Affordable Ways To Cut Back on Plastic Waste

• Have a look if there are any zero waste stores in your area! They are fab as you can buy exactly how much of something you need like pasta, rice, washing up liquid, laundry detergent etc and are often cheaper as you're not paying for the packaging, take your own bottles/containers/jars to fill
• Reuse jars that coffee/jam etc comes in, would be useful for taking to zero waste shops like I mentioned above
• Use biodegradable make up wipes, aldi sell some for around 59p, or better still - make your own!
• Use reusable make up pads (like cotton wool pads) you can buy these on Amazon/ebay/etsy plain or with cool designs, aldi also have recently started selling them
• Use shampoo bars, conditioner bars and body wash bars, they save so much plastic! And I find they are cheaper as a bar lasts me ages! Again, Aldi recently started selling a set of three for around £5-6
• See if you can make any of your own beauty products and cleaning products at home, often they are much more effective and a lot cheaper! You may even have some stuff to make them at home already, check out pinterest for DIY soap/lip balm/face masks/washing up liquid/bathroom cleaner/etc
• If you order from Amazon, this is how to get them to stop sending your parcels in plastic https://www.scotsman.com/read-this/how-stop-amazon-sending-your-orders-plastic-packaging-2447429
• Get a reusable fruit and veg bag (or a few) to use when you buy fruit and veg to avoid having to put them in plastic bags
• Use tote bags or similar rather than single-use plastic carrier bags for shopping - take these clothes shopping too not just for groceries
• Some plastic can't be recycled in your home recycling bin but can be at big stores or recycling centres, you could save it up and take it to the recycling bins at stores or recycling centres to save it ending up in landfill

If I think of any more I'll add them

This is really useful, affordable and easy switches to ditch plastic https://www.savethestudent.org/save-money/food-drink/reduce-plastic-challenge-save-money.html

While some changes can be a little more expensive than their plastic counterpart, most are cheaper! (For example, I find that shampoo bars, conditioner bars and body wash bars are a lot cheaper - I used to spend a lot more on bottles of shampoo etc than what I spend on a bar for how long this lasts)

Some good advice from Lornaae there. If you use face wipes then reusable pads are a excellent alternative, I use them & they are fab. Just add water to remove make up then stick them in washing machine. These are similar to the ones I use. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reusable-Makeup-Remover-Pads-Cleansing/dp/B07VN7JD5Q/ref=mp_s_a_1_46_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=reusable+makeup+pads&qid=1589703539&sprefix=reuseable+m&sr=8-46-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExMkxNMFY0Q0k4WlJXJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMzcxNzY3NTJIT0k2UFhOQVhXJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAxMTU0NjdCT0ZNMkVNWVVYUEYmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYnRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

Thought everyone had forgotten about plastic since this whole coronavirus pandemic began. Brexit has certainly been forgotten about.