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5 New Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Waste

5 New Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Waste

If you've ever looked around and wondered why on Earth everything is wrapped in plastic—and if you've wondered whether such overreliance on a single-use product derived from fossil fuels is completely contradictory to common sense—you aren't alone. Plastic production is set to *increase* by a whopping forty percent in the next decade, and so it has never before been more important for you and me to curb our reliance on plastics starting in our own homes. Inside: 5 never-before-mentioned strategies to reduce plastic waste.


5 New Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Waste

 

Plastic waste is everywhere, am I right? (Hey there, plastic-wrapped cucumber!).

If you’ve ever looked around and wondered why on Earth everything is wrapped in plastic—and if you’ve wondered whether such overreliance on a single-use product derived from fossil fuels is completely contradictory to common sense—you aren’t alone.

Here’s the answer. Because plastic production requires fossil fuels, fossil fuel companies are investing billions of dollars into new plastic production facilities (source).

That’s right: plastic production is set to *increase* by a whopping forty percent in the next decade. You will likely observe more and more nonsensical items wrapped in plastic in the coming years, and it all has to do with profit (ahem … cucumbers). 

The plastic pollution crisis is here to stay, and so it has never before been more important for you and me to curb our reliance on plastics starting in our own homes. On this week’s episode I offer 5 new and never-before-mentioned strategies to reduce plastic waste and extend your Plastic-Free July efforts into August and beyond.

Here’s a preview of today’s episode:

[4:00] Why and how to give yourself reusable ultimatums

[6:30] Why, exactly, the supermarket depends on plastic (Hint: Money!)

[9:50] The health and environmental benefits associated with homemade snacks

[11:30] How to conduct a restaurant audit

 

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If you've ever looked around and wondered why on Earth everything is wrapped in plastic—and if you've wondered whether such overreliance on a single-use product derived from fossil fuels is completely contradictory to common sense—you aren't alone. Plastic production is set to *increase* by a whopping forty percent in the next decade, and so it has never before been more important for you and me to curb our reliance on plastics starting in our own homes. Inside: 5 never-before-mentioned strategies to reduce plastic waste.

If you've ever looked around and wondered why on Earth everything is wrapped in plastic—and if you've wondered whether such overreliance on a single-use product derived from fossil fuels is completely contradictory to common sense—you aren't alone. Plastic production is set to *increase* by a whopping forty percent in the next decade, and so it has never before been more important for you and me to curb our reliance on plastics starting in our own homes. Inside: 5 never-before-mentioned strategies to reduce plastic waste.

If you've ever looked around and wondered why on Earth everything is wrapped in plastic—and if you've wondered whether such overreliance on a single-use product derived from fossil fuels is completely contradictory to common sense—you aren't alone. Plastic production is set to *increase* by a whopping forty percent in the next decade, and so it has never before been more important for you and me to curb our reliance on plastics starting in our own homes. Inside: 5 never-before-mentioned strategies to reduce plastic waste.

If you've ever looked around and wondered why on Earth everything is wrapped in plastic—and if you've wondered whether such overreliance on a single-use product derived from fossil fuels is completely contradictory to common sense—you aren't alone. Plastic production is set to *increase* by a whopping forty percent in the next decade, and so it has never before been more important for you and me to curb our reliance on plastics starting in our own homes. Inside: 5 never-before-mentioned strategies to reduce plastic waste.

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We have become over-reliant on the very thing that's destroying our planet. On today's show: Imagining the ways in which modern life, interpersonal connections, well-being and more would change in a hypothetical, fossil fuel-free world.

 

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