Why am I starting this then?

Well I have never liked to create lots of pointless rubbish, who does really? But this recent decision has come from my new love of Hygge; the Danish way to live well. Hygge talks about finding the cozy in the cold and being happy in small things. It says to light candles and bring the outside elements in to the home. It feels very at one with nature. 

While bringing in my evergreen tree and thinking about natural alternatives to mass production, I turned my attention to all the plastic shite that was going in my recycling and the stuff that has to go in the bin that can't even be reused. Then I really noticed how much plastic I was completely surrounded by, it's everywhere. My fringe is packed with it, it's in all the cupboards and don't get me started on the bathroom. I even found out that there is plastic in tea bags. Tea bags for Christ sake!

Just a brief look around my house at everything with plastic packaging.

Sauce, shampoo, conditioner, butter, bath soak, face wash, hand wash, fruit, cheese, drinks, meats, honey, cereal, milk, bread, peanut butter, marshmallows, seeds, biscuits, straws, kids plates and bowls, mouth wash, toothpaste, toilet rolls, potatoes, sausages and almost every cleaning product. Not to mention that so many things you buy have some kind of cling film wrap on it or plastic inner or outer wrap.

What happened to the world making progress? Where are the glass milk bottles that are returned, cleaned and refilled? Where are the shops where you taking in your own containers to refill and weigh? Why have we got less glass on the shelves and more plastic? And why can we not even buy fruit and veg in a supermarket without half of it being coated in cling wrap or encased in a plastic tray with a film lid? I don't see progress, I don't see anything being made better.

A regular toothbrush can take as long as 400 years to decompose. The tooth brush as we know it has not existed for that long yet, meaning that every plastic tooth brush ever made still exists today; mostly in landfill. Just think about that for a moment. Every single one of them.

So here we are, and I am starting this blog to show what changes I am making to bring more Hygge to my home and send plastic packing. 

When I am offered a nice hot, cozy drink in a ceramic mug I shall say thank you. If it comes in a big plastic cup then I shall tell them to go plastickit!