Good question! It would likely be classes as a liquid considering that jam and other thick substances are counted as liquids. I believe Truthpaste often comes in 40g containers, which would be under the 125ml limit for carry-on so safe to have in your carry-on bag.

Hi Vasanthi, lovely to meet you and thank you for your thoughtful and detailed comment. It’s great to hear that the plastic bag ban is taking place – I wish that the UK would do the same! Government action is so important in educating people and raising awareness around environment concerns. Stainless steels containers are excellent options, I love mine. When I have travelled, I’ve also used banana leaves and palm leaves but unfortunately we don’t have anything similar to this in the UK – I love how other people are able to use nature’s resources in this way. The steel cans for oil sounds very good! Where I live in Brighton, I have not found a place to buy oil with a bring-your-own tub and here it is always sold in plastic bottles.

Hey Amy,

Yes bread from the Real Patisserie near where I live comes in paper.

Excellent idea. I don’t wear makeup or use baby wipes, but I’ve noticed my family (who I don’t live with) use them a lot, so I had been thinking about what alternatives might be.

I’ve heard about “ugly produce” but haven’t seen a scheme near me doing it. I also never go to the supermarkets either so wouldn’t have a chance of getting it! Any more info on the companies who do those weekly boxes would be great though.

That’s awesome – let me know the update after Christmas on your goodies and which ones you test out! I’d love more recommendations :)

I love this post. How does your bakery bread come packaged? Is it in paper? A lot of the bakeries I went to sadly used plastic.

I have two tips to add to here: i just gave up using baby wipes as a facial cleanser and switched instead to using Norwex microfibre cloths and coconut oil, do you do something similar?

Also, there are companies that send weekly boxes of “ugly produce” i.e. produce that doesn’t pass EU laws (or laws of whatever country you’re in) that farmers still want to sell, and often for cheaper. It’s still totally fine, fresh, and lovely. Also, I heard Lidl, Asda, Morrison’s, and Tesco sell similar produce between 8am and 10am if you ask for it. You pay a flat fee for a box of assorted stuff. If they don’t sell it by 10am they give it to a food bank.

I love the shampoo bars idea, will definitely be buying those next, and trying out the deo and toothpaste. I asked for lots of eco-friendly goodies for my xmas list, including those beeswax wrappers, bamboo toothbrushes, and metal straws. I’m also thinking of buying these for gifts too…any way to spread the word!

Hi Jesse, currently we’re producing under a small 5L bin worth of rubbish per week. This includes mostly packaging from products received in the post (such as via Amazon), packaging from large bags of rice, oats and other grains (we’re yet to find a bulk place in Brighton where we can refill without having to buy these plastic wrapped and odd bits like avocado stones and date pipes which we’re not able to compost at our community compost scheme (because they take too long to biodegrade in the small compost area). We’re working week-by-week to reduce it, focusing on resolving each plastic waste issue as we go. In terms of out of season vegetables and fruits, we’ve actually just stopped buying them. We enjoy experimental cooking, so we’re happy just to cook with what we have in our veg delivery box and can get at the grocers or market.