February 01, 2019 0 Comments

Have You Ever Wondered About the Amount of Plastic We Use Daily? 

Take a minute to think about it! Our life is surrounded by plastic, but the real question is, do we really need that much?

 

    

Tips to reduce our plastic use

1. Use reusable shopping bags 
2. Don't buy bottled water 
3. Use your own containers for take out food
4. Use your own mug when buying coffee 
5. Don't use plastic straws or switch to metal ones 
6. Stop single-use plastic 
7. Shop your local farmers market 
8. Buy in bulk
9. Do not buy plastic-bottled beverages 
10. Reuse 

 

Facts About Plastic Pollution that will make us rethink its use: 

1. Since the 1950s, around 8.3 billion tons of plastic have been produced worldwide.
2. In some parts of the world, using plastic is already illegal.
3. 73% of beach litter worldwide is plastic.
4. A million plastic bottles are bought around the world every minute.
5. Worldwide, about 2 million plastic bags are used every minute.
6. 90% of plastic polluting our oceans is carried by just 10 rivers.
7. Plastic is killing more than 1.1 million seabirds and animals every year.
8. The average person eats 70,000 micro plastics each year.
9. The average time that a plastic bag is used for is … 12 minutes.
10. Over the past 50 years, world plastic production has doubled.

 

START BY DOING SMALL CHANGES!  

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