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[quote=Anonymous]Obviously, buy things in bulk and repack whenever possible, and/or buy with paper or no packaging.

I haven't bought or brought home any plastic bags I could avoid in over ten years. I  reuse every plastic food bag I can't avoid to wrap something else:

Pasta/cereal/bread bags for lunchbox sandwiches. I make sure to open them carefully at the top (with scissors if necessary so they don't rip lengthwise). If I run out of those I wrap the sandwich in a cloth napkin.

Frozen fruit or veggies bags to pack up open bags of chicken or meat for refrigeration or to marinate stuff.

No plastic bags for produce at the store. If it's a loose item, I just put it in the bags I brought with me. I also carefully open any plastic netting (like from onions) instead of ripping it and cut off any paper tags. I then take them to the store to pack produce (they're so much better than plastic bags because you can just put them in the fridge as is and the produce can breathe).

Any plastic bag that enters the house in packaging or shipping is carefully opened at the top and reused as a trash bag.The Amazon style plastic shipping bags can be cut with scissors right above where the folded flap is sealed to get a virtually intact bag with very little loss of length.

Use glass tupperware instead of plastic. I always pack my lunch (may get take out two or three times a year tops at work and only because it's a social thing) and use silverware and a steel mug and bottle. If I eat out, I have a couple of glass containers in the trunk of the car in case I want to bring home any leftovers.

If you don't have reusable grocery bags, you can reuse paper ones over and over again with a little TLC. I have reused the same paper bags probably upwards of 50 times.

We haven't used disposable anything for parties at home for over a decade.

You only need a pea-sized amount of toothpaste on your toothbrush in contrast to what TV commercials show.

I give my piece of floss a quick rinse and reuse it until it breaks (you reuse your toothbrush, so what's the difference?)

I use a single so-called disposable razor blade for a couple of years (sharpen it with a knife's edge from time to time).

I wash my hear twice a week, three times if I've been sweating a lot. Generally don't use soap in the shower.

To avoid buying clothes and make them last longer, I wear torn/stained clothes at home since clothing pollution is such a disaster and much of it is plastics.

I wear shoes until they fall apart and then I recycle them.

And no, none of this is for lack of $$.

Regardless, it never seems to be enough...
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