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10 Things To Help Contain Your Carbon Footprint
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Start by walking to the store. Here are some other ideas.
- World Centric Compostable Partyware — For your next shindig, disposable plates, cups and utensils that can go into a compost pile instead of the landfill.
- New Wave Enviro Litter Free Lunchbox Kits — A soft, insulated bag with four airtight food containers in three sizes and a 15-ounce drink bottle. The bag can go into the washer, and the containers are dishwasher safe. On sale all month for 30% off at Across the Way.
- To-Go Ware RePEaT Utensil Set — You’re really getting this Zero Waste lunch thing together. Made of bamboo (plenty of that on the planet) with their own convenient holder made of Recycled PET (No. 1, one of the plastics that really does get reused). Dishwasher safe. Across the Way.
- Fair Trade Coffee in Compostable/Recyclable Bags — From Philly Fair Trade, One Village, Backyard Beans, Equal Exchange.
- Fusionbrands Cover Blubber — The coolest wrap you ever put on your leftovers. Made of food-safe Sticky Rubber; stretches to fit a variety of foods and containers. In fun colors and three sizes. Hand-wash, and don’t put it in the microwave. We’re taking 15% off them this month. In both stores.
- Bar Soaps with Minimal Packaging — From Pacha, Sappo Hill, Backyard Botanicals and Soap Box Philly.
- Sustainable Journals — Several sizes of Decomposition Books (Next Door) and Landmade Cork Journals (Across the Way). 100% post-consumer waste and sustainably harvested cork.
- Weavers Way Chico Bags — The Co-op’s very own fashion statement. Stick it in your purse or backpack or on your belt loop, and you’ll never have to remember a bag again. Made of recycled plastic. On sale all month for 10% off (reg. $10).
- R Cubed Reusable Bags — Woven from plastic grocery bags. (Don’t you wish you could do that?) Various sizes of shopping and bottle bags handmade by Co-op member Dorothy Bauer.
- The Shopper Box — In Mt. Airy, folks commit feats of derring-do to get one. Also good for holding old books, papers and the family cat(s).