Plastic-Free July in Croydon

How much plastic have you used today? And how much of it was “single-use”, designed to be thrown away once you’d finished with it?

Plastic-Free July is an international challenge to give up single-use plastic during the month of July. It started in Australia but now happens all over the world — and in 2014, for the first time, we did it in Croydon.

Following the completion of the July 2014 challenge, this blog is now on hiatus — but we may return in 2015 to do the challenge again!

Doorstep milk deliveries

23 Aug 2014 We’ve previously covered plastic-free plant milk, but what if you prefer the version that comes from a cow? Here's a guest post from Brenda, who gets her milk in returnable glass bottles delivered to her doorstep.

Plastic-free snacks

05 Aug 2014 When planning for Plastic-Free July, I suspected one of the biggest challenges was going to be finding a source of long-life plastic-free snacks.

Plastic-free bread

02 Aug 2014 Wondering where to find bread with no plastic wrapping? Here are some options in central Croydon.

Plastic-Free July is over

01 Aug 2014 Plastic-Free July is over! So have I been celebrating my freedom from plastic-free-ness with a plastic-swathed shopping spree?

Plastic-free plant milk

31 Jul 2014 I normally drink soya milk, which comes in a tetrapak (layered plastic and cardboard). So I had to find an alternative for Plastic-Free July.

Plastic-free personal care

28 Jul 2014 We’ve already discussed plastic-free loo rolls and reusable menstrual cups, but what about other bathroom activities? Is there a way to banish all those plastic bottles and tubes?

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