This story caught my eye and made me hopeful. Using refillable liquid products is really difficult because you have to get your container to the shop to fill it up.
Single use plastic bottles for water, shampoo and detergents are a grotesquely unintelligent way we personally make pollution.
I have moved to solid bar shampoos and soaps without any difficulty at all, but some liquids still defeat me. This clever woman has found away to deliver “top ups” from an old electric milk float. What a shame Amazon didn’t think of it and use old milk floats for their deliveries now that everybody wants them!
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2AP0V6
Interesting post and link. xx
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Milk floats were the sound of my childhood xx
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My mother had a regular milkman delivering the milk from a milk float right up to the end of her life (2017) – I think he’s still going, third generation at least. That’s in the West Midlands. He also delivered eggs, potatoes, general groceries and even potting compost!
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Long may he continue!
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Yes to the soaps but shampoo bars have defeated me: I have a huge mane of thick, curly hair and it’s impossible to distribute the foam from a bar through all of it. The next best think I’ve discovered are Beauty Kubes (sic), which are individual cubes of solid shampoo that crumble into a dust that you mix with water. Google them with the above spelling and you’ll find them. I am a massive fan (unscented, of course, as we can’t have too many scented products due to He Who Shall Not Be Named).
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I can see the bars might be tricky on very thick hair. I have just shoulder length hair and they work fine. The lubes sound interesting.
I am thinking of trying to make my own dish washing liquid following instructions found in a local paper.
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My reply to this has to be the most mortifying bit of auto text correction yet! I wrote kube and it corrected to lube! So sorry! !
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I didn’t even notice! That’s hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😩🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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I am relived you didn’t think me a pervert! 😳
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Hope is just lovely-and there are stories like this to prove it-thank you!
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You know it just is possible we might make things better! 😀😀
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I am sorry to be so late-I stay way behind these days. My son always encourages me with the same thought you expressed. I must hold on to that. Go well, my friend, and thank you. x Michele
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I have met so many extraordinary young people
In my life that I am sure if just a fraction of them do what they can for the environment then the future is a better place! Stay hopeful!
Xx
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Hope is exactly what I am going for. Thank you and God bless the young folks seeking to make the difference!
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I make all of our soaps including a shampoo bar, also most of our skin care products and cleaning supplies.
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That is brilliant. I must learn to do the same. Can you point me in the simplest right direction?
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For soap making I would start by getting a soap making book or watching several videos online. Compare notes on the videos and if have any questions feel free to ask me. When you are ready to start making a shampoo bar leave me a comment on my blog and I will be happy to share my recipe if you’d like.
I use a lot of vinegar and baking soda for cleaning and a homemade bar soap combined with borax and washing soda for laundry detergent.
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Thank you so much. The issue will be getting to a shop to get the ingredients at the moment, as soon as I can , I will try! 😀😀
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