Reducing Single Use Plastic at Home
I’ve never been into ‘new years resolutions’, but I do enjoy setting goals at all sorts of times during the year. Overarching my goals, however, are what I like to call ‘forever resolutions’. These are things I’ll continue to work on throughout my life because they align with my values. One of these ‘forever resolutions’ I hold is the reducing of single use plastic in Scott and I’s life.
We do well with shopping at the farmers markets, using our reusable bags, and storing items in glass as best we can - but we are not perfect and single use plastic is just apart of life sometimes. I’m not here to say to myself that I am to rid my life of it entirely or else I have failed - I don’t respond well to that mentality! I try to make conscious choices when I can, and pick up on small areas to improve in as they feel manageable.
Here is a list of a few things I have swapped in recent months to reduce our plastic load a bit. I hope one or two inspires you to make a similar swap too so we can all reduce our use this year and beyond. Feel free to drop any swaps you’ve discovered to be helpful in the comments section below to continue the inspiration as well! Happy new year to you all, may we be be kind and good to one another this year.
xJessie