The Plastic Diaries

JUN

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Beach clean

Posted by Jiesiang in The Plastic Diaries

Every month the people on Eigg are doing a beach clean. This time a class from Edinburgh helped us for just 20 minutes to clean one beach, which had not been cleaned for a long time. It shows that even a half hour of doing something helps to make a difference. "If a lot of small people, in a lot of small places, do a lot of small th...

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DIY toothbrushing - without plastic.

Posted by Jess in The Plastic Diaries Sustainable living Plastic

I recently started making my own toothpaste. It's satisfying. And it fills me with the energy of The Toothbrushing Song we used to sing at primary school. There's nothing quite like using something you've made yourself, especially when it does the job well. And if it's better for the planet than how you did it before, that's even more gratifyi...

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Jiesiang's first plastic diary

Posted by Jiesiang in The Plastic Diaries

I've been living at the Eco Centre on Eigg, and my first plastic diary is set here. This is a quick run through of what my day looks like and how much I use plastic things just going about everyday business.8.00 - 8.30 - get up and ready for the day (15 plastic items)My alarm on my cellphone wakes me up (1)A bit of basic morning hygi...

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Get involved with our plastic diaries.

Posted by Jess in The Plastic Diaries

At the moment, plastic accounts for about 10% of waste produced by humans, and 50% of the plastic we use we only use once. In the UK, most families will throw away 40kg of plastic in a year which could otherwise be recycled. In the US, the average person will throw away plastic weighing about 600 times their own body weight throughout their life...