I recently found out that Terra Cycle use participating pharmacies in the UK (and poss other countries) to collect empty medicine blister packs and 'extrude (them) into plastic pellets' to make other plastic products. While it's not a perfect solution, it's better than it ending up in landfills.

Smae here my mom had chronic illness and for me im pregnant the only medication that works for my nausea is individually wrapped in plastic

I'm pretty upset about all the medicine bottles I had here at one point .. I mean at least 20 .. I recycled them but, still don't feel about them coming to me packaged in bottles this way.. One, of my medicines is individually wrapped in little plastic wrappers per dose 😭 I wish I knew what to do !?

In the UK you can post a crisp packet in the post box and the Royal Mail are legally obliged to send it back to the crisp manufacturers because it has a freepost address on the packet ;)

@@danmooney4162 I never knew this, that's amazing thanks for sharing!!

I know right? We have a whole bag of crisp packets piling up in our kitchen ready to go to Terracycle 😅 AND they also recycle old makeup and cosmetics packaging as I learned recently. Woo!

Oh wow I gotta look up how to do that since I've acquired a "not addiction" for chips lately.

Whilst its great that these are repurposed, I actually disagree with the crisp packets initiative for homeless people. They are quite flammable and also its a little degrading for a homeless person to have something made out of trash - much better to just avoid crisps and give actual blankets to the homeless. I do agree that where we can, we as consumers should purchase things made out of trash, but giving items to people who have literally nothing, made out of trash, will only make them feel like they are also trash :(

It sounds like you are doing a lot of good work, that is amazing, you should be really proud 💚🌿

Your husband is right, zero waste is an amazing lifestyle, and I'm still at the beginning of this road, but I feel like the moment we start feeling negative emotions because of any positive change we introduce into our life really, we need to pause, take a deep breath, and try to realize that imperfection is in human nature. And to remember, that we don't need a bunch of people doing it perfectly but a lot doing it imperfectly. And that every plastic bag or toothbrush that doesn't go into our landfills and our oceans is a win.

aw 😭❤

Wow that sounds amazing, you should start a channel telling us more about your moms tips :D

@@pauoel Wow, thanks Paula for your lovely compliment. There’s a lot of cool stuff and ideas that I could share... my Mom certainly knew a lot of thrifty tricks about living frugally. Most people who lived during The Depression and The War knew how to save, scrounge, repurpose & repair BIG TIME!! Sharing these ideas would be fun and interesting. Unfortunately, I’m not very tech savvy. I know 50% of nothing about filming, editing, etc. But thanks for sharing your thoughts and generating such a unique idea.

@@marycharlebois6627 People wouldn't care if your videos were fancy or not! You can film them easily on a phone or whatever and then upload. I think KZfaq even gives you a few simple editing tools. People will be more interested in your content than whether you use fancy filming tech or not! I for one would love to learn more from you and your mom's wisdom

I love the idea too! I wish we lived in a simpler time, because we don't need so much excess. I would love to learn some tips like that! It sounds like it would be really engaging content! 😍

@@riyakumar8932 Thank-you Riya for your encouragement on this idea... I’ll give it some thought... maybe this could be the retirement project that I’ve been looking for.

As someone who is a nursing student I work with a ton of plastic waste weekly. It hurts me to see and I hope that one day we figure out a good way to lessen the amount of plastic in healthcare!

Plastic should really be used only for medical purposes as it is sterile and light weight.

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Honestly, the medical field should really be the only people using disposable stuff. Its totally warranted as you really cannot share medical equipment otherwise you could cross infect people. Certain blood borne diseases like hepatitis can live a very long time outside the body in a syringe.

@@misskreher I also work in the medical field and the amount of waste we create sickens me (no pun intended), but there's really no better option. The spread of disease creates astronomically more waste overall, so I think it's 100% worth it to use disposable gloves, needles, etc. in order to prevent contamination.

would this happen to be a reference to erin from that one who’s the fake vegan video (hey! i’m also a 17 year old that’s low waste and vegan!)

@@k4rapace874 yay someone got my erin reference haha. and hi

I love that Erin has become the go to name for judgemental vegans.

Uh I could image! It is a great feeling though 💚

I feel like the medical field gets a pass since plastic is definitely needed. Maybe certain things can be modifier but overall it's necessary

I'm a patient with some severe chronic illnesses (namely CIDP and dysautonomia). As part of the treatment for these two conditions I run IVs regularly. Once a month I run IVIG and D5W and once weekly I run a liter of saline. As I have a port I have to go through so much plastic products that are single use and not recyclable. I have, quite recently though, started to keep the chlorahexadine scrub applicators and reuse them with rubbing alcohol for my face and am able to use them for some time before the foam part becomes too disgusting to continue to use at which point I then toss them. I also have insulin dependent diabetes and use so much single use products for this as well. Like can we talk about the quantity of insulin syringes that gets used in just one freaking day (typically 4)..... And then the amount of oral meds I'm also on is crazy. I'm actually at the point of requesting my pharmacy (small business, single location and privately owned) to dispense my long term meds in a zip lock bag with a label still on the label paper so that I can reuse the original pill bottles. And luckily, they have agreed to do this. I then am able to reuse the zip lock bag for other purposes.

