How to refuse from plastic

Until recently, household items were manufactured from natural materials that are fashionable today. But at the beginning of the last century plastic became widespread, and a synthetic revolution began. What then seemed like a breakthrough, today became Problem # 1 - plastic waste, like cancer, penetrate into the planet, poisoning it.

Modern life is impossible without plastic. Medicine, construction, chemical industry and other industries do not have an alternative, but the garbage spots in the ocean are formed not from syringes and building materials. PET bottles and bags, disposable cups and lunch boxes make up the bulk of the garbage drifting in its waters, which means it's worth to start cleaning up your own life.

Garbage spots in the ocean consist of plastic waste, photo WEB

There is nothing easier than to refuse from plastic bags. Fabric and bamboo bags, shopping bags are an excellent substitute - environmentally friendly and convenient. Take an accessory with you and do not overpay for rustling trash, whose mountains are then kept somewhere "just in case". It's easy to refuse from garbage bags if you get a useful habit every evening to throw garbage out of a bucket. Then enough to rinse and wipe it.

Another "relative" of packages of all stripes is hospital shoe covers. They are convenient to use, but there is nothing complicated in taking there a change of shoes.

Bags of fabric - an excellent alternative to plastic bags, photo WEB

Now take a look at your usual set of products and household chemicals. There exactly was a place for PET bottles. And this is one of the most common types of garbage on the planet. Give preference to household chemicals in cardboard boxes. Previously, it was difficult to find decent products in such a packing, but today more and more companies are becoming "green". With their products, you take care not only of ecology, but also your own health.

By the way, organic cosmetics stores offer dry shampoos, deodorants and toothpaste, packed in cardboard. And in the nearest market for certain it is possible to buy dairy production in own glass container. Does the farm milk compare to the surrogate from tetrapak? The same applies to tea, coffee and cereals - take them by weight. By the way, an excellent solution for a shopping trip is a woven basket.

Use your own glass bottle when buying milk, photo WEB

As for drinks, the flasks, beautiful bottles, thermoses, thermo-cups and cups for coffee have become fashionable. At home, you can prepare useful detox drinks in advance and take them with you, but in the coffee house you will not surprise anyone if you ask to pour a cup of an invigorating drink into your own glass.

Refuse from disposable dishes, because, among other things, it is also toxic. For trips to nature it is better to buy a camp kit - easy and maximally functional. And at work, get an individual set of dishes. In Japan, by the way, people carry their own sticks for sushi. Such an accessory can be very expensive and even inlaid with precious stones. We will not go to extremes, but why not take a spoon with a fork wrapped in a napkin so that you do not use disposable ones?

Refuse from disposable dishes, photo WEB

The plastic boom also touched children's toys. Do not develop in the child the principles of the consumer society - buy one toy from natural material, and not a mountain of plastic consumer goods. The same approach is more healthy in terms of clothes. Give preference to natural tissues and protect yourself from allergies, and ecology - from synthetic fibers.

Plastic is also part of the components and housings of household appliances and electronic gadgets. It is difficult to refuse them, but you can at least not throw them out after a breakdown, but give them up for recycling or sell.

Plastic garbage does not lie literally under our feet, and therefore the problem does not yet seem significant. But in a few years it will affect everyone. Everyone makes his choice and in this case it is not complicated - start to change the planet from yourself, do not be afraid to seem odd, show an example, and the idea will be picked up by others.

Victoria Romanova, Russia, Moscow

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