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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Plastic-Free Gift Wrapping Guests Actually Notice
Last December I watched someone unwrap a present, glance at the paper for exactly one second, and drop it...
Plastic Free Shopping Costs More Some Weeks, Less Overall
I started tracking my grocery receipts about four months into going plastic free, mostly out of...
Plastic Free Living Picks the Bulk Stores Worth the Drive
There's a specific kind of disappointment that comes from driving twenty minutes to a "bulk...