Small steps, big impact: Reducing plastic footprint

Plastic is one of the best innovations and one of the worst things for the planet.

On an average, an Indian consumes around 11kg of plastic every year. Only 9% of the plastic waste is recycled every year and it takes plastic around 400 years to degrade.

Today, things are in such a way that we can’t stop ourselves from using plastic, but we can do a few things to reduce our plastic footprint.

A few things that I do to reduce my plastic footprint:
1. Carrying a cloth bag while going out for grocery shopping.

2. Carrying any container if I am getting something like curd, milk, paani puri, etc.

3. Keeping two steel straws in my bag that stays with me whenever I am out — I don’t need to take paper or plastic straws.

4. Reusing plastic bags instead of throwing them away

5. Carrying my water bottle with me everywhere — I don’t need to buy a plastic water bottle outside.

6. At home, we don’t throw plastic in the dustbin. We collect it separately and sell it for recycling

Doing all these steps might be a little less convenient than the usual things that we do, but it’s worth doing as it gives an immense amount of satisfaction.

If you are unaware of plastic pollution and are willing to learn about it, a few links are given below to explore:

Text:
https://www.britannica.com/science/plastic-pollution

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/plastic-pollution

Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQTUWK7CM-Y

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wwf-international_we-need-a-legally-binding-treaty-to-stop-activity-6902913182655229952-ee3F

I hope you will contribute less to plastic pollution and will do your bit.

If you have any steps to add that we can follow, please add those in the comments, I would love to follow those steps.

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