We have made our own Christmas crackers, using plastic free materials and thoughtfully chosen trinkets. You can find plastic free packs with snaps and jokes from mist craft shops.
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festive milk
Another reason to choose glass milk bottles! You don’t get Christmas greetings on plastic milk bottle tops
quick and easy gravy
When time is short and I’m home late, I don’t want to spend too long making dinner so I tend to reach for the time savers in my cupboard. Gravy granules used to be one of them. Not any more because I cannot find gravy granules that don’t have a plastic lid. You may think…
toothpaste
Having purchased a bamboo toothbrush ready for when my plastic one needs replacing, I am going to try out Denttabs toothpaste tablets as an alternative to tooth paste in a plastic tube. I bought these on the Plastic Free Shop website. They were sent to me in a Jiffy Green bag, which I hadn’t seen…
advent calendar
I’m never too old for an advent calendar, well done to Barry finding this cardboard version from Thorntons, Box opens to reveal the dates. The chocs are within individual boxes The chocs are delish too!
disposable pens
My latest delivery of card board pens which I will use instead plastic ones at work and around the home. These ones I found on Amazon even come with a metal ink cartridge, eliminating yet more plastic from the design These worked out at 66 pence each including postage. They cane in a box of…
well cushioned
I wanted some additional cushions to match my daughter\’s bedroom colour scheme, to cosy it up ready for her coming home to spend Christmas with us. I chose to order them from The Cushion House because they are one of the few uk businesses that sell and deliver cushion covers and other home furnishings entirely…
magazines
My free BBC autumn watch calendar has arrived in an entirely plastic free wrapper. My RHS magazine comes in a paper wrapper. But my Kitchen Garden mag, like so many others out there are still delivered wrapped in single use plastic that gets thrown straight out. I shall email them to find out why.
ribbons and bows
Many ribbons and bows that may look like foil in fact are plastic or contain plastic. Over the years I have saved and reused these. This one is particularly special. My best estimate is that I’ve been reusing this one for over 15 years. Its the one I have always put on the gift that…
sticky tape
Present wrapping for me was previously impossible without metres of cellotape. These are some of my plastic tape replacements this year: Various twine, and an alternative tape, made from compostable paper and coated on one side with glue that simply needs moistening to stick, just like what you find on the edge of an envelope….