Week 1: No Plastic Challenge (2024)

Here we go….Embarking on the no-plastic challenge for a whole month. To my delight a friend in Sussex has agreed to join me so we have some co-motivation which I feel will come in handy.  No backing out now!

Week 1 

Wins!

Rediscovered shopping along the high street in Crediton and armed with an array of containers came home with armfuls of plastic free veg from the grocer, sausages in my own container from the butcher & flour & pasta from the refill/bakery.

Snacks for packed lunches nearly threw me but remembered cup cakes, flap jacks & pop corn. This does however require getting up just that bit early to make them, but for just this month I’m up for the sacrifice!

Fails!

My favourite cereal only comes in plastic (although it says it is recyclable) and stumped looking for plastic-free options for cheese, yoghurt, tofu & butter. I know I can get Re-Rooted oat milk in glass bottles delivered by Riverford, but not the chocolate version my youngest loves.