This is such a good idea!!

Oh, amazing invention !! I'll do it also ♥️

Yeah me too!! Great for straightening out tipsy aloe

Yes, I also use them for my plants, exspecially Aloe 😁 But I also wondered if I could some art project with them. Or rather make my own sushi to avoid them being put with take out (althoug I always make a comment that I do not need them... 😒)

I know I'm late to the party, but I also use gloves to wash dishes. Reusable gloves have helped me so much that I stopped buying disposable plates! My asthma medication still comes in plastic. Since buying a small portable (mostly plastic) nebulizer, i've gone from using inhalers that can't be recycled or otherwise used, to nebules, which can go in my ecobrick. It's good for my littles, too, when hayfever hits.

I can absolutely relate 💚💚💚

Thank you so much! 💚

@@Gittemary ♥️

Exactly

sometimes I find the rag after painting is prettier than the art i made HAHA

Oh yes! Being so pale I could be considered transparent, I could never compromise on sunscreen or I'd burn to a itty bitty red crisp. Maybe someone shares some good low waste product to try. It would be greatly appreciated.

I use a New Zealand brand called Skinnies. The package is made from plants but no idea if that makes it better. Good product as you need less than regular sunscreen. They took out the water so you need less product. Less packages overall. Spf 50 pa++++

There are a lot of sunscreens that are in tins (I can send you the link if you wish) But remember that between 25 and 50 there is only a 2% the difference in protection. If I don't remember wrongly 50 creams protect up to 98% whereas 25 creams protect up to 96%. However, you can also find suncream in plastic tins that are 50. Also when sunbathing is recommended to do it completely exposed just for a while (I used to not do this, but it really makes a change). We need to care for our skin because sunburns do a lot of damage. Is better to get tanned bit y bit (if that is what you want), also in normal sunscreens they recommend to stay in the shade, wearing a 50 protection during a hot day on the beach, even if you put it more than once, is not going to avoid you a sunburn. Take care!

SunButter is a good 50spf one in a metal container. I personally can't use it on my face bc the coconut oil makes me break out, but i've found it good for my body & it smells nice.

I keep my sewing needles in one, definitely they come in handy in the most random places.

Are they not recyclable?

@@priscillajimenez27 It depends on your location (As different locations have different recycling practices) and the type of plastic used.

@@Sofia-ji7km I know. That's what I was trying to find out. Sucks recycability isn't universal

@@priscillajimenez27 No - they are the wrong plastic (of course)

I have a local asian market that sells them in big packs of 100! :)

They are so warm too!

@@gwynneio they are right ? And prettyyyyyyyyyy

I needed this info!! Thank you!!!

i found them to be very very tight. i am rather skinny, ordered them in L but could not sit in them comfortably. Even putting them on was kind of tricky. So i had to send them back. I would not recommend them honestly, or maybe ordering the biggest size?

think of it as being like a nurse. nurses use plenty of plastic every day at their job for sterility if they didn’t more infections and more sickness using plastic for sterile purposes is okay if you didn’t then people would get skin infections live your life low waste outside of work

@@aloha-8203 at least nursing is a necessity and plastic usage in medical field is mostly needed. I salute you as a front line worker.

Such an awesome idea!! I’m going to do this!! Thanks 😘

I do this too :)

Poop from meat eating animals takes much longer to turn to earth than poop from plant eating animals. Also the poop can carry parasites like wormeggs, bacteria or traces of medication if the dog is taking one. If the dog poops in a field with food that is then feed to cattle, the cattle can get sick. Also imagine everyone in the city/park would leave the poop.. with the high number of dogs it would look like a mess in a couple of days.

@@marionmielke5054 your absolutely right. The biology of most city spaces isn't strong enough to cope with dog waste with everything else. My area has maybe like 5% of dog owners who are awful and refuse to pick up after their dog and even so it terrible! There's so much crap its sometimes a struggle not to step in it when walking my own dog! Its obvious the environment can't handle breaking it down. :(

Not only that, pet food (or table food) is not necessarily natural which means the poop would have chemicals that would damage the environment

Yeah I'm not 100% sure about poop but I do know that too much of the dog urine can kill flora. In fact we have dogs in our complex who are competing at marking an area near my building and the bushes and grass has died. Also yeah poop takes forever to break down from what I've seen here even in Florida heat and rain. I would he concerned of an animal stepping in it near a bush or a young child playing hide/seek.

This is definitly one of thos things we just have to accept and then try to do good in othe areas, sounds like you have the right mentality 💚🌿

Yes I have, the link is even in the description and there is a whole playlist of videos 😅✌️✨

Great ideas!! Thank-you for sharing!!

@@marycharlebois6627 thanks, we are all doing the best we can 💖