Enjoying this video whilst hand sewing some linen dungarees for my little lad (with cotton thread! Went through my sewing box last month and threw away all the polyester ones- had hung on to them ‘in case’ for a long while, but realised I was never again going to choose to lessen something I’ve bothered to sew by using plastic thread!) I made the whole plastic discovery a few years ago, and switched fully to reusable versions of things, buying natural fibres and materials when there was something I truly needed, quality over quantity… no glitter, nail varnish or chewing gum… it is empowering to make these changes! Paint I still haven’t got my head around though- haven’t figured out where to buy paint that doesn’t contain plastic. Lovely to see you speaking about these things
Oh that’s awesome! Thanks so much ❤️ if you’re in a English speaking country VOC free paint is the way to go, where as in Sweden we have old fashioned paint 😅 it’s so confusing!
Thank you Saga so very nicely presented and thought provoking. I use my strimmer (weed whacker) much less now. Some plastic has taken the place of asbestos which was even more dangerous. Yes we need to approach the suppliers - if the products are there in the first place then people will buy. If paper springs back when you crumple it then it probably contains plastic. 🏵🌻
Tusen tak for this great and informative video Saga! Plastic is so very bad for the environment, but to think that people are ingesting it and causing a toxic environment in their very own bodies, well that's alarming ! You are so right in that it's the companies, and governments who are at fault, and ultimately it's all fueled by greed. Also, thank you for telling people to speak out and do something about it; here in the States it is way worse with horrific ingredients being allowed in many of our processed foods-processed foods are bad enough, but when you do an ingredient check, research on same, you will see that the United States FDA allows many ingredients to be put into foods that are outlawed in Europe...I do not know why, but I do know that we all need to take a stand over things like this. We live in a crazy world now, one that our grandparents never saw, and all the while we are seeing a rise in cancer and other illness, and we wonder why. This is why, because of a total lack of caring for people's well being, and instead focusing on the almighty dollar. I am very thankful there are people like you to speak out when it seems like the rest of us don't know how to be heard. I hope that our future will brighten as people care for themselves, and all of Nature. Maybe we can have far reaching effects if we only try~so grateful for you sweet Saga!🌱💝💖🌹
Thank you so much for thoroughly exploring this and sharing these sad and shocking discovery with us. Your open and curious mind and kind heart is deeply appreciated. ❤
Jag som inte ens är troende ber just nu till högre makter att denna videon ska bli viral 🙏 Det är många som behöver veta detta. Så himla bra video! Tack Saga! Jag hade inte koll på grästrimmern. Ska flytta till hus i höst så är glad att jag fick vet detta 😊
Godmorgon my Angel! I am totally with you on this subject! I actually watched several videos this week on how there are so many people with micro-plastic in their bodies, in the environment/products and it is showing up in fetuses! Have a great week! KRAM
@@SagaJohanna Yes it is! I have never trusted plastic for a long while. And use as little as possible. I always thought things never seem to taste right in plastic. Especially bottled water. I prefer glass. Have a great week! I always look forward to your videos!
Even gum and toothpaste?!?!?! No wonder so many illnesses like cancer and autoimmune disease are on the rise. One item that really irked me because I found out it contained a type of plastic is laundry detergent sheets. It's like we can't win, no matter what we use!
Those are the most shocking ones to me too! Detergent sheets are really bad yes :( I recommend doing your own! I’ve just started!! I bought Nancy Birthwhistle’s book and I no longer feel overwhelmed! I highly recommend it and will make a video on it soon ❤️
It would be amazing if you can share with us all you alternatives to all those products & more in a video ! thank you for sharing your knowledge with us :)
And.. we’re on the same wavelength about this too. Honestly, it doesn’t surprise me at all. In addition to that, as we previously discussed it, it’s wild how some families are having like ten kids without the means to really take care of them. You see kids getting all this junk instead of what they really need, and it’s just sad. As for me, I don’t drink, smoke, or do drugs, but when I hit the dance floor, I’m the one having the most fun! It just goes to show that you can have a blast without all that stuff. If I could, I’d totally get rid of cars for the most part. I think only people who really need them-like those with disabilities-should be using them. It drives me nuts when I see folks driving just a few hundred meters with their engines running, especially in Italy. It’s too silly, to put it lightly. This world is beautiful, but it’s being messed up by really thoughtless choices of many.
