#refuse plastic

As a matter of fact, Beating plastic pollution is a crucial environmental challenge that requires collective effort. World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5th to raise awareness and take action on pressing environmental issues. There is a different theme and host country every year for World Environment Day celebrations. In the year 2021, the theme was – ‘Ecosystem Restoration‘ and…

A good side effect of ridding my house, fridge and carry-on bag of large chunks of plastics – e.g. plastic bottles, plastic bags, cutlery, food wraps - is that I am now slowly opening my eyes to all the other pieces of plastics still in my life. Plastic is really EVERYWHERE! Sometimes obvious, sometimes not…

The non-obvious kind of plastic is what I like to call #hiddenplastics! :-) I find that in some way these types of plastic might be worse than plain old plastics, as there is very little chance that these bits of plastic will ever be recycled. #hiddenplastics are mostly stuck/glued onto another material, and of very low quality, so they are not likely recycling candidates.

In this post I am sharing my top 5 of #hiddenplastics encountered so far: coffee bags, tea, dairy products, metal cans and cheese :-(. I’d love to hear whether/when you realized that there is plastic here too? And whether you have also started to refuse them? Any other finds that are good to know about?

Daily Eco Tip #4 — Refuse plastic.