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Bea's Notes
We have not used plastic tape in our home in a decade. Instead, we use paper tape like this one to seal reused envelopes or shipping boxes. We don't use much of it (3 rolls in 10 years) and have sourced ours from different places: I once got an unpackaged/returned roll at Staples; another time, the Uhaul vendor behind the counter handed me one for free ;-)
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A low waste alternative to wooden pencils, these are made of recycled newspaper. And as mentioned in my book, colored pencils such as these make also a great substitute to highlighters!
Bea's Notes
Made of natural rubber, we buy ours from an art supplies store, where they are sold loose (unpackaged).
Bea's Notes
Graphite refills for the lead holder. One of the very rare brands that package theirs in cardboard.
Bea's Notes
I am 100% paperless and therefore no longer need a pen. But in my transitional phase, I used rollerball point pen refillable with liquid (fountain pen) ink, like this one. Liquid ink and a piston converter need to be purchased separately -both also available in the store.
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Instead of pencils, we have a few of these lead holders. They are refillable and use 2mm lead, which is much easier to use than mechanical pencils.
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Bottle ink for fountain or refillable rollerball pens fitted with pistons. This is the smartest bottle design that I have found on the market: it makes refilling so much easier than other bottle shapes out there. But beware: unless you buy this product secondhand, your ink will come boxed with foam.
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Our favorite backpack brand, because it comes with an uncondtional lifetime warranty! Tried and tested by our household several times!
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We use these for drying hands and dishes, but also wrapping the kids lunch, a pot luck dish, or dirty plates after a picnic furoshiki-style, as seen in my book, Zero Waste Home. (Video by my son on how to wrap a school lunch in a Furoshiki, also on my YouTube channel)
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I use this size jar to buy condiments such as olives, peanut butter or honey (I write the tare weight and item number using the water soluble crayon from the shopping kit on the lid; the weight gets deducted at the cashier), and to store bulk items that we buy in small quantitues such as tea, chocolate chips, or yellow corn (for popcorn). We also use it to pack a salad fo work, school or travel.
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To use with the refillable rollerball pen, so you can use liquid ink instead of disposable cartridges.
Bea's Notes
Expensive first buy, but its durability makes it the last one you'll ever need to buy.
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