Last day of June. Jamie and Chrisie’s anniversary, (Happy
Anniversary to a lovely couple), as well as the day before I start trying to
live Plastic-Free July. I scooted through the grocery store this morning, just
needing dinner for tonight, and found that in potatoes, I could only buy baking
or sweet that were loose, and veg was limited to a few choices such as broccoli,
squash and aubergines. No soft fruit.
It’s going to be a long month. But I will proactively seek
out greengrocers, a thing of the past for Banchory, or other supermarkets that
might be more environmentally aware. Meat, when we have it, from the butcher’s
into my own box (probably plastic, I admit); fish from the wonderful fish shop.
Where will I buy milk and yogurt?
I’ve already changed to plastic-free deodorant, shampoo and
conditioner bars, silicone lids for storage, but the biggest space is taken, in
my recycling bin, by plastic fruit and veg containers.
I want to clean up my act so I am not actively bequeathing to
my children and grandchildren a depleted world where bio-diversity has
completely diminished, floods and wildfires are common and the poor are paying
for my wasteful lifestyle.
The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it.
Visit https://www.tearfund.org/campaigns/rubbish-campaign/rubbish-bin-go
if you want to join in their Plastic-Free July campaign. Our individual efforts
may seem like small potatoes, but as a supermarket awash with plastic says on
its tag line: every little bit helps.
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