many marine animals may not only get entangled in plastic, but may ingest this long-lasting material, thinking it is food - washingtonpost/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/10/good-job-humans-the-ocean-now-contains-5-trillion-pieces-of-floating-plastic/ If we put our minds firmly to it, our plastic usage can be substantially reduced fairly easily. I can vouch for that from experience. It just takes a little bit of forethought and willingness. Off the top of my head, here are some of the things weve been practicing: Carry your own bags or defer the buying. Use reusable bottles, mugs/cups, dishes. Buy loose groceries from local shops in your own bags (which get reused) to the extent possible. Avoid packaged products wherever you can. This is meant to be illustrative; its clearly not an exhaustive list. PS: Reusable cups/mugs - and not paper cups - should be chosen, since A) paper cups are disposable and therefore no friends of the trees, B) most paper cups contain chemicals that make them non-biodegradable.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:35:24 +0000