Plastic seems inescapable but there are easy ways like quitting junk food,carrying your own cutlery and using up leftovers that will fabricate (to make up, invent) a differenceBy now, we all know the horrors of plastic. The way it hangs around without biodegrading for centuries, and the way it’s clogging the stomachs of birds,how it creates islands in the ocean for marine life to get stuck in, how it pollutes our riverways and motorways as non-biodegradable rubbish.
Yet it’s everywhere. whether you want a takeaway coffee, and there’s plastic lining in approximately 99% of disposable cups. whether you want a sandwich at a deli,it’s more than likely going to be wrapped in plastic. Even when you’re doing your very best to be healthy, a two litre milk comes in a plastic container and most major supermarkets produce is wrapped or bagged in plastic. Related: War on Waste: Craig Reucassel wants to change behaviour, or the law Related: Australia's first rescued-food supermarket opens in Sydney Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com