8th January 2025
Plastic Free July is another mid year feature, but one which we might start working towards now – particularly when we recall that our use of oil in making plastic and the pollution we cause in disposing of it, unnecessarily sap the Earth’s resources.
Single use plastic seems so imbedded into daily life that it can seem an impossible challenge to live plastic free. Yet we know that the pollution from plastics – including microplastic particles which can now be found in every part of our bodies – is highly damaging.
Maybe starting small now could be a solution. Having coffee in in real cup, rather than as a take out, is an easier habit to adopt when the cafe is warm and outside is cold and wet, seems much more logical.
Equally do we need to rely on bottles of drinking water when the weather is cold? Can we train ourselves to have a glass of water when we stop for a drink or a meal, and then when the weather gets warmer, have a bottle we can refill for the in between times.
Winter fruit and vegetables are more robust and avoiding plastic packaging should be easier. If it becomes our mindset now, then we can embarking the habit before the summer comes.
The Green Tau 