined with plastic, not wax, and I honestly don't know where to get milk in glass containers.
Meat would also be hard since it always comes shrink wrapped in plastic and I don't know how to get it otherwise. We have a butcher nearby that would probably work with us, so it's solvable.
Instead of trying to eliminate plastic, maybe I'll try this with eliminating all waste. Food scraps will go to the compost and packaging will need to be recyclable. It would be interesting to see what I can cut out that isn't recyclable.
- techer 7y agoAfter a few decades I've seen the return of a milkman on my block. Glass bottles that are picked up at the time of delivery. Not sure about the overall environmental impact though as the milk is driven to your door. In the 80s I recall them being delivered in electric vans. Actually called a milk float. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_float https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_float