A Month Without Plastic

BBC News reporter Christine Jeavans has embarked on an interesting experiment for the month of August -- using no plastic. She will chronicle her "month without plastic" online at BBC Magazine. 

I am giving up plastic for the whole of August.

By this I mean not buying or accepting anything which contains plastic or is packaged in plastic. So, no take-away coffees, bottles of water or pre-packed sandwiches.

I'll be forsaking punnets of strawberries and packs of chicken, supermarket milk and bottled cleaning products, and switching to reusable nappies for my toddler.

No longer will my other half and I be able to slump in front of the telly of an evening with the latest DVD, a takeaway curry and a bottle of wine (the cork could be plastic).

Jeavans will keep and use the plastic she already owns, but still expects the experiment for her and her family. You can follow her progress online at this link. Bookmark it so you can navigate your way easily back to the BBC site.