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In the e-mail digest, R. Mansfield posted a very interesting link to "Grandma Was Green" I've copied it below because I don't see it here. Pardon me if it's here and I just can't find it. Anyway, one point I have that I wanted everyone to see here is about re-using plastic bags. I've copied that below too.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1491383/grandma_was_green_before_it_was_cool_what_my_green/
The only thing I could add to the examples is that it is good to turn your plastic bags inside out to dry after you wash them. This stops two things: bacteria from growing in a moist, closed space and plastic fumes from building up inside where your next food will touch.
I hang mine from clothespins until thoroughly dry and then store them in a net bag so they are in the air more. When you re-use them and turn them right side out, the side that has been "closed" is the side that doesn't touch food.
I wash and turn them immediately when emptying them so it's easier to keep them clean. I always have 20 or so ready because we cook ahead and freeze in meal size portions.
It's good to keep in mind they only last so long....I worry when they start to get too old, fear the plastic could be breaking up and releasing toxins. Didn't Grandma use butcher paper?
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1491383/grandma_was_green_before_it_was_cool_what_my_green/
The only thing I could add to the examples is that it is good to turn your plastic bags inside out to dry after you wash them. This stops two things: bacteria from growing in a moist, closed space and plastic fumes from building up inside where your next food will touch.
I hang mine from clothespins until thoroughly dry and then store them in a net bag so they are in the air more. When you re-use them and turn them right side out, the side that has been "closed" is the side that doesn't touch food.
I wash and turn them immediately when emptying them so it's easier to keep them clean. I always have 20 or so ready because we cook ahead and freeze in meal size portions.
It's good to keep in mind they only last so long....I worry when they start to get too old, fear the plastic could be breaking up and releasing toxins. Didn't Grandma use butcher paper?
I have 2 ideas.
1. You know your old clothes that aren't really good enough for Goodwill? Well the ones that are cotton or other water absorbent cloth can be cut up into wipes. I keep a stack on my kitchen counter instead of paper towels. I change them every day to avoid bacteria growth like you get in sponges. Each night after doing dishes, I hang them to dry and throw them in the laundry the next morning. They are so small, they hardly increase your laundry load.
I do this for my cleaning cloths too. Keep a stack with my cleaners.
2. There's a film, it actually won an Academy Award. Most people have probably seen it, but if you haven't, it is a wondrous masterpiece of hand drawn 2D animation. It's called THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES by Frederic Back. He is about 89 years old now, I think and made his films especially to raise environmental awareness. You can buy it for about $20, I think, or you can buy his life's work for $50 and that includes his film THE MIGHT RIVER. I am a 2D animator and he is a genius in my opionion.
1. You know your old clothes that aren't really good enough for Goodwill? Well the ones that are cotton or other water absorbent cloth can be cut up into wipes. I keep a stack on my kitchen counter instead of paper towels. I change them every day to avoid bacteria growth like you get in sponges. Each night after doing dishes, I hang them to dry and throw them in the laundry the next morning. They are so small, they hardly increase your laundry load.
I do this for my cleaning cloths too. Keep a stack with my cleaners.
2. There's a film, it actually won an Academy Award. Most people have probably seen it, but if you haven't, it is a wondrous masterpiece of hand drawn 2D animation. It's called THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES by Frederic Back. He is about 89 years old now, I think and made his films especially to raise environmental awareness. You can buy it for about $20, I think, or you can buy his life's work for $50 and that includes his film THE MIGHT RIVER. I am a 2D animator and he is a genius in my opionion.
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