P L A S T I C O L O G Y

Seven years and a lot has changed, yet a lot is the same. I went through my household and removed as many plastics as possible, only to have them creep in from every direction fairly immediately. As soon as you get sick, or have any kind of emergency you realize how prevalent and systemic this stuff is. There’s no contending with it alone. There have been several waves of attempts to eliminate, especially takeout containers. Some of the go-to restaurants got used to it, but sometimes there just wasn’t time to show up early and wait for food to be prepped and placed in the glass tupperware. Now more restaurants have paper containers. A lot had to be let go of for periods of time. What I realized from my study of the issues, my battle with PCOS as an endocrine disorder (with sensitivity to environmental toxins), study of Permaculture (rebranded indigenous principles) and our relationship with our home and self - is that people have to go through thinking about all of this in the conte

Perhaps in some parts of the world companies such as Brita and Pur will take back used water filter cartridges, but I don't know where to do that in LA, and even if they do, why waste money, gas or packaging to get it back in their hands when you can just refill the purifying agent inside? Especially when those cartridges are most likely not being reused you will continue to buy expensive filters made of virgin plastic. **If you are not hip to the myths of recycling, see my handy link "Recycling: The Problem of Chasing Arrows" under the list on the right-hand bar. After reading, if you click here , it will take to you to a misinformed blog post where I found the photo below. LA residents comment below about why the post is misinformed and win my first GIVEAWAY: 2 cups of activated charcoal in your own container, Enough for 4 filter cartidges, up to $18 value!! "NOT I," SAID THE ECO-CAT! I ordered a few pounds of activated charcoal and followed these instruct

Stopped by the Thai Restaurant supply warehouse and picked up these: I am now the coolest kid on the block! Or at least, coolest kid picking up Vietnamese noodles. Not sure if they are water-tight so I will report back if they are phö-safe. Meanwhile - check out the multi-tiered Thai bento contraptions! The 2x one is slightly smaller at 12cm diameter, and the 3x one is 14cm. They are a good deal heavier than plastic containers but HEY! Much sturdier and easier to wash & carry than those flimsy plastic tupperwares, much cheaper than other "zero-waste/plastic" containers I've seen linked on other blogs, and I love Rocket brand. I have had their stainless steel spoons for 6 years and they are holding up great. Looking online, the caddies are not cheap so I recommend searching at the restaurant suppliers. I'm hopeful that these will be useful for the rest of my life, and that saves thousands of pieces of plastic from being wasted on the along the short journe