Well, hello there friends and welcome back. I am Stephanie Safarian and you are listening to

episode 135 of the Sustainable Minimalist podcast. On today's show, we are discussing five actionable ways you can extend your plastic-free efforts beyond July. Now July is over,

plastic-free July is a thing of the past,

and my goal for you with this episode

is to take the hard work that you did all July into August with five new steps.

Now if you are a long time listener and you are thinking to yourself right now,

oh my gosh, an episode on plastic-free tips.

We've done this before.

You're right.

You're a good listener, good ears.

I have done this before.

However, the five strategies we are talking about today to extend your

plastic-free efforts we have never talked about on this show before never.

Now before we get into anything today, I just want to say a huge thank you to the

ten of you here in America who listened to me last week, asked for your podcast reviews. Thank you so much to the 10 of you and

counting who heard my cry and gave reviews on Apple Podcast for this show last week. So thank you so much if you're an international

listener and you left me a review. I have not seen it yet. There's a little bit of a lag with the

international reviews, but thank you so much from the bottom of my heart to all of you.

Now this week's show notes you can find them at mama minimalist dot com forward slash 135 that's mamamamamimalist dot com forward

slash one three five before we get into those five strategies a little review as to what we've talked about before on this show

If you are listening and you are wondering well what's so bad with plastic

Remember that 40% of the plastic that is created each year in America

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