Life Without Plastic

📣 🏆 CONTEST ALERT! Do you have a favorite plastic-alternative product you use in your daily life? Please share it with us! We will draw a winner at the end of the contest who will receive our New Glass Travel Mug as a free gift! 1. One entry per person. 2. We welcome any brand of plastic-free product. 3. Please include a link (and feel free to include a photo) to your favorite product. Please make sure the product brand is visible in your image. 4. Please provide your shipping address. 5. Contest is open to anyone in Canada or the US. Please email your entry with the subject title “My Plastic-free Choice” to info@lifewithoutplastic.com, with a brief note about why you like the product in the text. The contest ends on November 30, 2024. Winners will be chosen on December 1, 2024 and we will reach out to let you know if you won. #plasticfree #plasticalternative #lifewithoutplastic #travelmug #contest #glassmug #coffeemug

Check out our latest newsletter featuring the phenomenally unique $50 Stocking Stuffer Box... a great way to receive a number of practical, eco-friendly, non-plastic items at a great discount compared to purchasing them separately. Fab for small gifts or all together as a fine plastic-free starter kit. Aaaaaannd, we're doing a contest -- win one of our new Double-Walled Glass Travel Mugs by sharing your favorite plastic-free products! All the details and how to enter are in the newsletter. https://buff.ly/3ALhefZ

Join us for a plastic-free Diwali, and share the warmth of hot masala chai and the light of lamps 🪔🎆 Did you know, millions of hand-made clay lamps are lit for Diwali every year? It is believed that these lamps light the path and lead good vibes to every home. Wishing all who celebrate a very happy and auspicious Diwali! #happydiwali #diwali #festivaloflights #glassmug #stainlesssteel #masala #chai #plasticfree #zerowaste #lifewithoutplastic

🎥 CAUGHT ON CAMERA! Our new Glass Travel Mug is being haunted 👻 And Brand Ambaccator Ms. Kisses has witnessed this spooky event and finds herself troubled this Halloween 🎃👻. Who could be behind this haunting? Could it be... the ghost of our glass mug past? #lifewithoutplastic #halloween #horrormovie #coffeemug #glassmug #plasticfree #zerowaste

Check out our latest newsletter... and ditch your plastic travel mug for a glass beauty à la Life Without Plastic! Yes, our new double-walled glass travel mug is in, and it's 10% off until the end of October :) Also in the newsletter: - Is it safe to put boiling water in plastic containers? - B Corp Gift Guide: Ideas for People (and Planet) (Our awesome plastic-free lunch bag is in it - yay!) - And vote to help the world Party Without Plastic https://buff.ly/3UmgpRl

Most of us have stared at an empty peanut butter jar or takeout container and asked: Can I recycle this? Do I need to rinse it? Will it end up in a landfill anyway? In the new @tarcherperigee book "TRASH TALK: An Eye-Opening Exploration of Our Planet's Dirtiest Problem", the ever-curious and talented Iris Gottlieb pulls back the curtain on the intricacies of the global trash production system and its contribution to climate change. With a non-shaming approach, readers are not told to do better, but rather given the context of how we all fit into the grand scheme of garbage that we usually can’t see. This comprehensive overview of the history, science, and current status of garbage around the world is full of shocking stories and trashy tidbits like: • There’s even garbage - including plastic!!! - on the moon, in the Mariana Trench, and on Mount Everest • Greenwashing by corporations like H&M and Starbucks are about looking better, not doing better • The often ignored racist and colonial underpinnings of today’s trash problem • Weird trash stories like the Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894 and the Great Michigan Pizza Funeral • Taylor Swift’s clashes with the NYC sanitation dept • Lesser-known sources of waste like email, funerals, and dogs • The damage caused by Planned Obsolescence and the more nefarious Psychological Obsolescence • Some of the kookier ocean pollutants like the 1992 Friendly Floaties spill and 1997 Lego spill • It’s not all on the individual - using less plastic or eating locally are band aid solutions at best Complete with beautiful illustrations and several landfills’ worth of research, TRASH TALK shines a much-needed light on a system that has been broken for far too long, providing surprising, disgusting, and insightful information to better understand how we affect garbage and how it affects us. #TrashTalk You can check it out here:

Meet Ava Boehmer, a dedicated Girl Scout who just earned her Gold Award by raising awareness about the dangers of single-use plastics and their devastating effects on our oceans. Ava is eager to share her impactful message and inspire others to take action. After spending time living in Hawaii, Ava felt compelled to educate her community about plastic pollution and its harmful impact on marine life. Each year, a staggering 8 billion tons of plastic enter our oceans, breaking down into microplastics that pose a threat to various organisms and disrupt the delicate balance of our ecosystem. Ava has been proactive in her outreach efforts, participating in events such as the Plant City Gardens Earth Day Event and the 2023 Girl Scout Fest, where she educated attendees about the importance of reducing plastic use and offered eco-friendly alternatives. To further her mission, Ava has launched her own website, serving as a valuable resource for ongoing education and information. https://buff.ly/3zw08lT And you can find her on facebook at: https://buff.ly/3zxVLqq "I believe that small changes can lead to significant impacts," Ava said. "Simple switches, like using reusable water bottles instead of single-use plastics, can make a difference in keeping our oceans clean." Life Without Plastic is happy to promote Ava's inspiring work - way to go Ava!

Check out the latest newsletter! ⭐ 20% off some of our favorite Flat-Bottom Bags for the rest of September ⭐ Chance for US residents to win a copy of the powerful new book "Trash Talk: An Eye-Opening Exploration of Our Planet's Dirtiest Problem" by Iris Gottleib (sorry, lovely Canadian tribe, publisher rules!) ⭐ Learn about Girl Scout extraordinaire Ava Boehmer's fantastic efforts to reduce plastic pollution ⭐ Meditate for a healthier planet with the World Peace and Freedom Project https://buff.ly/3TwOdLl

Remembering the impact of investigative journalism on the plastic issue: https://buff.ly/3MChsZb #investigativejournalism #noplastic #environment #plasticpollution #lifewithoutplastic #pvc #pvcplastic #toxicplastic @sciencenews

*GIVE AWAY* We want to give away some Life Without Plastic gift cards this month in celebration of Plastic-free July! All you have to do is find any GIVE AWAY post and comment how you are trying to reduce your plastic footprint this July! A winner will be chosen randomly August 1!