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   the looking glass

Almost three years ago now, a good friend of mine decided to let me in on a secret of hers. We were walking to the university pool to go for a swim, and she completely randomly asked me if I’d ever heard of The Keeper. I had not. She briefly explained what it was and how fantastic it was and how she shares this knowledge with all of her closest friends. I was a bit weirded out (menstrual cup? what on earth?) but significantly intrigued, so I set about researching it online.

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This disgusting article made me feel ill. It’s a long read - but skim/read it at will, it’s really quite disturbing and informative.

Quick facts:

• Only 2 - 3% of all plastic is actually recycled - the process is too expensive
• It’s generally the plastics with 1’s and 2’s on the bottom which are regularly actually recycled and made into something new
• Many types of plastic are proven to be toxic to the reproductive systems of us, our children, our children’s children (if they can have them), etc.
• The one plastic item you threw out today may outlast your children on this earth
• All the plastic in our oceans is killing the marine life =(

What Brad and I will be trying to do about this:

• Choose glass over plastic whenever we can (glass can always be recycled)
• Choose reusable items (ie. handkerchiefs, cloth diapers, menstrual cups, cloth menstrual products, etc.)
• If it is necessary to buy plastic, try to buy those made with 1’s or 2’s
• Bring our cloth bags everywhere with us to avoid plastic bags
• Buy fresh foods as often as we can instead of pre-packaged foods, which are often packaged in plastics

Leave me a comment - what are you doing to reduce, reuse, and recycle?