KEY POINTS:
This week we received some deodorant from Weleda which we're using because it comes in glass bottles.
However, while initially disappointed, we understood why they used what looked to be styrofoam balls to protect the product - that was until a closer reading of the accompanying note pointed out that they weren't in fact styrofoam but some sort of natural product that breaks down in water.
It was amazing to watch them disappear like ice melting when we ran water over them. Waveney and I have no desire to live as if in the 1950s. We are more interested in how today's technology can be applied in reducing the amount of landfill waste we're creating.
Products such as these disappearing ball things, and the cornstarch supermarket bags found at www.edengreennz.com, are the types of technology that will have a huge impact on landfill.
I really like tofu. We had been unable to find any that wasn't in plastic wrapping.
This week, however, we had two litres delivered by South Pacific Pure Foods, a Christchurch company that produces Bean Me Up organic soymilk. As we were buying in bulk they were happy to deliver and it came in an icecream container that they will take back and re-use for our next order.
Two litres is a lot of tofu, so we are going in with friends - an unintended benefit of the challenge is building community.
