i wanted to do a little update on some of the zero-waste habits we've worked on since starting this journal. some have been smashing successes and some have sort of been duds.
the greats include zero-waste yogurt! our entire tribe is in love with it! first of all, the tubs that are not being added to the recycling each week are worth a few jumps for joy!! that thought makes me so happy! in addition to that triumph, is the amazing taste! some of us didn't eat yogurt very often before, and now all of us are eating it almost every morning. the question comes up again and again, "what's in this again?" just skim milk, honey and vanilla (plus a little of last week's yogurt that was made of those three things as well)…this yogurt will be on repeat for a long, long time. can't believe i didn't try this earlier!
the greats include zero-waste yogurt! our entire tribe is in love with it! first of all, the tubs that are not being added to the recycling each week are worth a few jumps for joy!! that thought makes me so happy! in addition to that triumph, is the amazing taste! some of us didn't eat yogurt very often before, and now all of us are eating it almost every morning. the question comes up again and again, "what's in this again?" just skim milk, honey and vanilla (plus a little of last week's yogurt that was made of those three things as well)…this yogurt will be on repeat for a long, long time. can't believe i didn't try this earlier!
the zero-waste liquid soap is not a success for us. it was fun to start with a bar of soap and see it come out as liquid soap…plus there is so much of it. like i said in the original post, it did not work as dish soap or shampoo for us, as i'd originally hoped. we've been trying to use it for liquid hand soap for a while and don't really like it for that either. it doesn't lather, so we don't really feel like it's cleaning well.
i have found a natural, low-waste alternative that i do really like for hand soap: a little bit of castile soap + lots of water in a foaming soap dispenser. i had a dispenser that came with soap in it, and now i just refill it with my own mixture of soap and water. castile soap is pricey, so this very diluted mixture will make it last.
love,
jane
i have found a natural, low-waste alternative that i do really like for hand soap: a little bit of castile soap + lots of water in a foaming soap dispenser. i had a dispenser that came with soap in it, and now i just refill it with my own mixture of soap and water. castile soap is pricey, so this very diluted mixture will make it last.
love,
jane
