Comments on: Plastic-free food wrapping: simple and natural alternatives to reduce waste https://ourpermaculturelife.com/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/ Dive into a vast collection of free permaculture resources to help you get your permaculture life and edible gardens thriving with global permaculture educator & ambassador, Morag Gamble. Tue, 30 Jun 2020 15:56:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kim Warnke, Green Party of Alberta,Canada https://ourpermaculturelife.com/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1322 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:31:23 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/02/08/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1322 The beeswax cloths are awesome! However, you have to watch out of well meaning guests who think their stiffness is a sign of a dishrag that has never been laundered…thus deciding to throw them out.

]]> By: Morag Gamble https://ourpermaculturelife.com/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1316 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 17:08:31 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/02/08/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1316 Another way to reduce plastic waste is to organise a bulk buying group – with extended family, with friends, with neighbours, with work colleagues, with a school community… Some time ago, when I lived in the city, I organised a bulk food group. We ordered bulk goods in 10-25kg sacks. The sacks were usually compostable. Everyone came over once a month with their reusable containers to help measure out the produce. It was great fun, a super social connection between people with similar interests. We sometimes also had a shared meal. I was also part of a group that linked directly with a local farmer. Once every 6 months it was our turn to pick up the produce for all the families and bring it back to a meeting point to share out together. Again, there was almost no plastic to be seen – and lots of laughter and lasting friendships made.

]]> By: Morag Gamble https://ourpermaculturelife.com/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1317 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:58:11 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/02/08/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1317 Hello in Tassie – hope you managed to stay clear of all those bushfires lately.

I'm about to write about how simple it was to make my own beeswax cloths – much much cheaper way and not difficult.

]]> By: Morag Gamble https://ourpermaculturelife.com/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1318 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:56:12 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/02/08/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1318 I love using a plate on a bowl too – except we've managed to smash quite a few plates this way! They get accidentally knocked off by over-enthusiastic young kitchen helpers

]]> By: Veronica https://ourpermaculturelife.com/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1328 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:39:12 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/02/08/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1328 Although not perfect, corn starch bags may be accepted by the authorities. I say not perfect because it's still a one time use product and one can discuss if the corn production used for this is organic, how much energy is used to produce them and so on – but it would be one step away from plastic at least.

]]> By: FarmerShellie https://ourpermaculturelife.com/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1330 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 05:54:06 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/02/08/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1330 Salad Greens. That is my challenge as a farmer. How to package baby greens. We cannot allow customers to fill their own containers from bulk bins by rules of the Health Authority. Any suggestions that maintain quality, display well, will travel well with customers?

]]> By: DaffodilAngel https://ourpermaculturelife.com/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1336 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 12:38:51 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/02/08/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1336 Hello from Tassie. Would love to get some of those wraps…….they are a little expensive. However the glass bowl with lids sounds like a great alternative. We do try and limit the use of glad wrap…..

]]> By: Australian Gardening Granny https://ourpermaculturelife.com/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1338 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 12:38:51 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/02/08/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1338 I have never heard of beeswax infused cloths. What a great idea, they will definitely be added to my kitchen.
I now put my leftovers in a soup bowl with a plate on top. I used to automatically put a film of cling wrap over it, but there must be plenty of other ways I cut out cling wrap using beeswax cloths.

]]> By: Morag Gamble https://ourpermaculturelife.com/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1345 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 15:06:40 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/02/08/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1345 Congratulations Robyn – that's so fantastic. How revolutionary!!

]]> By: Morag Gamble https://ourpermaculturelife.com/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1346 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 15:05:53 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/02/08/plastic-free-food-wrapping-simple-and-natural-alternatives-to-reduce-waste/#comment-1346 It's so wonderful to visit food markets without plastic – not be offered plastic bags – not have everything pre-wrapped in plastic. I love the Northey Street City Farm organic farmers market. That's where I'd be every Sunday if I lived in Brisbane – for the food and the community.

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