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What my week without plastic taught me

Amelia Womack, Green Party
clock 15 December 2017 •
Amelia Womack | Credit: Jonny L Davies
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Amelia Womack | Credit: Jonny L Davies

Green Party's Deputy Leader Amelia Womack reflects on a week of plastic-free living

Every plastic toothbrush I have ever owned still exists and could do for another 500 years. As this horrifying thought dawned on me recently, I decided to set myself a challenge: to live plastic free for...

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