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Scrivener7

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5. I've been picking away at it for a while, but I still find major areas where I need to make

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 21, 2026, 08:12 AM

Mar 21

hard decisions.

For example - my living room needs painting. All the paints we use these days are plastic. What do I do with that?

I'll research and see if I can find an alternative. Not sure if I'll find one.

But I really recommend the new netflix doc. It's called The Plastic Detox.

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Imagine the world we would live in if we all agreed to minimize our use of petroleum products. [View all] Scrivener7 Mar 21 OP

Hemp based plastics... MiHale Mar 21 #1

Wow! I hope they start marketing to the public at large. It looks like right now they're looking for Scrivener7 Mar 21 #7

Our Constitution was written on hemp paper. multigraincracker Mar 21 #13

We'll have to demand it leftstreet Mar 21 #2

It really doesn't have to be overwhelming. llmart Mar 21 #4

I've been picking away at it for a while, but I still find major areas where I need to make Scrivener7 Mar 21 #5

I just finished watching that documentary. llmart Mar 21 #3

The produce section of the grocery store. What a mess! Scrivener7 Mar 21 #6

I shop at Aldi's and I'm willing to bring my own packaging FakeNoose Mar 21 #11

around here, there r many small 'fruit markets'. mopinko Mar 21 #17

Aldi prices are about half of what Krogers are SheltieLover Mar 21 #18

In Albuquerque, Natural Grocers does not provide bags womanofthehills Mar 21 #19

Thank you for your service, limart. LOL Roy Rolling Mar 21 #9

"The 2026 Boomers who forgot those lessons..." llmart Mar 21 #20

Follow the money. multigraincracker Mar 21 #14

This June will be my 7th year without a car. I haven't done taxi/Uber either or lean on anyone else progree Mar 21 #8

The walking town/good public transport issue is a big one. And people love to show off Scrivener7 Mar 21 #10

I visited Italy a decade ago. multigraincracker Mar 21 #15

A good friend of mine has family in Warsaw. She came back from a visit and said the same. llmart Mar 21 #22

This kind of thing doesn't help -- progree Mar 21 #16

I remember a time when most families had only one car if they lived in the suburbs. llmart Mar 21 #21

"And there's no reason we don't do it, other than the fact that oil is pushed so hard at us by those who profit from it" OldBaldy1701E Mar 21 #12