Plastics have become a major concern for future
today, we are seeing the harmful impact created by plastic waste in day today
life. While adding a plastic waste always think of 3Rs, Reuse, Reduce and
Recycle and we think reduce is the best way to reduce the plastic waste. We
completely agree than today we can’t say no to plastic because it has become an
unavoidable part of our life but we can think of some practical alternatives
which is cost effective and easily available.
We will take you
through 7 most effective and practical ways to reduce plastics or plastic waste
which we all can apply in our day today without changing our normal or spending
an extra penny. If you can reduce plastic waste by even a single product you
are a super hero now, you saved our planet.
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Start with simple and
easy ways to reduce plastic. Start from you and start from the basic item.
Below are some 7 effective ways to reduce plastic waste in day today life.
1.No to Plastic Knifes
We all celebrates
birthday, may be ours or our friends or relatives and birthday cake is
something which cannot be avoided. Most of the shops still have plastic knifes
with the cake. Birthdays are celebrated in different ways but cake is a must
item. If 1 Lakh cakes are sold in a day and if 50% of that had plastic knifes
then 50k plastics are added every day, which is too much and these knifes are
useless and cannot be used for any other purpose. So next time when you buy a
cake ask for a wood knife or happily deny the plastic knife. Instead of this
plastic knifes use wood or steel knifes when can be used multiple times. We
think this is a very simple step we all can take to save our planet from
plastics.
2. No to plastic straws
Straws are very common
and become our part of life when comes to having cold drinks specially from
outside. We consider straws as a step towards hygiene or a matter of comfort or
a practise we used too. Next time when you have any cold drink think two points
– Are you contributing to plastic waste or is it clean. So next time just say
no to plastic straws or if you want a straw ask for paper or bamboo or other
bio degraded straws which are easily available in market now. You can even use
steel straws which can be used for longer period and can be washed or sterilized.
These straws are becoming a great threat for nature, so your simple no can save
our oceans and planet.
3.No to disposable plastic cutlery
Plastics plates, glass
and spoons are ruling the weddings or parties & these plastic wastes are
great concern now. Not only in parties we even our day-to-day households use disposable
plastics spoons or other cutleries which cannot be used for multiple times. While
you are travelling plan a spoon, plate and fork so that you can so no to those disposable
plastic cutleries. But in marriages or parties you cannot carry a spoon or fork
but ask the event management to change the plastics with paper or steel. Start
from kitchen and say no to disposable plastics in kitchen.
4.No to plastic periods
Menstruation is one of the most natural and healthy parts of life of all women. This is monthly process although menstrual taboos and period shaming have a huge impact on the products we use and how we dispose of them. Menstrual pads have 90% of plastics even Tampons contains 6% of plastics, since these are thrown into waste once used these creates a huge plastic waste even their packing contributes a lot of plastics also these may cause some health issues to some people. Switch to reusable menstrual products like menstrual cups, reusable pads etc. Reusable menstrual products have been around for decades so go with #PeriodswithoutPlastic. Read.
5.No to disposable water bottles (Single use)
Whenever we travel, we
prefer mineral waters available in single use plastic bottles, which can be used
& disposed. But these disposable water bottles are the greatest threat to
the nature and ocean. 8.3 BILLION Metric Tons (9.1 BILLION US Tons) of plastic
has been produced since plastic was introduced in the 1950s and at least 14
million tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year. So, carrying a reusable
bottle is a far more environmental solution also an economical solution. Next
time when you buy bottled juices/soft drinks try to get them in plastic bottles
or try to have fresh juices. Governments
are also promoting this method by adding more water filling stations across the
country so bring the bottle and get it refilled.
6.No to single use plastic bags
Similar to single used
plastic bottles or even greater than that single used plastic bags, so called
polythene bags became a threat for the nature, ocean and the flora & fauna directly.
Plastic bags become deadly waste in landfills and the ocean, birds and animals
always mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with
toxic debris and fish eat thousands of tons of plastic a year. So always carry
reusable bags preferably cloth or jute for shopping, avoid taking low quality
polythene bags for shopping. Always separate the plastic bags from waste and keep
it separate which will be easy to recycle and will prevent consumption by
animals.
7.Purchase in bulks
This may sound odd or sometimes
impossible for many but when you purchase in bulk you are reducing lot of
plastic waste also saving your hard-earned money. Products like cosmetics, grocery,
packaged, household 7 pet care items which have long shelf life can be
purchased for 2-3 months in advanced. When you buy a shampoo for one month it adds
a plastic bottle every month but if you purchase the same for 3 months you are
contributing one bottle instead of 3, similarly for other products. Also try to
select products which don’t have microbeads.
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