Name something made with plastic that we could easily live without.

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Anonymous wrote:Plastic tampon applicators! It's become so damn hard to find cardboard applicators, and they're becoming more expensive. Just WHY?????

OB or a cup is the real solution here.

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All soaps

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Anonymous wrote:I have serious doubts about whether reusable water bottles are a net benefit. The number I have bought for my kids, and the weight of them and the manufacturing and shipping. I have one stainless steel one where the silicone straw part ripped in half and I can’t buy a replacement and now the bottle is useless. Manufacturing something like that has to be worse than X thin plastic bottles, idk how many. A ton of 5 year old stanley cups in the landfill might only be marginally better than however many plastic bottles would have been used, if at all.

You’ve unintentionally hit on the actual problem: overconsumption. Why have you bought so many reusable water bottles? Each kid has one. Kleen Kanteen. And they sell replacement parts.

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Anonymous wrote:Plastic tampon applicators! It's become so damn hard to find cardboard applicators, and they're becoming more expensive. Just WHY?????

OB or a cup is the real solution here.

I tried OB several times, over a few years and always felt like I couldn't push it up high enough. The leaks told me I was right. And if I can't get that high enough I don't think I'd be able to get a cup high enough.

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Better question: Name something made with plastic that we need that can't be made with a material that has less of a negative impact on the planet.

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The cap on all cartons.

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Anonymous wrote:Better question: Name something made with plastic that we need that can't be made with a material that has less of a negative impact on the planet.

IV tubing and similar.

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Anonymous wrote:All disposable plastic in lunches. Figure out how to pack a lunch without it. Choose foods that don’t need plastic. Read how Laura Ingalls packed her lunch.

You are making a command?

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Anonymous wrote:Bey blades

Eh, kids get hours of enjoyment from them. A lot different than a bottle or bag to carry your already packaged groceries.

Ours are metal. You need to switch to the better version to avoid plastic.

He or she doesn't "need" to do anything.

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Anonymous wrote:Things in "goody" bags.

I hate that crap with a passion.

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Anonymous wrote:All disposable plastic in lunches. Figure out how to pack a lunch without it. Choose foods that don’t need plastic. Read how Laura Ingalls packed her lunch.

You are making a command?

I agree with PP. I have reusable containers for my kid's lunches. It really takes no effort to buy a large tub of yogurt, a big jar of applesauce, or a bag of pretzels and put them into reusable containers. Get yourself some mini spatulas to make it even easier. It can be your kid's job to do it.
You can do 5 of each on Sunday and just have them ready to throw in the lunch bag. It is so much cheaper too. It creases me to see kids with individual packaging for their lunches. Such a waste!

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Anonymous wrote:Plastic tampon applicators! It's become so damn hard to find cardboard applicators, and they're becoming more expensive. Just WHY?????

+1

I don’t understand why plastic applicators are supposed to be better.

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The ridiculous and over the top packaging that most toys come in

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Anonymous wrote:plastic forks spoons knives

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+1, use chopsticks instead