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Erin Rhoads

Erin Rhoads is a sustainability expert, writer, speaker, and campaigner dedicated to showing that everyday actions, scaled through community, can change the world. Since founding her blog The Rogue Ginger in 2013, she has built a global platform reaching over 35 million visitors. She is the author of Waste Not and Waste Not Everyday (Hardie Grant), co-founder of the grassroots campaign Plastic Bag Free Victoria — which led to a statewide plastic bag ban in 2019 — and a contributor to Party Kit Network and BYO Containers. Erin has delivered over 450 talks globally and appeared as an expert voice with the BBC, CNN, ABC, and The Guardian.
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Plastic Free Living With Kids Is Not About Perfection

Plastic Free Living With Kids Is Not About Perfection Last Tuesday a juice pouch rolled under the swing set at the park, and my daughter looked at me like I'd...
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Plastic Free Rules: What Happens When Grandparents Ignore Them?

Plastic Free Rules: What Happens When Grandparents Ignore Them? By the Plastic Free Living editorial team Grandma still wraps sandwiches in cling film. Grandpa still asks for a plastic bag at...
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Plastic Free Parenting Mistakes That Backfire on Toddlers

Plastic Free Parenting Mistakes That Backfire on Toddlers I once spent forty dollars on a "natural" toddler feeding set because the packaging showed a wheat stalk and the word bamboo...
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Plastic Free Baby Bottles: Why Brands Overpromise

Plastic-Free Baby Bottles: Why Brands Overpromise Search "plastic-free baby bottle" and you'll get a page of results that aren't plastic-free at all. Silicone sleeves. Silicone nipples. Plastic caps sitting on...
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Plastic Free School Lunches Kids Will Not Trade Away

My son came home in the second week of September without his lunch container. Not lost, he insisted. Traded. He'd swapped it for a bag of chips because the...
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Plastic Free Family Life: Kids Make It Harder and Better

Plastic Free Family Life: Kids Make It Harder and Better My son once tried to trade his metal lunch tin for a friend's plastic one because it had a superhero...
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