If you’re anything like me, you’realways looking for ways to actually diminish the plastic that enters into your life.

One thing that I know many people do to kick start this, is to collect lots of jars from, say, a pasta sauce or pickles in brine.

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Transcript:

Hi and welcome back! It’s Morag Gamble from our Permaculture Life and the Permaculture Education Institute.

Now if you’re anything like me, you’re really looking all the time for ways to actually diminish the plastic that enters into your life. So I do all sorts of different things and you know often, I’m collecting jars from something that I’ve just consumed. And I’ll wash it out and use it again and again and again. And I’m always on the lookout for really interesting jars at the op shop or wherever I can find them. And sometimes, they just don’t come with lids or the litter. They’ve come with having either broken, or perished or rusted out and they’re just not suitable anymore. So what can you do instead of throwing out the whole jar? You can actually get some replacement leads now. You can online, you can find all different sorts of replacement leads. I really like these ones here, that are part of the Fowler’s we call a preserving kit. And so, it’s a really simple way. So if one bit breaks you know like this, completely recyclable. This is too and this is rubber, a natural product. So if you’ve got a jar like this, all you need to do is to put the rubber around the rim there we go. Like that, and then the lid on the top like that. And that seals that, and then the clip goes over the top. It just clips on and it clips underneath. This ridge here that most of the jars have and so that’s really secure. So this is the hemp seed milk that I made yesterday. So you can see, it’s completely sealed and absolutely fantastic. And if one of these bits breaks or gets damaged, you can just simply order another set of that. But they are so robust! I’ve had these for so many years, and if you look after them they just keep lasting and lasting.

So that’s just a little tip about how you can rejuvenate some old jars that you’ve got. Really there’s nothing wrong with the jar itself, but you just need some kind of secure lid so you can store it safely. Either in the fridge or on the shelf, and keep it nice and protected. So I know it’s hard isn’t it, during this pandemic. There’s so many things that we have been used to doing that we can no longer do at the moment. You know sometimes, we can’t do the scooping, sometimes we can’t take our own container. But at home, we can maintain a way of life that is diminishing our waste and diminishing our single-use plastics. And that’s all what plastic free July is about. Getting us to think differently, about how we can do that. So I’ve put a few links down below, about resources about how to learn more about permaculture. Permaculture gardening links to my blog and my youtube channel. And also, to the courses that I offer in learning more about permaculture. And also a four-part series, about permaculture that you can access for free there. So I’ll see you again tomorrow back in my house or my garden, talking about another way that we can really try and kick the plastic habit as much as we possibly can. And get back to some of the more really simple natural ways of living, and ways of eating. All right catch you again bye!