small Advice for plastic free living
There are lots of ways to reduce single-use from your daily routine. Fitting in reusable and plastic-free alternatives can affect the way companys operate when followed by enough people.



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Water bottles - humans need to drink 7-10 glasses of water each day. Therefore finding a reusable bottle that travels with you is a must. It may be worth considering that processing aluminium used in some water bottles means that they must be used hundreds of times before becoming environmentally beneficial.
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Coffee cups - humans don't need 7-10 glasses of coffee a day but many of us drink nearly this much. Asking coffee houses to fill reusable cups or flasks reduces single-use takeaway cups and lids.
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Pack lunches - preparing your lunch in tupperware and reusable containers. You can use beeswax wraps as an alternative to foil and cling film.
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Using soap bars when showering can remove single-use washing products items. You can even get shampoo bars.
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Using a bamboo toothbrush.






Plastic Free Falmouth's usefull signposts
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Falmouth's Un_Rap store sells wholesale foods that can be bought in your own containers, as well as other sustainable lifestyle products.
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You can teracycle your crisp packets at the local drop of point at Falmouth Fire Station. More information on this can be found here.
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Many local businesses constantly require packaging such as cardboard boxes. Sign up to the Packshare scheme to share yours.
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If you are thirsty while in Falmouth, then you can use the Refill app to find one of the many businesses that have pledged to supply free water bottle refills.
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Should you find any ghost nets, we have an advice page on who you can contact to help deal with it.
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Transition Falmouth are an organisation addressing low energy solutions in the area. You can sign up to a Surfers Against Sewage personal action plan to find out how to get more involved in plastic free initiatives
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Greenwashing
We are currently living in a period where the importance of caring for our planet is a significant issue for customers. Companies have shifted in reaction; however it is worthwhile to check if they are advertising genuinely or 'greenwashing' - portraying themselves as eco-friendly when this is mostly for the benefit of marketing and not nature. This is done in a few ways:
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> Hidden trade-offs such as heavily emphasising use of carboard packaging but ......not acknowledging the impacts of manufacturing and shipping
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> No Proof by making claims not backed by respected 3rd parties
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> Misleading Vagueness, by advertising that something as recyclable, .....compostable, biodegradable without clarification e.g. recyclable by drop off .....at extremely limited areas or being biodegradable in highly specific .....conditions
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> Using a campaign as a front for continued unsustainable practices e.g. H&M's ......recycling for coupons service