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Misc - to sort #24

Open deanturpin opened 7 years ago

deanturpin commented 7 years ago

It's not entirely selfless: consuming less rubbish means I must make fewer trips to the recycling bin. It can be frustratingly hard to avoid non-biodegradable packaging. But fortunately much of the bad stuff is also packed in plastic.

A difficult thing to concede is that you can't have everything all the time.

"Somebody should do something about this" - somebody should do something so you don't have to take responsibility for your actions? "Why doesn't the council recycle more?" - why doesn't the council recycle all the often unmarked random packaging you buy?

Recycling Communal bins Supermarket bag recycling bins Tip Where does waste go?

Composting Difficult with little outside space.

Fruitarian

http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/environment/recycling-rubbish-and-street-cleaning/what-happens-your-recycling http://twowheelsbetter.cc/recycled/clothing-made-from-old-inner-tubes/

FOOD

The remainder of the guide is split into two parts: those that eat animals and those who don't. Assuming the carnivores also eat plants it makes sense to start with herbies.

HERBIVORES

80/10/10 TBD Breakdown of C/P/F for a daily including body weight/activity

You can leave the grape bags behind in Taj but that is of course putting it on Mr. Taj. I suppose it's better than box in a plastic bag approach that

How much of the recycle bin actually gets recycled?

Veg boxes Riverfood - mostly come in a nice returnable box with the odd lettuce in a plastic bag

Make your own

Yeast - natural leaven, cubes from Infinity (with foil packaging), free from large supermarkets (often baffles the staff and it's usually presented in a plastic bag) Water - tap water may have chlorine to protect us from waterbourne disesase in transit, possibly bad for yeast but it evaporates if exposed/boiled

OMNIVORES

Meat/fish/crustaceans/dairy/insects. It is widely agreed that the world cannot sustain its increasing appetite for animal products. So it makes sense to remove - or dramatically reduce - animal products from your diet.

Fishing

Local Beam trawling Ghost nets marine animals consuming increasing quantities of plastics and metals