Even things that don't use plastic packaging have plastics in their packaging - airtight seals on the inside of jar lids and the coating on the inside of soup cans come to mind. Can definitely reduce plastic consumption but I don't think going plastic free is possible unless you're raising your own food and the seeds/feed also come in plastic free packaging..
Yeah we mostly want one for the space savings and our constant forgetting of moving stuff to the dryer, think it'd be nice to just throw in one machine and come back to finished laundry later.
Can't help with the towels sticking issue, but how do you like the unit? Wife and I are considering getting one of those GE heat pump combo units this year.
I mean, I was, because the goal was to make a star..