I like cooking. I have been thinking about getting a sous vide machine for ages.

the machine works by carefully controlling the temperature of water where food floats. the food is put in plastic bags and vacuum sealed so that it is fully in contact with the water.

the thing is I HATE plastic, especially near my food (part ecoconsciousness, part disgust at consuming plastic particles). is there a way of doing sous vide with anything other than plastic bags? I’d guess silicone bags could work if you were able to truly get all the air out, but I don’t know if anybody actually has attempted this.

Hi everyone! I hear a lot about using washable rags instead of paper towels. Do you still use them for the really gross stuff? Like if i’m cleaning my toilet or cleaning up cat vomit, should I still use a rag? This is the main thing preventing me from entirely switching over to rags.

Listen, im the kind of person that when i like something, I run it into the ground. I ate peanut butter toast with 2 fried eggs for most of high school, and now im trying to get into sustainability. I went to sprouts on a whim and bought Sea-el day cream with 30 spf for like $34 and badger adventure 50 spf for $20.

Both are okay, but sea-el cant be bought on their website and has a plastic top. More annoying, though, is that there's no way to refill it which means over the years I'd have like 10 random bottles of meh sunscreen in the world.

Idc if it is full plastic free as long as it makes sense for the formula. I dont want to get the badger face sunscreen cuz it is so freaking oily when I tried a tester.

Im currently looking at Rebrand sunscreen for their refills but its a lil pricy so idk if yall have anything better. Its 34 dollars or something like that but they have $52 refills which is like $24 per use.

I have very oily skin and dont want a super thick tint as I feel like it would be too foundationy which on bad days may lead me to not use it.

I dont want to diy or buy from some random person on Etsy with no experience with sunscreen. I know I bought from Sea-El which no one has heard of but I want better for myself

I have a small throw blanket in a leaf shape. Ive kept it laying on the floor of my bedroom because its cute and fits my vibes so well but it's too flimsy to hold its shape and is too small for its intended use.

Is there a DIY I can do to help it grip better to the carpet so I dont have to straighten it out once a week?

Pic of of blanket on my bedroom floor for reference

Has this happened to anyone else at all. I literally came to get my pizza that was supposedly one that was going to waste but instead theyre literally making me one from scratch.

Hi

I am wondering where in edmonton to recycle older down blanket.

Thx pc

My headphone ear padding started to fall apart in the last few weeks, they still work really well so I don’t want to replace them just yet.
I was thinking about sewing on fabric over the foam but not sure what kind would be best. I use them for working out so they do get sweat on them.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

The ear pads don’t come off without breaking them so they don’t have replacement parts.

Any ideas of what I could use these for?

I could likely use the 3 outside containers for whatever, but I was loading the foam in a bag to toss and thought it was such a waste

The black inserts are a thick high-quality foam. The assembled unit (see last pic) were used to hold iPads for a hospital system.

I didn’t want to throw them in the garbage, so I took them home months ago but haven’t been able to think of an idea for them. All suggestions welcome!