5 Way to Reduce Plastic Use in our Daily Life

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Plastic straws? Plastic shopping? Surely you are no stranger to these two things that accompany your day, and you must have used them every day at least 1 time. Have you ever thought where will the plastic be discarded? Most of the plastic that you use every day will be collected at the plastic recycling site and will be recycled so that it does not pollute the environment. But based on data from bbc.com, of the 100% plastic waste produced, 69% of them go to landfills and only 7% are recycled, 24% pollute the environment. Wow, 24% is very influential on our environment, which at this time has begun to be polluted by plastic, especially marine life. Ergo, let us reduce the usage of plastic by applying these tips in our daily life.

1. Bring your own reusable shopping bag

Why should we bring our own reusable shopping bags? Well, usable bags are strong and can be used for many years’ worth of shopping trips. They also can carry far more weight than plastic bags. Shopping incentives. Many grocery stores provide discounts and program points if you bag with reusable bags.

2. Use your own Drinking Water Bottle

In order to reduce the usage of plastic bottle, it is advised to bring our own bottle. Not only we reduce the usage of plastic bottle, using our own bottles reduce the chance that we might drink from a plastic water bottle that contains dangerous chemical substance.

3. Stop using plastic straws, spoons and forks

Disposable plastic items such as straws, spoons and forks contribute most to plastic waste. So, use a straw, a reusable spoon and fork and reject the offer of plastic items from restaurant that still use plastic.

4. Bring your own lunch box

Usually when you buy meal from outside and you choose to wrap the meal, you will usually be given a lot of plastic to wrap them. If you are not the type of person who cooks every day and cannot cook every day, try to bring your own lunch box. When you want to wrap your meal, use the lunch box instead.

5. Use a jar to store your food

Instead of plastic wrap, use a glass-based bottle to store excess products such as flour, cooking spices, or body care products because they are a lot safer than using some cheap plastic that might damage your products.

Now those are 5 ways to minimize the use of plastic, easy right? Change your bad habits from excessive usage of plastic to be the people who use reusable items and make the earth a better place. Change always comes from small things, and now it’s time we change our bad habits for a better environment and reduce pollution.