I do think vegetables and fruit could be sold 'loose', not swathed in blooming plastic. They always were when I was young. One could have paper carrier bags at the ready to put them in.

Also things like milk, juice etc could be in recyclable containers, not plastic.

We installed a water barrel. It reduces the water bill if no surface water goes down the drain from the roof. And it's handy if there's a hosepipe ban. (Norfolk is quite a dry county)

We grow lots of veggies/salad stuff. Much more tasty!

I also find that one can get by with hardly any detergent in the washing machine. Our clothes come out perfectly clean at 30 degrees short wash, with a tiny teaspoonful of powder. Even my husband's cleaning uniform.

Haha Steve! :)