Life Without Plastic - Day Five

[siglinde99]

I am reading "The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman. It's a fascinating book that imagines what would happen to the physical remnants of our civilization if all humans suddenly disappeared, and how long it would take, using the latest science. This morning's chapter was "Polymers Are Forever" and focused on plastics in our oceans. Key quotes

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[utsi]

have you seen the waxed fabric food wraps? I think they fastened with Velcro admittedly, but they are an attempt to not use saran or Ziploc bags. I saw them in a culinary store in picton last time I was there.

[siglinde99]

Ooh, no I haven't. Tell me more!

[utsi]

couldn't remember the company that produced them, so I googled 'beeswax fabric food wrap' in an effort to remember. they have some do it yourself hits on that. of course, none of the products look to be exactly what I saw in the shop. but they are pretty close.

suspect that it's likely a fairly period way of wrapping food too... makes a lot of sense in hindsight. basically it's a piece o fabric that has been seamed and coated in beeswax. enough to saturate the fabric, but not enough to make it solid and inflexible. wrap around sandwich and tie closed. there was a set of three different sizes at the store. or you could buy them separately iirc

thought of you while I was at the dentist this morning. toothbrushes now have a whole new depth of meaning :/

[siglinde99]

I just went googling too - what an awesome idea! I could definitely make some of these for SCA camping too.

The No Plastics store near here sells wooden toothbrushes, but I really like the kind that does the gum massage and gets into the hard-to-reach spots. Theirs are very plain so that's another area where I would fail at giving up plastic.