Trisha ’s Reviews > Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too > Status Update

"Mixture: 1 part white vinegar (which comes in a glass bottle) to 2 parts water with a few drops of tea tree oil as an all-purpose spray cleaner. I use it on countertops, windows, mirrors, appliances, and even to clean up after my rascally kitties when they forget that pooping near the litter box is not the same as pooping in it. I store it in a repurposed spray bottle."

"The greenest choice was something I already had rather than buying something new."

Phil Rozinski insisted that the only thing stopping Hilex from making bags out of 100 percent recycled material is color. Because of the printing dyes used in plastic bags, you can't make a white bag out of 100 percent recycled material. So the company encourages retailers to switch to tan or gray bags, which can contain more recycled content.

Through Hilex Poly's Bag-2-Bag col- lection system, it recovers used plastic bags and incorporates them, along with other types of film and even some jugs and containers, into new plastic bags.