If you don’t live near a landfill, you hardly understand how polluted the planet is, how much waste people produce annually and how difficult it is to dispose of. Of course, you can close your eyes to the problem, because you can’t do anything alone. The problem with garbage is unlikely to affect you, let our descendants deal with plastic, ozone holes, poor ecology and more. However, the problem will not affect you until the landfill appears near your house, which is quite possible. And then you think about it and go to the rally so that the garbage can or the processing plant is moved to another place. Moreover, the situation is unlikely to change radically.
To solve the problem, just start with yourself.
The best way to reduce plastic waste is to use it less in everyday life.
Plastic bags, disposable coffee cups, food containers in which we buy lunch for work - all this is at least 8 tons of plastic, which subsequently pollutes the oceans and poses a threat to wildlife and human health.
Only 9% of the indicated volume of waste goes to processing plants.
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What is this for you?
Reducing the amount of waste can not only reduce damage to nature or humans in the future, but also reduce financial costs, if the harm from landfills is of little interest to you.
It seems that the cheapness of such packages has little effect on the budget, but this is not so. In addition, if you look around, you will understand that you buy a lot of plastic and use it daily.
The author of the book “101 Ways to Get Rid of Plastic, ” Catherine Kellogg believes that such a solution will help significantly reduce costs. In addition, she independently creates cleaning products and tries to dispose of waste on her own. So the author managed to save about $ 6, 000 a year compared to the average American. Of course, in Russia the numbers will be different, but you still save a pretty nice amount in the budget.
What can be reused?
To reduce the amount of waste, it’s enough to either not buy plastic or reuse it (this also applies to any waste).
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Lauren Singer, the founder of the Trash blog (which means “garbage” in translation), advises you to review your trash can (figuratively, of course) and choose from it, for starters, one thing to reuse again.
So you begin to reduce your waste.
The following are a few ways from Singer and Callog, which will help reduce the amount of plastic used.
Reusable Shopping Bags
Every time you go to the supermarket, bring a fabric bag for groceries with you. For example, I belong to those people who always forget her at home and remember only at the box office. To do this, you can buy several fabric "Avosek", they are sold in a supermarket and cost a penny. Put one in the different bags that you take with you, or several in the car.
Gradually, this will become a habit, and you will stop forgetting them.
In addition, it will allow you to get rid of the mountain of plastic bags that are stored at home (“bag with bags”).
Reusable bags are easy to wash. Most likely, they will last for several months of constant use. And they do not look so miserable as packages from Auchan or from Pyaterochka. In addition, you can choose a neutral design without inscriptions like "I am for a clean life" or "I am against cutting down trees" so as not to attract attention.
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Tubes and plastic covers
If you do not drink cocktails daily, it will be easy for you to refuse the tubes, although they cost a penny and are sold in packs.
If you drink coffee at Starbucks or at mobile coffee shops on the side of the road, do not bring the lid with you. Most often, a drink spills from it, and you throw it away anyway. Yes, someone behind you will still buy coffee with a lid, but you are well done because you have done your duty and you can be proud of yourself (+1, as they say, to karma).
It would be cool to refuse plastic cups if you can carry reusable dishes with you. It can also be made of plastic, only thick, but it can be used many, many times.
Water filter
In order not to buy water in the store, you can draw it at home from the filter into the same bottle. So you will save money, since one half-liter bottle traditionally costs about 50 rubles. In addition, you can control the purity of the consumed water, because you will regularly change the filter. And it will come out cheaper than the daily purchase of water, which you consume is not exactly half a liter.
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In addition, you can buy a stylish bottle and carry it with you.
Stainless steel bottle
If you buy a bottle of stainless steel, you can pour water or hot drinks into it. Such an item will serve you for several years. And in restaurants and cafes, you can traditionally pour free drinking water if you need it without making an order.
If there is no such function in your cafe, then you can always leave a negative review about it, and then such a service will appear.
Own container
The remains of food from the order in a cafe or restaurant can be folded into their containers and taken home. Traditionally, this service is provided, but employees pack everything in plastic dishes. If you have your own, you can easily pack and pick up the rest of the order yourself, no one will mind.
If you take away food, you can also ask them to pack in your containers.
Soap dispenser
Liquid soap can be bought in bags, not bottles. For use at home, it can be poured into a special dispenser. A huge number of soap dispensers are made in stores, made of various materials, including stone. Such devices look very elegant and expensive. Enough of them for a long time. And you do not have to overpay each time for packaging and a plastic soap dispenser.
If desired, soap can be made independently.
Cosmetical tools
To refuse cosmetics for a woman at all will be practically unrealistic. Therefore, you can reduce its consumption.
Remember how many cosmetics you buy and what part of the purchased you use until the end? By myself, I know that out of 20 lipsticks at home I use 1 or 2, because the rest did not suit me according to the shade, although I very carefully chose or dried my lips, or I'm just too lazy to use them. In the end, I just redistribute them (this is at best) or throw them away when the expiration date ends.
Buy only what you will definitely use. If so it will be easier for you, choose a more expensive and high-quality cosmetics and do not exchange for cheap if you are not sure what you need.
