Creating a Healthier World
September Challenge
It is time to ditch plastic trash bags and go biodegradable. Thankfully, there are now biofriendly and affordable alternatives to conventional plastic bin liners. These sustainable alternatives make microbes your friend and feed them. In fact, they rely on the billions of microbes in the soil to breakdown the bags into compost in as little as 90-days. You can find a variety of compostable trash bags at many local supermarkets or at unni.world. Just make sure that you choose products that are compostable.
REASONS TO USE COMPOSTABLE BAGS
It is time to ditch plastic trash bags and go biodegradable. Thankfully, there are now biofriendly and affordable alternatives to conventional plastic bin liners. These sustainable alternatives make microbes your friend and feed them. In fact, they rely on the billions of microbes in the soil to breakdown the bags into compost in as little as 90-days. You can find a variety of compostable trash bags at many local supermarkets or at unni.world. Just make sure that you choose products that are compostable.
REASONS TO USE COMPOSTABLE BAGS
- Reduces the plastics in our landfills
- Can be used to contain and dispose of food waste and other biodegradable trash.
- Composts in as little as 90 days.
August Challenge
The Unity Environmental Team is back with another challenge to encourage you to reduce your use of single use plastics. This month, you are asked to try Soap Nuts as an alternative to liquid laundry detergent. Using soap nuts will make your laundry routine more sustainable. Although they may not be familiar to you, they are commonly used in India and Nepal. The nuts are a cheap, reusable, and chemical-free way to clean your clothes and household fabrics.
If you are interested in trying this environmentally friendly laundry solution, there are sample bags of soap nuts along with the instructions on how to use them in the lobby of our Spiritual Center. You are invited to take some home with you and give them a try.
How to Use Soap Nuts to Make Your Laundry Routine Zero-Waste
Where to buy them
The Unity Environmental Team is back with another challenge to encourage you to reduce your use of single use plastics. This month, you are asked to try Soap Nuts as an alternative to liquid laundry detergent. Using soap nuts will make your laundry routine more sustainable. Although they may not be familiar to you, they are commonly used in India and Nepal. The nuts are a cheap, reusable, and chemical-free way to clean your clothes and household fabrics.
If you are interested in trying this environmentally friendly laundry solution, there are sample bags of soap nuts along with the instructions on how to use them in the lobby of our Spiritual Center. You are invited to take some home with you and give them a try.
How to Use Soap Nuts to Make Your Laundry Routine Zero-Waste
Where to buy them
- Bed Bath and Beyond
- Target
- FredMeyers
- Also available online
If you are not ready to go nuts, look for zero waste, plastic free laundry Detergent Strips. Each laundry strip packs ultra-concentrated, eco-friendly, cleaning power into a tiny, pre-measured strip. There are several brands available. Look for them where you buy detergent.
July Challenge
As you know by now, the Unity Environmental Team is promoting the elimination of single use plastics in your daily life. By limiting your use of disposable plastics, you can live healthier and create a healthier planet. Our July 2020 challenge focuses on eliminating the use of plastic produce bags. Reusable produce bags made from cotton cloth, netting, or synthetic fiber offer great benefits for you and the environment. For example, they reduce your plastic waste, create less toxicity, keep food fresher, and save money. Overall, reusable produce bags are a worthy investment for anyone concerned for their own well-being, as well as for the environment.
Resources
As you know by now, the Unity Environmental Team is promoting the elimination of single use plastics in your daily life. By limiting your use of disposable plastics, you can live healthier and create a healthier planet. Our July 2020 challenge focuses on eliminating the use of plastic produce bags. Reusable produce bags made from cotton cloth, netting, or synthetic fiber offer great benefits for you and the environment. For example, they reduce your plastic waste, create less toxicity, keep food fresher, and save money. Overall, reusable produce bags are a worthy investment for anyone concerned for their own well-being, as well as for the environment.
Resources
June Challenge
The Unity Environmental Team is encouraging you to take steps to eliminate single use plastics in your daily life to live healthier and create a healthier planet. Our June 2020 challenge is to ditch commercially bottled water and start using tap water again. So, dig out your existing reusable water bottles (that are preferably BPS Free or stainless-steel) and start refilling them at home. If you need convincing, consider this:
The Unity Environmental Team is encouraging you to take steps to eliminate single use plastics in your daily life to live healthier and create a healthier planet. Our June 2020 challenge is to ditch commercially bottled water and start using tap water again. So, dig out your existing reusable water bottles (that are preferably BPS Free or stainless-steel) and start refilling them at home. If you need convincing, consider this:
- 40% of all bottled water is just filtered tap water
- making plastic bottles uses millions of barrels of oil annually
- the US alone consumes 500 million units of bottled water each week
- 80% of the empty bottles end up in a landfill or in the ocean.
- plastic bottles take hundreds of years to break down
- plastic interacting with the water creates significant health concerns
Learn the true costs of bottled water in this short video called "The Story of Bottled Water".
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April/May Challenge
April and May, your challenge was to stop using plastic bags when shopping by bringing your own reusable bags to the store. We thank Nancy and Loren Walz for providing the 75 bags that will be used to begin our challenge. If you want a bag, send an email to unity@unitycenter.org or call 208-664-1125. For more information about the issue of single us plastics check out this Today Show segment. |
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Your Unity Environmental Team
Audra Holm, Nancy Walz, Chuck Hosack, Sandy Kaplan, Pat Bentley, Herta Long, Gaea Swinford, Salli Smith and Rev. Stephen Towles
Audra Holm, Nancy Walz, Chuck Hosack, Sandy Kaplan, Pat Bentley, Herta Long, Gaea Swinford, Salli Smith and Rev. Stephen Towles
