REDUCE YOUR PLASTIC USE

     

 You wake up this morning and go to brush your teeth. you then go get dressed and take a shirt and pair of pants off your hangers in your closet. Before leaving for work, you pack your lunch for the day and put your sandwich in ziplock bag, pack a to go fork and knife packet, grab a water bottle, and use a grocery bag to hold your items.

                           in just the 30 minutes it took you to get ready for the day, you used 7 plastic items, which could easily be replaced with more sustainable products, that will most likely find their way into the ocean where it will there into a threat for marine life. 

                                                                Plastic Toothbrush
                                                             Plastic Clothes Hanger

                                                             Plastic Sandwich Bag
                                                                    Plastic Fork
                                                                    Plastic Knife
                                                             Plastic Water Bottle

                                                             Plastic Grocery Bag

We have come up with 10 ways you can reduce your plastic consumption to help create a more hopeful future for the fate of our ocean. 

1. Say no to plastic Straws 

                                            Think about, when we ordered coffee at a cafe , we don't use straw to drink it. So why do we used a straw foe your water or soda? Saying no to single-use straws it easier then you think.

                           2. Bring a reusable shopping bag with us
 
 Most reusable bags are only about 99 cents a small investment to
help out a planet.




3. Get the hang using wire hanger

                                            Almost any other type of hanger is better than the plastic.

                                                  

                                         4. Get rid of the plastic water bottle

Most stores and many companies make a variety of reusable water bottles made in all sizes, shapes and materials, there is no reason to continue to use plastic water bottle.

5. Pack your lunch in glass containers instead of plastic. 

                 There are many brands that make glass containers with lids for all of your packed food needs.

                                                                  6. Stop using plastic cutlery

Before you take your food, make sure to ask for no plastic fork, spoon or knife. if you are taking the food home you have silverware readily available and do not need to want the plastic cutlery. 

7. Swap out your plastic Toothbrush 

                  Every single toothbrush affects the environment. One billion plastic toothbrush are thrown out every single year, creating about 50 million pounds of waste annually.

                                                           8. Choose metal over plastic razors

A metal razor may be a little heavier to hold than a plastic one, but the long term result of discarded plastic razor is even heavier on the heart.