Home and Work

More good news – there are so many companies that sell alternatives to single-use plastic.

We McSisters are so thrilled when we discover a new product and immediately share it with each other.  There are so many ways to switch from plastic.

You can buy bar shampoo, dishwasher tablets that come in an attractive metal container and the refills come in a paper bag, sustainably-made toilet paper wrapped in paper, not plastic; toilet bowl cleaning tabs, not in a plastic container; dishwasher soap with no hidden microplastics, personal care products that are plastic-free, and so much more.

Many of these same products and ideas can be applied to your work environment.

Cleaning

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Try out these plastic free cleaning products!
Try out these plastic free cleaning products!

One of my favorite experiences, when I share with my friends and neighbors about reducing my use of single-use plastic, is brainstorming about the alternatives.

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Personal Care Products

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Wash that plastic right out of my hair!
Wash that plastic right out of my hair!

The three of us have been trying personal care products with non-single-use packaging and encourage you to do the same.

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Food Storage

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Holidays

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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day!

Valentine's Day is coming up in only a couple of weeks on Wednesday Feb. 14th.

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These are a few of our favorite things!
These are a few of our favorite things!

With Julie Andrews singing Rodgers and Hammerstein’s song “My Favorite Things” inspiring us, we McSisters have made a list of our favorite plastic free things.

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Holiday Gift Cards
Holiday Gift Cards

The McSisters are taking this message directly from one of our supporters – Beyond Plastics (https://www.beyondplastics.org).

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A serving of holiday spirit!
A serving of holiday spirit!
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Work

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Plastic Free Gardens
Plastic Free Gardens

We McSisters love our gardens. In the last few years, I have learned how the plastic industry found its way into our gardens. In this blog, we are only addressing home gardens. Plastic use in industrial agriculture is a huge topic itself.

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A Plastic Free Work Environment
A Plastic Free Work Environment

McSisters are delighted to introduce guest blogger Jana Koebel who describes herself as grant writer, plastic consultant, traveler, nomad, animal lover, and eco-warrior.

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Cooking

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Cathy’s Plastic-free Homemade Yogurt
Cathy’s Plastic-free Homemade Yogurt

We were delighted when our friend Cathy, who, like us, looks for ways to reduce single-use plastic in her life, offered to share her yogurt recipe.

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Rise up, you don’t knead plastic for baking!
Rise up, you don’t knead plastic for baking!

We McSisters love to cook! I especially love baking bread. Since plastic wrap was created for commercial use by Dow Chemical in 1949, baking has involved a lot of plastic.

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Dry Cleaning

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Cut the plastic at the dry cleaners!
Cut the plastic at the dry cleaners!

It is now estimated that dry cleaners produce about 300 million pounds of plastic per year in the U.S. alone!!!

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