My plastic free life: busy single mummy & business owner

8th day of Christmas

Laura Callaghan

8th day of Christmas

  8th day of Christmas Each day I’ll be telling you about a special Plastic Free Gift Set available via www.plasticfree.baby  and a little statistic about why it’s so important to go plastic free this Christmas. Why go plastic free?   Breast milk of most women in the developed world contains dozens of compounds including BPA that have been linked to negative health effects (from earthday.org)   Photo featuring - Plastic Free SLEEPY TIME Gift Set £16   Is your little one struggling to sleep? Look no further than our Plastic Free Sleepy Time Gift Set. A delightfully unique gift...

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7th day of Christmas

Laura Callaghan

7th day of Christmas

On the 7th day of Christmas  Each day I’ll be telling you about a special Plastic Free Gift Set available via www.plasticfree.baby  and a little statistic about why it’s so important to go plastic free this Christmas.   Why go plastic free? While plastic has a lot of important uses, it also has a lot of negative effects that are detrimental to humans. Bottle-fed babies are swallowing millions of microplastic particles a day, according to research described as a “milestone” in the understanding of human exposure to tiny plastics. The polypropylene bottles tested make up 82% of the world market,...

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6th day of Christmas

Laura Callaghan

6th day of Christmas

On the 6th day of Christmas Each day I’ll be telling you about a special Plastic Free Gift Set available via www.plasticfree.baby and a little statistic about why it’s so important to go plastic free this Christmas. Why go plastic free? Plastics are everywhere. But these do not mean they are good or safe. Plastics are harmful to human health mainly due to the chemicals used in their manufacture and production. Chemicals are used to change the properties of plastics such as softening or hardening them or used in changing the colour of the plastics. Also, the poisonous chemical that...

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5th day of Christmas

Laura Callaghan

5th day of Christmas

  On the 5th day of Christmas 💚Each day I’ll be telling you about a special Plastic Free Gift Set available via www.plasticfree.baby and a little statistic about why it’s so important to go plastic free this Christmas.💚Why go plastic free?"What are the overall effects of the plastics we unwittingly ingest? It is known that health effects vary depending on who is exposed—and when. Infants and pregnant or nursing mothers are at heightened risk for toxic exposure or passage of plastic toxins such as BPA and additives like DEHP."(from Richard Harth, Biodesign Institute Science Writer)Photographed - 💚Plastic Free NEW BABY...

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4th day of Christmas

Laura Callaghan

4th day of Christmas

  Each day I’ll be telling you about a special Plastic Free Gift Set available via www.plasticfree.baby  and a little statistic about why it’s so important to go plastic free this Christmas. Why go plastic free? Plastic poisons our food chain. Even plankton, the tiniest creatures in our oceans, are eating microplastics and absorbing their hazardous chemicals.  The tiny, broken down pieces of plastic are displacing the algae needed to sustain larger sea life who feed on them. (from plasticpollutioncoalition) Photo featuring - the Plastic Free POTTY TRAINING Gift Set £30 A very special eco friendly, biodegradable and plastic free...

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