❤️❤️❤️ Yes I think people need to be empowered and unfortunately these companies are allowed to put whatever they want into - whatever they want! I’m actually surprised here in the country side, ppl never leave their cars running - maybe because of finances? At least that’s a positive about the cars here 😅
@@SagaJohanna I'm so happy about it. I've been in the countryside of Lazio and Toscana and they would use cars. Of course nothing compared to the cities in which, if you use the bike, some silly people think you're " too poor to purchase a car", which is beyond sad. In a small town in Toscana, while they saw me walking everyday they would stop and ask me if I needed a lift, I answered I wanted to walk, that I cared about my health and some though it was crazy. At least in Sweden this is normal.
Well, what about headphones made of plastic, or keyboard bottoms, and a even in linen shirts bottoms made of plastics? Also medical syringes, and surgery instruments as well. What’s the way? Glass syringes would be a way more expensive and reusable - which would make them less hygienic and a risk of broken. Keyboard buttons made of wood? Or metal? It would add a way more weight in the era of making laptops more light. And buttons on a shirts if they would be made of stones or metal would extremely hight their prices and couldn’t be posing as mass products. Also in the water crane there is a water gird made of plastics too (at the top of the crane in your bathroom, but they could be easily removed). Also water tubes which are parts of home water communications systems are also made of plastic, and metal are rusting fast and degrading fast. Also a lot of people using nylon brushes in toothbrushes, and even a natural brush has a plastic handle. Pillows buy the way could be made of a buckwheat husk, I use them, but for many people they seems very or extremely rigid too sleep and pain if you sleep on the sides. Toothpaste could be replaced by a toothpowder which doesn’t contains micro plastic. We also use it in our outdoors , to avoid use toothpaste straight in the water lakes. But anyway. There is a tons of products made of this material like I wrote about. Also some parts of washing machines for laundry, working with high temperatures or even all types of refrigerators with food is made of plastic. I don’t know even one company who does made their refrigerators with something else inside.
Hiiii Saga! How are you doing? Thank you for another great video, the nail polish one is so true, i literally never buy nail polish anymore for various reasons.
@@SagaJohannaAwww i'm well thank you! Yesss i also love certain colours of nail polish and I've still got quite a bit left from when i used to buy it but i wouldn't buy anymore ❤🧡💛
I’ve even heard that paper towels and toilet paper can have plastic 🫣 and be careful for your dental floss and toothbrush bristles! Most are made of plastic! It took me a very long time to find the plastic free variety. Even if you make your own toothpaste at home, you still could be eating micro plastics from your toothbrush! No wonder they say we eat a credit card worth of plastic a week. 😅
Thanks for this video, had no idea toothpaste contained plastic 😬 Thanks to your skincare video I swapped to natural products a while ago - and wanted to check the other items you mentioned in the links, but the skincare links all go to the toothpaste powder one - could you please share the links ? Thanks :)
Oh my gosh sorry! Thanks for pointing it out :) I’ve updated them and putting it here as well 🫐Antioxidant Serum/mix in oil www.iherb.com/pal/referral/pdp/GMP613?productId=47550&rcode=GMP613& 🍶EVOO for face oil/cleansing www.iherb.com/pal/referral/pdp/GMP613?productId=80660&rcode=GMP613& (Or Jojoba oil if I’m feeling fancy www.iherb.com/pal/referral/pdp/GMP613?productId=103669&rcode=GMP613&) 🫙Vitamin C www.iherb.com/pal/referral/pdp/GMP613?productId=24191&rcode=GMP613& (mix with water to make a serum) 🧴& sunscreen iherb.co/uZmgVEjE
@@SagaJohanna Oh no problem at all thanks so much for sharing them 🥰 Just have one quick question if that's alright, for the vitamin C - how much do you mix it? And then after do you put it on your face before sunscreen? Also just wanted to say really appreciate all your tips here in this channel, thank you for keeping us informed ❤ You opened my eyes to so many items that are not needed in our lives, and also to make better choices for our planet ❤
@@elentir-ca oh thank you! Full video coming on Friday, but I just apply the vitamin c serum in the evening, and I mix 30 g of water with 3 grams of vitamin c. 🙏
Cotton thread isn't good for machine sewing clothing, it breaks easily on the machine and can shrink, ruining the stitches. I think this is a case where polyester wins as the better option
Not in my experience! I only ever use cotton thread and I’ve never had it break ☺️ I know poly is stronger but most of my polyester clothing break, however my french seam linen clothing is extremely durable
The problem is that plastic and other oil based products are much cheaper and more accessible than their alternatives. By the way, I saw the tiny bats on your ig story 😂. Have you considered building a bat house for the little roommate?
