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Christmas Plastic

Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Christmas Crackers

17 December 202017 December 2020 Cash Hippy 0 Comments Christmas, plastic pollution

Ah, temporary fun and plastic trinkets that will pollute the next 16 generations. What a cracker of an idea. In

DIY Plastic

4 Ways to Clean Green and Save Money

2 September 20203 December 2020 Cash Hippy 5 Comments cleaning, microplastics

Cleaning: some think it’s great, some hate it, but we (almost) all do it. However, many cleaning products pollute the

Consumerism DIY Plastic

Home Waste Audit: Know What You Throw

7 February 202018 December 2020 Cash Hippy 0 Comments consumersim, single use items

I encourage everyone, no, make that, urge everyone to do a household waste audit. Unless you know what you throw,

Christmas Plastic

Eco-Friendly And Frugal Christmas Decorations

13 December 20196 December 2020 Cash Hippy 0 Comments Christmas, Eco-friendly, frugal living, plastic free

Ho Ho Ho and a He Ha How did Christmas become so nasty. Enormous plastic Christmas trees wrapped in plastic

Christmas Consumerism DIY Gifts Plastic

I’m Dreaming Of An Eco-Friendly Christmas

18 October 201917 December 2020 Cash Hippy 0 Comments Christmas, plastic pollution, plasticfree

Everywhere you look Christmas screams ‘have the gift of destruction’. Don’t let this Christmas become another environmental nightmare.
#Christmas #ecofriendly #plasticfree

Consumerism Plastic

The High Cost of Fast Fashion

6 September 2019 Cash Hippy 0 Comments 10 x 10 closet challenge, consumersim, fast fashion, plastic pollution, project 333

Did you know fast fashion is the fastest growing global category of waste and pollution? What’s even worse is the

Consumerism Plastic

Plastic Free July: Are You Ready?

14 June 2019 Cash Hippy 0 Comments plastic bag ban, plastic free, plastic pollution, Plastic straws

Plastic Free July is here. It’s the opportunity for you to challenge yourself not to use any single use plastics

Consumerism Food Plastic

No More Cling Wrap Or Paper Towel

31 May 20197 April 2021 Cash Hippy 0 Comments Beeswax wraps, cling wrap, containers, DIY, paper towel, plastic free, save money, serviettes

There was a time when I believed that cling wrap and paper towel were necessities. After all, I’d been purchasing

DIY Plastic

How To Make Beeswax Wraps: A Cling Wrap Alternative

17 March 20197 April 2021 Cash Hippy 0 Comments Beeswax wraps, plastic

Clever marketing has duped us into thinking we must have single use items in our households at all times. Plastic

A photo of a tea bag containing plastic next to a mug.

Food Plastic

Tea Bags: Plastic Pollution in Your Drink

1 March 20197 April 2021 Cash Hippy 1 Comment Consumerism, micro-plastics, plastic, single use items

Would you like a cup of tea with plastic? Unfortunately for the 96% of tea drinkers who make their tea

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Way to go WA!

Coffee cups and other single-use plastic to be banned in WA by 2022

The West Australian government unveils a plan to abolish single-use plastics — including plates, bowls, cups, cutlery and takeaway polystyrene food containers — by the end of the year, with plastic-lined coffee cups to be phased out in 2022.