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A trip to the coast last fall made me rethink my whole food waste habit
I was visiting my sister in Oregon and we went to a beach cleanup event. They had these huge piles of trash, and a volunteer said about 30% of it was food packaging from single-use snacks. I always thought my own kitchen waste was small, but seeing that pile of plastic wrappers and containers really hit me. Now I make a big batch of granola bars every Sunday instead of buying the packaged kind. Has anyone else switched to making more food at home to cut down on trash?
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lindal132mo ago
That Oregon beach cleanup story really got to me too.
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the_max2mo ago
The stretch by Haystack Rock is always covered in those plastic bottle caps and broken net floats. I keep a mesh bag in my car door now, costs maybe two bucks at a hardware store. It doesn't solve the big problem, but it keeps that junk from washing back out on the next tide. You fill one bag and it feels a lot better than just walking past it.
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jamesf412mo ago
Oh man, it hits hard! I started bringing a five gallon bucket and a grabber tool every time I go. You'd be shocked how much microplastic and fishing line you can clear from just one stretch of sand. Makes you feel like you're actually doing something, you know?
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