Yes! I do wanna point out that it’s maybe more accessible for some people - but not for the companies! However we’ll be paying for it in the long run and then people of lower socioeconomic conditions will take the biggest hit:( And people who shop the most are people who can afford a better option. Yes for the bats…! I’m gonna finish the windows so they can move outside haha!
Here I am watching this video playing on a computer that's full of plastic, displaying on a monitor largely made of plastic, using a mouse and typing on a keyboard... you get the picture.
Something that bothered me about this video is that you just don't take into account that there are a lot of different types of plastic, and they all have different names and properties, so in the ingredients it is important to disclose which kind of plastic is included. So of course the ingredient list won't say plastic, it will include the name or chemical formula of the specific plastic included! It's like complaining that you weren't warned something had wood in it when the ingredient label says oak. It's not meant to deceive you into thinking there's no plastic there, it's just that just saying plastic is so broad it might as well be meaningless. If you care to avoid plastics, learn the different types or just Google the ingredients you don't understand.
This is about the plastic that was NOT on the ingredient list. For example, crayons - doesn’t often disclose ingredients. Gum base - doesn’t disclose plastic. Tempur - trade secrets. Thread - not included on the label. I have several videos on fabrics for example, with different types of plastic. This is a video about how companies deceive us. I’d be angry at them ;)
Enjoying this video whilst hand sewing some linen dungarees for my little lad (with cotton thread! Went through my sewing box last month and threw away all the polyester ones- had hung on to them ‘in case’ for a long while, but realised I was never again going to choose to lessen something I’ve bothered to sew by using plastic thread!) I made the whole plastic discovery a few years ago, and switched fully to reusable versions of things, buying natural fibres and materials when there was something I truly needed, quality over quantity… no glitter, nail varnish or chewing gum… it is empowering to make these changes! Paint I still haven’t got my head around though- haven’t figured out where to buy paint that doesn’t contain plastic. Lovely to see you speaking about these things
Oh that’s awesome!
Thanks so much ❤️ if you’re in a English speaking country VOC free paint is the way to go, where as in Sweden we have old fashioned paint 😅 it’s so confusing!
Thank you Saga so very nicely presented and thought provoking. I use my strimmer (weed whacker) much less now. Some plastic has taken the place of asbestos which was even more dangerous. Yes we need to approach the suppliers - if the products are there in the first place then people will buy. If paper springs back when you crumple it then it probably contains plastic. 🏵🌻
Tusen tak for this great and informative video Saga! Plastic is so very bad for the environment, but to think that people are ingesting it and causing a toxic environment in their very own bodies, well that's alarming ! You are so right in that it's the companies, and governments who are at fault, and ultimately it's all fueled by greed. Also, thank you for telling people to speak out and do something about it; here in the States it is way worse with horrific ingredients being allowed in many of our processed foods-processed foods are bad enough, but when you do an ingredient check, research on same, you will see that the United States FDA allows many ingredients to be put into foods that are outlawed in Europe...I do not know why, but I do know that we all need to take a stand over things like this. We live in a crazy world now, one that our grandparents never saw, and all the while we are seeing a rise in cancer and other illness, and we wonder why. This is why, because of a total lack of caring for people's well being, and instead focusing on the almighty dollar. I am very thankful there are people like you to speak out when it seems like the rest of us don't know how to be heard. I hope that our future will brighten as people care for themselves, and all of Nature. Maybe we can have far reaching effects if we only try~so grateful for you sweet Saga!🌱💝💖🌹
Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
hi saga, so excited for this video, i always love it when you talk about these things you inspire me so much to do better :)
Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much for thoroughly exploring this and sharing these sad and shocking discovery with us. Your open and curious mind and kind heart is deeply appreciated. ❤
Thank you so much ❤️
This list is mindblowing! omg, I can imagine now how many plastic goes through my body. esp with toothpast. it's scary
Right!!! Such important information so we can change products!
Jag som inte ens är troende ber just nu till högre makter att denna videon ska bli viral 🙏 Det är många som behöver veta detta. Så himla bra video! Tack Saga!
Jag hade inte koll på grästrimmern. Ska flytta till hus i höst så är glad att jag fick vet detta 😊
Åh tusen tack!!!! ☺️
Ja eller hur! Jag blev så chockad !! Lycka till med huset 🙏❤️
@@SagaJohanna Tack ❤
Thank you! Excellent!
looooved this video, there's so much plastic in everything it's actually scary
Glass jars for storage are endlessly recyclable and wood is more aesthetically pleasing.
