5: This Dishcloth is Sweed!

Take a look at your kitchen sink, go ahead! Over the years, pushy commercials have flashed the next and newest cleaning tools in our faces. Chemically laced sponges, and plastic scrubbers that will last their lifetime sitting in a landfill. Well, there are alternatives, and today, I am going to share with you one of my favorites, the Swedish Dish Towel

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How many empty bottles have you tossed into your trash bin in your lifetime? If you are like most humans, a lot. Instead, did you carefully place your plastic bottles into a recycling bin? Bad news, research shows only about 10% of plastics that we place in recycling bins actually get recycled. So what should we do? In this episode, I share some tips to reduce your plastic use and create less waste.

Raise your hand if you remember a cabinet in your parent’s kitchen filled with bottles embellished with Mr. Yuk stickers. And we knew whatever brightly colored liquids in those bottles were not safe, to drink, to touch, to smell, or just generally be around. And that instilled the tradition to keep that cabinet on lockdown for each generation to follow.

We had a cabinet of cleaning supplies, which was dangerous and we should not be near it.

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How many of you grew up with paper plates, plastic storage bags, and plastic utensils that are thrown away after one use?  And all of that plastic in our lives has been shown to have a terrible impact on our health. Fortunately, we have a lot of options for zero-waste swaps for everyday plastic household items. In this episode, I reveal a list of 5 easy to commit to zero-waste swaps.

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Welcome to the very first episode of Later Waste, a podcast to aid in your journey towards a natural and sustainable lifestyle.

In this episode, I introduce myself and set your expectations for this podcast.