What you can REFUSE in the laundry room and kitchen

The Plastic Elephant with Laurie D

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Continuing the topic of single use plastics that you can REFUSE, in this episode Laurie talks about products you can swap out in the laundry room and kitchen. We talk about HDPE and some of the chemicals you are exposing yourself and your family to when you use liquid cleaning products that come in single use plastic containers.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Tru Earth Laundry Sheets https://tru.earth/

Laundry sheet test: https://www.thelaundryguru.net/best-laundry-sheets?utm_campaign=ga_dg_tpv_core_broad&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=675769734121&utm_term=laundry%20sheets&utm_adgroup={adgroup}&campaignid=20397359406&adgroupid=151367489883&targetid=kwd-3285094063&matchtype=b&device=c&adposition=&location_id=9031730&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA3JCvBhA8EiwA4kujZrg7PoX8FTsDxZe4waXnIJCl4rBdf9Vw3MtRP6ldX3rcef9-aB6ycRoCWgEQAvD_BwE
PVA: https://www.homemadesimple.com/in-the-home/what-is-polyvinyl-alcohol/?_sm_au_=iVV3kqW27VJZSSZQ&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwoPOwBhAeEiwAJuXRh-mAgO65Fa-_qiwv3pxNG-N_8lRMMx8YH7-0uULjE0FoF53TdZOfPhoCK9UQAvD_BwE

https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/polyvinyl-alcohol/#:~:text=Is%20Polyvinyl%20a%20Microplastic%3F&text=Not%20technically%2C%20says%20Magni.,'%20contamination%2C%E2%80%9D%20says%20Magni.
Dish Soap block:

https://plantishfuture.com/products/solid-dish-soap-bar?variant=32313541525593

This is a Canadian company so prices are in Canadian dollars.

I found it at a refill store: https://www.sunkissedpantry.com/product/solid-dish-soap-bar/54?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=false&category_id=9
Refill store where I found the Ecos liquid dish soap:
https://missionrefill.com/pages/about

Keurig filters: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB3X89J9?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 If anyone knows of a source for these that is not Amazon, I would love to have it!
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