That’s true for storage! And so easy to get if you eat foods like olives or jam ☺️
Great video! This drives me crazy!! I have clothes that say 100% organic cotton but they’re stretchy so you know they can’t actually be 100%.
Thank you! And that’s crazy!!!
cotton fabric can be stretchy. If you're still skeptical you can test the fabric at home, there are lots of ways to do it
Thank you for the list, it is very educational, even though it makes me a bit sad.
Thank you ❤️ yes it can be overwhelming
Godmorgon my Angel! I am totally with you on this subject! I actually watched several videos this week on how there are so many people with micro-plastic in their bodies, in the environment/products and it is showing up in fetuses! Have a great week! KRAM
It’s crazy isn’t it! Thanks for watching ☺️
@@SagaJohanna Yes it is! I have never trusted plastic for a long while. And use as little as possible. I always thought things never seem to taste right in plastic. Especially bottled water. I prefer glass. Have a great week! I always look forward to your videos!
Even gum and toothpaste?!?!?! No wonder so many illnesses like cancer and autoimmune disease are on the rise. One item that really irked me because I found out it contained a type of plastic is laundry detergent sheets. It's like we can't win, no matter what we use!
Those are the most shocking ones to me too! Detergent sheets are really bad yes :( I recommend doing your own! I’ve just started!! I bought Nancy Birthwhistle’s book and I no longer feel overwhelmed! I highly recommend it and will make a video on it soon ❤️
It would be amazing if you can share with us all you alternatives to all those products & more in a video ! thank you for sharing your knowledge with us :)
Oh such a great point! Will do ❤️ currently making a video on cleaning products but should do plastic free stuff!
@@SagaJohanna Wonderful 🙂
And.. we’re on the same wavelength about this too. Honestly, it doesn’t surprise me at all. In addition to that, as we previously discussed it, it’s wild how some families are having like ten kids without the means to really take care of them. You see kids getting all this junk instead of what they really need, and it’s just sad.
As for me, I don’t drink, smoke, or do drugs, but when I hit the dance floor, I’m the one having the most fun! It just goes to show that you can have a blast without all that stuff.
If I could, I’d totally get rid of cars for the most part. I think only people who really need them-like those with disabilities-should be using them. It drives me nuts when I see folks driving just a few hundred meters with their engines running, especially in Italy. It’s too silly, to put it lightly.
This world is beautiful, but it’s being messed up by really thoughtless choices of many.
❤️❤️❤️
Yes I think people need to be empowered and unfortunately these companies are allowed to put whatever they want into - whatever they want!
I’m actually surprised here in the country side, ppl never leave their cars running - maybe because of finances? At least that’s a positive about the cars here 😅
@@SagaJohanna I'm so happy about it. I've been in the countryside of Lazio and Toscana and they would use cars. Of course nothing compared to the cities in which, if you use the bike, some silly people think you're " too poor to purchase a car", which is beyond sad. In a small town in Toscana, while they saw me walking everyday they would stop and ask me if I needed a lift, I answered I wanted to walk, that I cared about my health and some though it was crazy. At least in Sweden this is normal.
Well, what about headphones made of plastic, or keyboard bottoms, and a even in linen shirts bottoms made of plastics? Also medical syringes, and surgery instruments as well. What’s the way? Glass syringes would be a way more expensive and reusable - which would make them less hygienic and a risk of broken. Keyboard buttons made of wood? Or metal? It would add a way more weight in the era of making laptops more light. And buttons on a shirts if they would be made of stones or metal would extremely hight their prices and couldn’t be posing as mass products. Also in the water crane there is a water gird made of plastics too (at the top of the crane in your bathroom, but they could be easily removed). Also water tubes which are parts of home water communications systems are also made of plastic, and metal are rusting fast and degrading fast. Also a lot of people using nylon brushes in toothbrushes, and even a natural brush has a plastic handle.
Pillows buy the way could be made of a buckwheat husk, I use them, but for many people they seems very or extremely rigid too sleep and pain if you sleep on the sides. Toothpaste could be replaced by a toothpowder which doesn’t contains micro plastic. We also use it in our outdoors , to avoid use toothpaste straight in the water lakes.
But anyway. There is a tons of products made of this material like I wrote about. Also some parts of washing machines for laundry, working with high temperatures or even all types of refrigerators with food is made of plastic. I don’t know even one company who does made their refrigerators with something else inside.
Hiiii Saga! How are you doing? Thank you for another great video, the nail polish one is so true, i literally never buy nail polish anymore for various reasons.
