ABOUT

Just me trying to take one step at a time towards sustainable earth-friendly family living.

R+R is based in Willingham, Cambridge. Striving to help the local community in reducing plastic consumption, reducing waste and looking after our planet by offering affordable and responsible eco-friendly refillable and zero-waste products that are kind to people and planet. and. actually. work.

Dreaming of a circular economy.

I want to make it easier for people to make simple and affordable long term changes so they don't have to endure the stress of trying to transition to sustainable living like I did. I have been on an eco-anxiety journey for many years now with an extensive list of trial and error products behind me. Those easy to pick up products in major supermarkets or online retailers were mostly green-washing, didn't work or ran out too quickly or were just too expensive rendering them a 'luxury' item. The ofttimes overwhelming and exhausting adventure has resulted in finally settling with a selection of household and personal care items that balances eco-credentials and effectiveness (for all members of the family including those with allergies, eczema and sensitive skin) and fits into our increasingly squeezed family budget.

I want a pet duck.

#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#MinimalViablePlanet
#JoinTheRefillution
#SingleUseIsOver
#RinseAndReturnIsHere

Comments

Eco Read: How to Give Up Plastic - A Guide to Changing the World One Plastic Bottle at a Time (Will McCallum) 2018

If only I had read this book when I first started my plastic freak-outs in 2018. Reading it now has soothed my soul and brought reassurances of how much I have managed to achieve despite still experiencing frequent panics that there is still too much plastic in the house (and world), I just wish I had it as a support blanket from the start! So it'll be no surprise that I highly highly recommend this book if you are starting your #BreakFreeFromPlastic journey. Why I recommend it: It gives you facts and knowledge in an easy to understand way without being overwhelming. It gives you enough alarm to want to make immediate changes but balances this with an approachable narrative and practical guide to implementing informed changes in realistic stages. If you take one message from this book it is this: that the problem of plastic pollution is one that affects us all, and therefore one for which we all share responsibility as individuals but also, more importantly, collectively The star...

Eco Read: How to Go Plastic Free - Eco Tips for Busy People (Caroline Jones) 2020

Bits I liked: Absolutely love the first key messages encouraging forming new habits one at a time and not to throw out all your plastic at once. You already have it, use it, re-use it. The main aim is to not buy anymore plastics and evaluate your single use plastic. I like how the book is broken into sections. So you could choose to focus on one element at a time by one task at a time. One of my main gripes about plastic use is the constant messaging and pressure around consumer behaviour , rather than more emphasis on the responsibility of the producers of plastic pollution . So I liked the recommendation of finding like-minded people to build a local community with and get campaigning - join Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace or other organisations who are pushing the government to make meaningful change. Get involved, make them do the hard work! Bits I struggled with: #25 'Choose brands with a good track record' - not sure Coca-cola and Unilever are quite the 'p...

Peak Eco-anxiety - thanks brain 👌🏽

Am I trying to be zero waste? Plastic free? Eco friendly? Clean living? Green living? Sustainable lifestyle? What do these titles even mean? I just want to make sure I'm not contributing to the 'climate apocalypse' (I only recently found out that was real turn of phrase). Intrusive thoughts I have nearly everyday "I'm not doing enough" "I need to be doing more" "We have too much plastic waste in the house, we are polluting the earth, it's going in the sea, it's killing the turtles" "The glitter from my old nail polish is now in fish" Constant guilt for putting my own convenience over the needs of the planet. And so I try to do more, and it's still not enough. I've actually have made lots of positive changes over the last five years but I can't stop, there feels like there is still so much more to do. And the more I look into it the more I find. I guess ignorance really is bliss! In a bid to educate and inform ...

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