When I was pregnant I had a lot of time for my self. So I started looking at so many youtube channels on what to buy the baby or what type of cleaning products to use that would be safe for my home. Then one day I came across a video that was about plastic waste. This changed me and my perspective when I saw the amount of plastic we have world wide that is used once and thrown out. Did you know that plastic takes 500+ years to break down? Not only that, but we are eating fish that has micro plastic in them because of the amount we have world wide. This is such a serious problem and I could not believe that its not something that is talked about much.
Since then I have tried to reduce the amount of plastic I buy. It is extremely hard where I live and more now with covid-19. I have bought things here and there from amazon to try to check what works for me. Some of this items like personal pads are not easy to do but it saves money and a lot of unwanted plastic.
1. Soap bars instead of the plastic bottles.
2. Personals Pads https://amzn.to/2SAKtbJ. Using reusable pads its hard and I still have not getting used to it. I keep on trying to not give up on this idea because it safes a lot of plastic from being thrown out. The hard part of using reusable pads for me is the cleaning. It takes me a long time to clean the pads. I am always afraid that they are not clean properly. So if anyone has any tips please let me know.
3. Biodegradable Dental Floss with a Refillable Glass Holder https://amzn.to/34D81SX . I didnt even know that dental floss could have plastic besides the actual container. I love this floss. It has a clean fresh taste to it and I can always refill it.
4. Taking my own shopping bags when I buy groceries.
5. Trying my best to not buy things that are not needed for example new trending clothes or house accessories. *Going back to this statement. I am a very simple person . I find more joy doing things like gardening and going out to the park or beach than shopping. That being said, I would find myself buying things for the house that were really not necessary. Sometimes we find our self trying to organize the house with this and that and it still seems messy. This is because we just have extra things laying around and should be discarded instead of being stored.
6. Eco Friendly phone covers https://amzn.to/3daBtDr
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