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How My Kitchen Is Saving The Planet
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Mar 27, 2025
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If I can get rid of all of these..
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In this video, we'll be assessing the products that we buy on a regular basis
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which may have a detrimental impact on our environment, and find ways to substitute them for an equal-friendly alternative
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So these are the products I use regularly. The amount of waste I contribute to the earth just from my kitchen alone
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Now, this is nothing and it will obviously vary dependent on the individual. So it might be more, it might be less, but this is on average what I'm contributing to global warming
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Right, let's take a closer look. Boxes of cereal, I get through about once a week
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Now I can descend on it in about two to three days, but that's when I'm overzealous
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But on average, about once a week. So in a month, that's 4.3 boxes
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In a year, 52 paper boxes that I'm contributing to the earth
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That's just one of them. Juice, I'll say probably about once a week as well
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In a year, also 52. Milk twice a week. 104 of these in a year I'm wasting
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Only me. there are 7 billion people in this earth this is only me drinks
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probably about once a week as well 52 of these water will say once a week as well
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now I know there are people that drink water every day and I think the recommended average
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is to drink one litre every single day so you can imagine how much they're actually wasting
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but for me we can say one to two a week butter will say once a month
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so in a year this is 12 washing up liquid now I get through one of these a month so in a year that's 12
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paper towels I reckon one every two weeks so that's two a month oh in a year that's 24
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these cleaning products I would say it probably lost me once a month as well so in a year 12 of these
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cleaning sponges these I get through one probably every two weeks So that's two a month, which is 24
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Now, these, I don't think people actually buy Tupperware. I think you get them from when you order takeaway
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although some people do buy them to try and meal prep. But once you have it, you pretty much have it
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But it is a big contributor to global warming and the destruction of the planet
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Now, there are other little niggly bits like grape packaging or blueberry packaging or yogurt cans or coffee cups
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but we're going to leave those out for now. But we're going to focus on regular everyday products that we buy on a continuous basis
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Now the thing is, it's so easy to drink a carton of juice or milk and just chalk it away without thinking about it
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But when you start to calculate the numbers, you realize how shocking it actually is
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The average amount of milk drank in a year in the UK is about 70 litres
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So that's 70 of these. Now, you times that by the percentage of people who drink
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milk which is also about 70 Now 70 of the UK population is 46 Now you times that by 70 bottles cans of milk
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you get 3,283 million. But we don't need to complicate it. 3 billion bottles, cans, and packaging of milk
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Where is all this packaging going? And this is for milk alone
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and in the UK alone. If you're wondering where all this goes
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we'll cover it in a future topic on recycling, so you can look forward to that
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Right now, we're getting back to the topic. If I can get rid of all of these
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and replace them with sustainable products, then I'm doing my bit. So come with me
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If you head over to IKEA, you'll find a range of reusable containers for just about anything
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They've got topperwares, jars and bottles, some made with glass and some made with plastic
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And they range anywhere from 2 and 10 pounds, all durable and reusable
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So I've just had a look at the cupboard and realised there are a ton more. products that use plastic packaging that we buy on a regular basis. But for this video, we'll
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stick to the very basics. And from the very basics, you can apply them to every other product
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So with vegetable oil, you know you just need to get yourself a bottle where you can refill the
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oil with tin tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, with salt, maybe a tin where you go and like collect the salts
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This is everything I'll need. Let's go. All right, this is the odds of zero living
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This is where you can get all the eco-friendly alternatives to the household products we currently have
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I'm going to walk in, see what products they have, see which ones I can buy, see how much they cost
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see how it can benefit me. As much as I want to save the planet
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it has to be convenient to me over the long run in terms of money
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and in terms of usability. So let's find out. All right, here we are
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Now, we've got a list of items we're looking for. We need to replace our cereal box
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We need to replace our washing up liquid, milk, butter, Tupperware, juice and drinks
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kitchen towel, cleaning products, washing up sponge, and oil with a question mark
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All right, here's a quick ad break to thank the sponsor of this video, Acer
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It's made with recycled plastic, can you believe it? So it uses 30% PCR2 plastic in its chassis and screen vessel and 50% in its key caps and audio speakers
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So this completely pioneers a solution with, full PCR integration into a laptop. It's been designed to be long-lasting and upgradeable and
