2024 is almost here, and once again we are challenging you to take a Plastic Free Pledge and make at least one swap away from using single-use plastics for 2024.
To help you, here are 24 ideas for your Plastic Free 2024 :
- Buy unpackaged fruit and vegetables (from greengrocers such as in those in the Moor Market) using your own brought-from-home bags
- Give up plastic water bottles, buy a reusable one and refill for free at locations all over the city
- Say no to a disposable coffee cup, buy a reusable one and bring it with you, or join Sheffield’s new Reusable Coffee Cup Scheme and hire a cup when you grab a hot drink, returning it to a participating cafe when you’ve finished
- Bring your own containers to buy cheese, meat, fish & deli items
- Say no to a plastic bag, invest in a reusable bag and keep it on your person at all times
- Say no to single-use cutlery. Either take your own stainless steel, or buy bamboo or other reusable cutlery to use on-the-go
- Switch to loofah washing up cloths and wooden scourer brushes
- Buy a 5L washing up liquid / hand soap / anti-bac spray bottle from a Sheffield zero waste shop, and decant it into your smaller bottle when it’s empty
- Use beeswax or vegan food wraps, or just tupperware boxes, to replace cling film and foil
- Give up plastic-wrapped snacks and sweets. Replace with snacks found in zero waste shops like The Bare Alternative, or make your own…. snacks, biscuits, crackers… get creative!
- Make your own packed lunches and hot drinks in thermos flasks instead of buying packaged sandwiches when out and about
- Cut down on plastic bottled milk and plastic bottle fruit juices and have them delivered in glass bottles from a local milk delivery service
- Switch to dishwasher powder or dissolve-able tablets
- Switch to bamboo toothbrushes or recycle your electric toothbrush heads
- Switch to Toothpaste Tabs or try Truthpaste in a jar
- Switch to plastic-free toilet roll, such as Who Gives A Crap or Naked Sprout
- Head to The Bare Alternative for refills on laundry & washing up detergents
- Try out solid shampoo bars instead of shower gels, solid conditioner bars instead of plastic conditioner bottles, and solid soap bars instead of plastic bottled soap
- Switch from tea bags to tea leaves (most tea bags contain plastic)
- Give up ready-made meals
- Use reusable face scrubbies instead of disposable make up pads
- Shop at The Bare Alternative for plastic-free refills of pantry goods such as pasta, rice, lentils, nuts & seeds, as well as herbs and spices
- Take your own container to markets such as Peddler Market, Rex Market, Sharrow Vale Market
- Take your own reusable pint cup with you to events, or if you’re hosting your own event, hire reusable cups from Sheffield Action on Plastic
Sheffield Action on Plastic 