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"Americans, on average, toss out about three quarters of a pound of plastic
each day, according to researchers at Oxford University. Most of that trash
winds up in a landfill.
As someone who loves challenges and tries to live sustainably, I wanted to see
how hard it would be to live without plastic for a week. So, for seven days, I
challenged myself to avoid buying any new single-use plastics.
Rebecca Prince-Ruiz started the Plastic Free July movement in Australia in 2011
after realizing how much waste her city threw out.
She gave me some tips on living without plastic ahead of my experiment: carry
around reusable containers and utensils, enlist friends to do the challenge
with me and don’t get discouraged when I inevitably do use plastic, to name a
few.
Going into my plastic-free week, I set some rules for myself:
♻️ Cut out online shopping and food delivery
♻️ Fill my own containers in the bulk section of my grocery store
♻️ Carry a kit in my tote bag whenever I leave the house
♻️ And replace single-use plastics with plastic-free alternatives if any run
out
For the most part, I avoided buying new single-use plastics — but still
generated a pile of plastic waste from using up food and toiletries that I
already had."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
