I have bought some pyrex dishes they do have plastic lids as they are designed for cooking and freezing food, but the smaller ones are great for using in the fridge to store odds and ends. They also stop me buying a ready meal when I dont have anything in for dinner and force me to be organised. I batch cook on a sunday and try to cook several things at once. Saves me money on food shopping as well as I.need to be organised.
I buy massive bottles of shampoo and conditioner but when they are done I shall be buying lush shampoo bars.
We switched to double edged razors from disposables.
I try to cook from scratch to reduce reliance on jars and packets.
I shop at lidl and try to buy seasonal and things with limited packaging but its tough. I buy frozen berries as they havent been air freighted here and have less packaging compared to individual fresh tubs.
We need the supermarkets and suppliers to do more instead of continually pushing the onus on us - although we should all take personal responsibility. We need a mn campaign to tell them, we want them to do their bit. Only use plastics that can be recycled, reduce unnecessary packaging etc.
We made a decision to meat less meat so therefore use less plastic that way.
We have reusable coffee cups and water bottles - although they are plastic I will get years out of them.
We refuse straws and single use cutlery.
Its food packaging I struggle with, so much of it is totally unavoidable.
We buy secondhand clothes and toys and dont fly but I am still keen to do more.
The defra publication today staring Mays 25 year plan for the environment and plastic was interesting and I read most of the 151 pages and there were lots of vague terms and get out clauses for industry - where economically viable or practicable and the like 😕 so we will see.
In my county 55% of rubbish is recycled, 25% is burnt in an energy from waste plant and 25% ish is landfilled ( I forgot the exact numbers but its something like that).