Going Plastic Free with Jennifer Laycock

Hooray it’s a bumper episode! In this episode we get into the specifics of what it means to be plastic free. We talk about beginner, middle and champion level ways to incorporate it into your life. Jen, who you may remember from our episode on job searching, is a really passionate educator on the subject, and talks about it with a lot of humour, so it’s really easy to understand how it could apply to you.

Jen is a theatre maker, eco educator, clown, award winning actor and director, and just a phenomenal human. Check out her Instagram, check out her website, get to one of her market events for Fetch Vintage. 

Keep well,

-Paula

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EPISODE NOTES:

Things We Mentioned

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Microplastics in sea salt  

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Just in case you didn’t get enough scares on Halloween, here is a scary article about the projected levels of plastic waste and what we can do about it.

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Here is an excellent article outlining why recycling is not enough, and how we can go about looking to manage and eliminate our plastic waste

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Here is the collapsible coffee cup that I use, by a company called Stojo
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You can drop off all your soft plastics at Redcycle. Find your closest drop off centre here

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You can check our my excellent friend’s start up, Carapac, here! Carapac is developing 100% biodegradable plastic substitutes that could degrade in your own home compost heap. Such cool stuff. Find them on Facebook and Instagram (they’re rejigging their page right now, but stay tuned!).

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Biocup is a well known brand, but not actually easy to get rid of. Here is an article in the SMH about it, here is what Biopak say about the biodegrading process on their website (scroll down to the bottom and click through the drop down tabs), and here is an FAQ where they address if it is recyclable or not.

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That comedian I mention who talks about self-righteousness is Whitney Cummings, and she riffs on it in her Netflix special “Can I Touch It?” 

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I couldn’t find that SBS report anywhere when I went looking, so if you find it, let me know!

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plastic free kit: shopping bag, tin for leftovers etc, reusable straw, reusable waterbottle, produce bag,

You can find Jen here:

On Instagram

Plus her website 

And her rad mum here at No Waste No Worries

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