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Plastic is everywhere. From the wristband placed around your wrist at birth to the mouse your hand is resting on right now, you can't get away from it. It's fantastic stuff... when used well.
We've developed a bit of an addiction lately though, using it like it's going out of fashion in the most ludicrous way. From plastic-wrapped oranges to glue sticks encased in unbreakable plastic packaging, our use of plastic has gone wild.
And, as Blue Planet II showed so clearly, it's not without it’s consequences.
We've all seen plastic bags stuck in tree tops and empty bottles lying among the autumn leaves, but not many of us have seen The Great Pacific Garbage Patch for ourselves. In 2017, a team of researchers found another giant mass of plastic soup in the South Pacific, the size of Kazakstan.
As Blue Planet II so powerfully showed, this is killing animals from pilot whale calves to albatrosses and dolphins. And perhaps most scarily of all, plastic deposits are building up in our food chain, eventually making their way into our own stomachs. That's not going to help anyone's health.
Our waste manages to find its way into every corner of our world, but unlike most other waste, plastic does not biodegrade.
Every piece of plastic ever made is still on the planet somewhere.
This one can be taken to varying extremes - our advice would always be to start small, gradually working your way down the list:
THE EASY THINGS:
STEPPING IT UP:
GOING FOR GOLD:
Check out Lexy's blog for even more creative ideas, and Kate Arnell’s great EcoBoost YouTube channel.