I found by making simple daily changes in my behavior regarding plastic waste and recycling it is very easy to make an impact on the environment, Our children learn from our behavior so passing on the Awareness of how we impact our environment is Crucial to our planets survival. Going forward I will continue the Recently learned habits and help make others aware.

I’ve learned so much during this plastic challenge and moving forward I will continue to do my best to reduce the amount of plastic I use.

Bought my first pair of 100% bamboo socks at the Fiber Fest in Kellyville, OK this past weekend. Highly recommend!

I’m so proud of everyone on our team for the work we’ve done for the month. I can’t wait to do even more through the year and discover new ways to reduce my plastic use. ❤️🌎❤️

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the plastic free July challenge. I’ve made so many more steps to reduce plastic use. I plan to keep I going and keep finding new ways to improve sustainability practices in my daily life!  I have learned a lot from everyone’s posts and successes. Let’s keep it going!  Great job everyone. 

Many of the "metal tubed" toothpastes still use plastic for the lid and some have linings that may contain BPA. I finally decided to try to make my own toothpaste. Have been trying it for a couple of days and seems to be working well. I used a recipe that I found on this page:

https://myplasticfreelife.com/2011/08/searching-for-the-perfect-all-natural-plastic-free-toothpaste-or-powder-or-soap-or/

Here is a really good resource on composting pet waste! 

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_035763.pdf

For those of you that like to drink the sports drinks or water with added electrolytes, they actually make small fizzy tablets with electrolytes that you can add to your reusable water bottle. It is less expensive and will reduce your plastic use.

 Purchased five waste free meals to prepare this week . 
Two meals pasta vegetarian.
 Three meals with butcher paper and plastic free vegetables .