Day 9 – What I am still getting in plastic

I have been doing really well with my zero waste mission and bringing very little plastic home from shopping trips:

• I have found toilet paper wrapped in paper.
• All my dry goods are bought from a bulk store using my own containers.
• Meat and fish go straight into my own containers.
• Soap bought loose from Ecostore.
• Bread bought from a bakers and put in my canvas bag. I also make my own a few times a week.
• Sushi goes straight into my own container.
• Bamboo toothbrushes – see photo.
• Dish-brush – see photo.
• All cleaning and washing products from the same store as the bulk store, where I take my own glass jars as containers.

But a few things have eluded me -so far.

• Soy sauce is in a glass bottle but has a plastic lid.
• Cheese – I must look for a delicatessen where they sell it from big wheels and they cut it for you.
• Milk – I have found a farmer who sells direct to the public but he is fairly far away and we go through quite a bit.
• Yogurt – this has me stumped.
• Toothpaste – still working on this.
• Shampoo and conditioner – I have found environmentally friendly products at the Ecostore here in New Zealand which I am using (see photo). The bottles are completely recyclable. But, when I run out, I will buy a shampoo bar and a conditioner bar from lush – no plastic involved.