Avoiding Plastic

I've been thinking about plastic a lot of the time since February.

Herewith, a pair of lists:

More plastic:

• shampoo in a plastic bottle
• liquid laundry detergent
• toothpaste
• cling wrap and plastic sandwich bags
• canned beans
• tampons with a plastic applicator
  

Less plastic:

• bar shampoo
• powdered laundry detergent
• tooth powder
• reusable containers; waxed paper bags
• dry beans, cook 'em yourself
• applicator-less tampons; Diva Cup

It's ubiquitous.

Avoiding the stuff means constant vigilance. The other day I asked The Mate why we switched to liquid laundry detergent; apparently the supermarket in the neighborhood we moved to last summer doesn't carry fragrance-free powder. I'll have to work on that. Now that Tom's of Maine switched from an aluminum tube to plastic, I'm working on tooth powder too.