The McSisters are taking a break from blogging to focus on efforts to support political candidates who act to protect our environment, our health, our communities, and our democracy.

Join millions of people reducing their plastic waste.

Exciting times ahead for McSister Barbara. . . My wonderful supportive husband, David Doht, and I are heading to Singapore for the Rotary International Convention.

It’s a bit daunting and discouraging to learn as we did in our coffee cup blog that we in the United States dispose of 50 billion coffee cups a year – wow!

Did you know that recent statistics suggest that every year 50 billion disposable cups are used in the United States – and nearly all of those cups are lined with plastic and used with plastic lids?

Today is Earth Day – a day to highlight the importance of protecting the environment and to take actions to protect the environment for future generations. The theme for this year’s Earth Day is Planet vs. Plastic.

I started Zero Waste Outlet in 2019, as a small family business.

Valentine's Day is coming up in only a couple of weeks on Wednesday Feb. 14th.

Today is the one-year anniversary of our McSisters Tackle Plastic blog. Thank you subscribers!

With Julie Andrews singing Rodgers and Hammerstein’s song “My Favorite Things” inspiring us, we McSisters have made a list of our favorite plastic free things.

The McSisters are taking this message directly from one of our supporters – Beyond Plastics (https://www.beyondplastics.org).

The McSisters wish to thank and acknowledge our subscribers for reading our blogs and sending us some great feedback and suggestions.

You may have noticed if you are passionate and committed to making a difference in an area of life that is important to you, that not everyone feels the same. It can be a bit frustrating at times. But you don’t give up.

We McSisters have typically celebrated Thanksgiving with our loved ones enjoying a big turkey dinner complete with stuffing, mashed potatoes, veggie dishes cranberry sauce, and, of course, pumpkin pie.

We McSisters love our gardens. In the last few years, I have learned how the plastic industry found its way into our gardens. In this blog, we are only addressing home gardens. Plastic use in industrial agriculture is a huge topic itself.

We McSisters love the holidays and they are quickly upon us. Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on October 31.

We were delighted when our friend Cathy, who, like us, looks for ways to reduce single-use plastic in her life, offered to share her yogurt recipe.