It can sometimes seem that plastic is taking over our planet — it’s filling our oceans, polluting our environment, and brands are frantically trying to find eco-friendly alternatives. Although news of plastic pollution seems to be spreading fast, 8 million pieces of plastic finds their way into our oceans every day, which contributes to 60-90 per cent of marine debris (sas.org.uk). In fact, there’s so much plastic pollution in the oceans, that it’s formed five ‘islands’ around the world — the biggest being the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), located between Hawaii and California, USA. GPGP is twice the size of Texas and three times the size of France (theoceancleanup.com). Although there are innovations in place attempting to tackle these large zones of plastics, it can seem as if we, following our day-to-day lives, are helpless — but this isn’t entirely true.
Every little piece of plastic matters — from the tiniest microbeads coming loose from our clothing, to gigantic pieces of furniture we discard in landfill when we’ve renovated our home. Each day we have choices, and we need to decide whether we’ll keep adding fuel to the fire by purchasing single-use options, or whether we want to follow a green path to look after our planet. Although it’s getting easier to make sustainable swaps, reducing your plastic use can seem like a daunting concept — it’s time to break up with plastic once and for all.
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