Author Archives: meredithferrill
DePaul TEDx Talk
Today, I’m honored to share my experience of trying to give up plastic at a TEDx event hosted by DePaul University. I’m so excited to have this opportunity (and also quite nervous!). Yet, in spite of my nerves, I’m hoping … Continue reading
My Inventory: A Year of Hoarded Plastic
It’s taken me a great while to get to this point, but finally, I’ve counted all of the plastic I hoarded over the past 365 days. It took me months to do it. For those of you reading my blog for … Continue reading
What Can We Recycle, and Where?
It has been over two months since my plastic adventure ended. It was the end of April when I stopped my hoarding, and it was the beginning of May when I piled up all of my accumulated plastic in the … Continue reading
My Plastic Mountain
It’s strange to be throwing plastic away again. I’m still not used to unwrapping cellophane from new magazines and tossing it into the trash, or putting empty medicine bottles into the recycling bin. As I expected, it’s a huge relief. … Continue reading
My Greatest Plastic Offender
In less than two weeks, on April 22nd, 2016, the plastic challenge that I’ve committed to for the past year will come to an end. I will stop having to collect and store and stress over a growing hoard of … Continue reading
Plastic and Pets
Last week, my husband and I adopted a puppy. She is fuzzy and black with a little white spot on her nose and is so adorable when she gets tired and her long pink tongue hangs out of her mouth. … Continue reading
Small Victories With Lotion
As my mountain of plastic grows higher and higher, as I feel defeated on a daily basis by the challenge I set forth for myself this year, I have to say that I’ve realized some true plastic-free success when it … Continue reading
So Many Failures…
Usually the start of a new year brings me such inspiration. I feel renewed possibility in my ability to meet my goals, I feel more alert and aware of what I want to change in my life, and I feel … Continue reading
I’m cheating on my deodorant
A few months ago, I wrote a post about my joyful success of finding a plastic-free deodorant. I had visited a Lush store and purchased a powdered deodorant called the T’eo bar that came packaged only in a wax seal, … Continue reading
How do we responsibly give stuff away?
As expected, moving has been hard. We are still in the midst of unpacking our new apartment, and while this move hasn’t been quite the nightmare I originally feared it would be, it’s still been a massive undertaking—hours and hours … Continue reading