EVERY YEAR NEARLY 80 MILLION AMERICANS USE AT LEAST ONE ROLL OF PLASTIC WRAP, BUT MORE THAN FIVE MILLION AMERICANS GO THROUGH MORE THAN 10 MILLION BOXES, WHICH WHEN ADDED UP, IS ENOUGH TO GO AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE EARTH 30 TIMES OVER!
IF YOU’VE EVER USED PLASTIC WRAP (AKA CLING FILM) YOU KNOW THAT IT’S VERY DIFFICULT TO REUSE (OR USE AT ALL). IT STICKS TO ITSELF, AND RIPS EASILY, UNLESS YOU WANT TO RIP IT PERFECTLY, AND THEN IT DOESN’T EVER COME OUT OF THE BOX AND BECOMES A MANGLED MESS. IT MIGHT BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND INEXPENSIVE, BUT IT’S ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. MOST PLASTIC WRAP IS MADE FROM POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC), A FLEXIBLE FORM OF PLASTIC. DURING IT’S MANUFACTURING, PVC RELEASES DIOXIN, A TOXIN KNOWN TO CAUSE REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. PVC ALSO TAKES UP TO 1000 YEARS TO BREAKDOWN IN LANDFILLS-AND OVER THOSE 1000 YEARS, IT IS CONSTANTLY LEECHING CHEMICALS INTO THE GROUND AND WATERWAYS, HARMING BIRDS AND AQUATIC LIFE WHO MISTAKE IT FOR FOOD. ON TOP OF THAT, BECAUSE IT BUNDLES UP SO SMALL, IT CAN NEVER BE EFFECTIVELY RECYCLED.
SO NEXT TIME YOU NEED TO COVER A BOWL, GRAB A REUSABLE BOWL COVER, OR USE A BEESWAX WRAP INSTEAD! BEESWAX WRAPS ARE AN ECO-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVE THAT ARE MADE FROM ORGANIC COTTON, BEE'S WAX, JOJOBA OIL, AND TREE RESIN. WHAT’S AWESOME ABOUT BEESWAX WRAPS IS THAT THEY CAN BE USED IN SO MANY WAYS-TO COVER A BOWEL, TO WRAP A SANDWICH, TO HOLD NUTS, TO COVER AN AVOCADO OR A BLOCK OF CHEESE…THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS. PLUS… DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN REFRESH YOUR WRAPS. JUST PUT YOUR USED WRAP IN THE OVEN AND SPRINKLE SOME WAX FLAKES ON TOP. THE NEW WAX MELTS AND RE-WAXES THE WRAP. JUST BE CAREFUL TO KEEP THE TEMP OF YOUR OVEN LOWER THAN THE FLASH POINT OF MELTING WAX OR YOU COULD START A FIRE….TRUST ME I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE (HUGE EYE ROLL). THEN, THE END OF ITS VERY LONG LIFE, IT’S COMPOSTABLE AND BIODEGRADABLE, SO WHEN YOU CAN'T REUSE OR REFRESH IT, YOU CAN DISPOSE OF IT IN YOUR COMPOST OR GREEN BIN.
I CHALLENGE YOU TO FIND A SITUATION WHEN YOU COULDN’T REPLACE PLASTIC WRAP WITH A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE…..
OF COURSE, I OFFER A LOVELY SELECTIONS OF PLASTIC FREE REUSABLE OPTIONS:
