I'm talking about small, easy changes I'm trying to make at home to reduce how much plastic waste we generate, save water, recycle things etc - nothing huge, but positive things I felt we could manage and I felt good about doing, because my eyes have been opened to the damage being done to the environment. But the second I suggested making any changes my DH is instantly huffing and puffing about it. This morning I suggested we switch from anti-bac wipes and start using spray with re-usable cloths, which drew an irritated huff from him. Then I suggested we swap plastic soap dispensers for bars of soap, which he got in a mood about and refused to do. I suggested buying re-usable sandwich tubs for packed lunches instead of using foil all the time and he looked at me like I was mental. Later on he was taking 5 heavy duty garden sacks to the dump and as we only had one left I asked him to bring the sacks home after emptying so we could re-use them, to which he started huffing and accused me of being an 'eco warrior' and said no, he was going to chuck them in the recycling and buy a new pack - spending money for no reason when bringing them home would have been no effort whatsoever. I didn't ask him to chop his leg off or anything.
Just feel deflated now. Just wanted to do some good in my own small way but what's the point if he's going to argue about making such small changes? He can't be arsed to do it, basically and I think finds my concern about the environment weird and annoying. It's not as if I'm planning to chain myself to any trees or go on an anti-whaling spree with Greenpeace, its literally just small changes around our home, why is that such a big deal? And we would save money if we re-used things. He's made me feel like a loon.