Hi Alma! Good how are you? Thank you 🙏 sometimes I miss nail polish because I used to do nail art, but I could never buy it again! So crazy 😳
@@SagaJohannaAwww i'm well thank you! Yesss i also love certain colours of nail polish and I've still got quite a bit left from when i used to buy it but i wouldn't buy anymore ❤🧡💛
Thank you for this video. 💓💓💓
You’re welcome ❤️❤️❤️
but your tooth powder comes in a plastic bottle. that's not good either.
I’ve even heard that paper towels and toilet paper can have plastic 🫣 and be careful for your dental floss and toothbrush bristles! Most are made of plastic! It took me a very long time to find the plastic free variety. Even if you make your own toothpaste at home, you still could be eating micro plastics from your toothbrush! No wonder they say we eat a credit card worth of plastic a week. 😅
Thanks for this video, had no idea toothpaste contained plastic 😬 Thanks to your skincare video I swapped to natural products a while ago - and wanted to check the other items you mentioned in the links, but the skincare links all go to the toothpaste powder one - could you please share the links ? Thanks :)
Oh my gosh sorry! Thanks for pointing it out :) I’ve updated them and putting it here as well 🫐Antioxidant Serum/mix in oil www.iherb.com/pal/referral/pdp/GMP613?productId=47550&rcode=GMP613&
🍶EVOO for face oil/cleansing www.iherb.com/pal/referral/pdp/GMP613?productId=80660&rcode=GMP613&
(Or Jojoba oil if I’m feeling fancy www.iherb.com/pal/referral/pdp/GMP613?productId=103669&rcode=GMP613&)
🫙Vitamin C www.iherb.com/pal/referral/pdp/GMP613?productId=24191&rcode=GMP613& (mix with water to make a serum)
🧴& sunscreen iherb.co/uZmgVEjE
@@SagaJohanna Oh no problem at all thanks so much for sharing them 🥰 Just have one quick question if that's alright, for the vitamin C - how much do you mix it? And then after do you put it on your face before sunscreen? Also just wanted to say really appreciate all your tips here in this channel, thank you for keeping us informed ❤ You opened my eyes to so many items that are not needed in our lives, and also to make better choices for our planet ❤
@@elentir-ca oh thank you! Full video coming on Friday, but I just apply the vitamin c serum in the evening, and I mix 30 g of water with 3 grams of vitamin c. 🙏
@@SagaJohanna Amazing looking forward to the video 😍
Coffee filters and tea bags
Yes!!
Cotton thread isn't good for machine sewing clothing, it breaks easily on the machine and can shrink, ruining the stitches. I think this is a case where polyester wins as the better option
Not in my experience! I only ever use cotton thread and I’ve never had it break ☺️ I know poly is stronger but most of my polyester clothing break, however my french seam linen clothing is extremely durable
The problem is that plastic and other oil based products are much cheaper and more accessible than their alternatives. By the way, I saw the tiny bats on your ig story 😂. Have you considered building a bat house for the little roommate?
Yes! I do wanna point out that it’s maybe more accessible for some people - but not for the companies! However we’ll be paying for it in the long run and then people of lower socioeconomic conditions will take the biggest hit:( And people who shop the most are people who can afford a better option.
Yes for the bats…! I’m gonna finish the windows so they can move outside haha!
Plus, every human unintentionally eats on average the mass of a credit card in (micro)plastic every year.
Impressive.
Even more the reason to stop buying these products 🙏
Mica is from nature and resembles glitter
Yes that’s true! However still unethical because it’s mined by children :(
❤
Here I am watching this video playing on a computer that's full of plastic, displaying on a monitor largely made of plastic, using a mouse and typing on a keyboard... you get the picture.
Yes…! I’m responding to you in the same way! ❤️
Menstruation cup is plastic though
Something that bothered me about this video is that you just don't take into account that there are a lot of different types of plastic, and they all have different names and properties, so in the ingredients it is important to disclose which kind of plastic is included. So of course the ingredient list won't say plastic, it will include the name or chemical formula of the specific plastic included!
It's like complaining that you weren't warned something had wood in it when the ingredient label says oak. It's not meant to deceive you into thinking there's no plastic there, it's just that just saying plastic is so broad it might as well be meaningless.
If you care to avoid plastics, learn the different types or just Google the ingredients you don't understand.
This is about the plastic that was NOT on the ingredient list. For example, crayons - doesn’t often disclose ingredients. Gum base - doesn’t disclose plastic. Tempur - trade secrets. Thread - not included on the label. I have several videos on fabrics for example, with different types of plastic. This is a video about how companies deceive us. I’d be angry at them ;)