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GREEN TEAM--TIPS TO REDUCE YOUR USE OF PLASTICS

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Tips to Reduce Your Use of Plastics
  • Say "No" to single use bags
  • Stop buying/using bottled water (use reusable metal containers, instead)
  • Buy drinks in glass bottles or recyclable metal cans rather than in plastic containers
  • Bring your own coffee cups instead of accepting disposable cups with plastic lids
  • Buy in bulk (and use your own container)
  • User your own mesh produce bags in grocery stores
  • Use your own bags for groceries (get in the habit of keeping shopping bags with you)
  • Stop using plastic straws
  • Replace plastic wrap with beeswax wrap
  • Compost food waste to reduce the need for plastic bags
  • Use matches instead of disposable plastic lighters
  • Choose unwrapped bar soap in place of liquid soap packed in plastic
  • Buy eggs in paper, rather that Stryofoam, containers
  • Take your own tiffin container for carryout food or leftovers in restaurants
  • ​Sign up for a Consumer Supported Agriculture (CSA) program to reduce plastic packaging
  • Buy loaf bread from sellers who don’t wrap it in plastic
  • Refuse plastic utensils from take-out restaurants
  • Make your own cleaning solutions, stored in glass containers, to reduce use of cleaners sold in plastic containers
  • Choose clothing made of natural fibers instead of synthetics that contain plastic
  • Buy products in boxes, instead of plastic bottles, when possible
  • Avoid buying frozen foods (most are packaged in plastics; even those that appear to be in cardboard or paper often have a coating of thin plastic film)
  • Use (or encourage the use of) cloth diapers rather than disposable diapers (that contain plastic)
  • Use a razor with replaceable blades instead of disposable razors/blades
  • Buy bulk coffee packaged in paper or cans
  • Avoid plastic single-use coffee products
  • Avoid plastic zip storage containers; use reusable silicone bags or aluminum or wax paper, instead
  • Use cloth rather than paper towels for clean-up around the house (reducing need for bags for clean-up)
  • Buy CDs packaged in cardboard sleeves or buy music online
  • Choose milk in returnable glass bottles
  • Choose bottled wine (“boxed” wine is stored in plastic bladders inside the “box”)
  • Use powdered dishwasher detergent stored in cardboard boxes (versus plastic “pods”)
  • Use natural material cleaning pads, versus plastic scrubbers and synthetic sponges
  • Use baking soda mixed with drops of tea oil, applied to underarms with reusable cotton round, instead of deodorant
  • Avoid disposable plastic pens; use pencils or refillable fountain pens, instead

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UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST VILLAGE CHURCH
403 Barcelona Road,
Hot Springs Village, AR 71909
501-922-1255     
office@uuvc.org
  • Home
  • Who We Are
    • About Unitarian Universalism
    • A Brief History of UUVC
    • Services
    • Our Minister, Leaders and Committees
    • Office Hours and Calendar
    • Messages and Sermons
    • The Green Team
    • FAQ
  • Congregational Life
    • UUVC Holiday Season
    • UUVC Blog
    • Church Newsletter
    • Music and Art at UUVC
    • Education
    • Interest Groups
    • Covenant Groups
    • Church Library
    • UUVC Master Schedule
  • Community Beyond
    • Share the Plate
    • March Share Update
    • C4K
    • Volunteer Efforts
    • Soup Cookbook
  • Members and Friends