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easily repairable happy days And even the packaging it came in is made from recycled paper cards and neutral fibers and designed to be reused as a laptop stand
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Yes, please. So click the link in description to find out more. Okay, so first we'll start with cereal
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Let's see what alternatives they have for purchasing cereal every single week without adding to global destruction
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Okay, so with cereal, they've got four types. They've got the puffed rice, which is the equivalent to rice crispy's
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They've got chocolate stars, you can say maybe cocoa cups, somewhat similar
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They've got cornflakes and they've got bran flakes. So we get four options
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I'm sure other stores have more options. Okay, so I've weighed the container
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We have the weight of it. So now once I add the cereal, we'll just subtract the weight from the whole thing
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All right, so I decided to make it easy and just have cornflakes
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Okay, next up we've got milk. Milk was a scary example I used, about 3 billion plastic or paper packages going to waste
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every single year just from the UK. Scary. I've got my glass bottle, which is reusable and I'm about to fill it up with some milk
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Let's see how much it cost me. Okay, now I'm not sure how much this is or how long you'll last me
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but I guess it makes me more conscious and brings more awareness to the amount of milk I drink
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which might be unnecessary, and it makes me probably save some more money
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Now, there are honestly so much products in this shop that I couldn't cover it all in one video
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So there might be a part two, part three, part four of just the kitchen alone
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After that, we'll move to the bathroom and then we do like laundry and other like random bits
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in the house so I'm excited about this series definitely stay tuned kitchen tower now
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these are bamboo kitchen towels they're reusable up to 1,700 uses which means you can wash
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them and reuse them happy days I think it might be a cloth so instead of buying loads of
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paper towels every like two weeks or so. Here you go, 1,700 uses. Washing up liquid
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Now here they've got gallons where you can refill your washing up liquid container
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So I know it's exciting to want to go eco-friendly and try to get rid of all the containers you already have
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But reusing it is actually the best way to be eco-friendly. So whichever washing up liquid container you have at the moment, all you do is simply bring it down
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we feel it and keep using it until until you can't use it anymore then you can buy something
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more durable which will last maybe a few years but at the moment everything that works
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keep using it washing up sponges now i get through those quite a fair bit um over here
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they have a few variations of washing up sponges i've decided to go for this one
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Okay, dogs, and that is it for now. I am excited to literally just delve through this whole archive and inventory of products but we going to go through it in little sections starting with the kitchen all right and here are our eco alternatives for cereal we have
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a container which you just refill every week or every month the container cost me four pound at ikea it's strong
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durable and can be used for a variety of products. The cereal inside cost me £3.28
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which is about double the price of the equivalent Kellogg's Cornplace. Milk
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I've had this glass container for quite some time. We can grab one at IKEA for two to three pounds
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They're made of glass and they're pretty durable. The milk inside costs me £1.10
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Washing up sponge. This cost £4.25 for a £4.25 for a £1.000
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a two-pack. It's plastic-free, compostable and biodegradable. Plus, it says tree-planted for every sponge sold
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which means you're also upsetting future carbons you may create. Washing up liquid. This was 29 cents per
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100 grams, which equates to £1.31 for 450 grams. Kitchen towel. This costs £8.75
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which I think is well worth it because you reuse each sheet up to 85 times
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and they're 100% made from sustainable sources. Butter This costs £2.25, we can find dairy options for a lot cheaper
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And you can grab a container at IKEA for £5.5.000. Plastic topware
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This costs £5.50 at IKEA. It's made of glass and bamboo and comes in different shapes and sizes
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These containers can easily replace any cans, plastic or paper packaging that you purchase on a regular basis
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They only cost a few pounds and will last you months, if not years, of use
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They work as eco-friendly alternatives and are great as a first step in creating a sustainable household
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So this eco-friendly direction that everyone's going, the prices will be fairly expensive
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But the more people who join and adopt this, it gets a lot of full
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affordable, a lot more affordable. All right, now let me know what you think in the description
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Let me know what products you'd like to see me cover in the next video
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And let me know which ones you've swapped so far, which ones you haven't swapped, which ones you'll be looking to swap
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In the next video, we've got quite an exciting lineup, including tin tomatoes and like juice and like other random bits, oil
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So yeah, I'm quite excited. Stay tuned and look forward to the next video
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And I'll see you guys in the next one
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