What Can You Do To Help?
Whereas recycling can help minimize the amount of waste that ends up in landfills, wetlands, and habitats, most local councils can only recycle a few forms of plastics. Even if a portion of the waste is recycled, it still needs a lot of energy and water, which isn't a good deal when it comes to single-use products. Plastic waste that ends up in landfills and oceans takes hundreds of years to degrade, and the contaminants it releases into the atmosphere is causing growing concern.
Although, in our everyday lives, plastic is all around us, and removing it can be difficult.
Here are a few simple ways to get started.
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Bring your own shopping bag Bringing your own environmental bag is simple, though good advice for the climate, such good and effective advice that certain policymakers have adopted legislation to encourage people to do so. |
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Bring your own tumbler Bringing your own tumbler as a container, which is also refillable, is another way to reduce your plastic footprint. Available coffee cups can look like parchment, but they normally are lined with plastic resin, polyethylene. |
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Say no to straws Plastic straws are always a single-use item that is simply unnecessary, whether at home or while buying a drink at a bar or restaurant. |
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Rethink your food storage It's time to reconsider plastic baggies, plastic wraps, and plastic storage containers. Why not use jars or glass containers in the fridge? Glass and metal can last longer in the recycling stream because of their durability. |
Shop in Bulk
The kitchen generates the bulk of household plastic waste. Bringing your own bags and containers, as well as stocking up on bulk goods, is one of the most effective ways to eliminate packaging waste.
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