Epic Fail no. 1 (day 6)

So today we discovered our first fail...

We bought some nectarines from the market on Saturday and I think we were so distracted by the plastic tags on pineapples that we didn't notice until this morning that they had plastic stickers on.

It's really interesting how our adventure without plastic is making us so much more aware of all the unexpected places that plastics exist. This is a list of some of the places we've found plastic that you might not have thought of or are really hard to find alternatives for:

* plasters and steri-strips
* light bulbs
* fruit and vegetable stickers and labels
* yarn for knitting
* clothing including price tags
* school lunches
* food packaging that looks like it's cardboard or paper but has another plastic wrapper inside or is plastic coated.
* pet food
* chocolate and fruit bars
* toothpaste and other toiletries
* cleaning products
* fleece jumpers
* school blazers

Mum wanted to update everyone on the crocheted cloths she's been making. The cotton one is a brilliant and gently exfoliating flannel but takes a while to dry.


So I'm not that impressed that even fruit stickers sometimes are made of plastic and even people who are looking out for plastic are completely oblivious that it is in something so unexpected. 

Well atleast that's day 6 over.

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