In many of my presentations I speak about the Great Pacific Garbage patch. Massive amounts of plastic find their way into our water ways on land, make their way to the seashore and eventually start spinning around in the ocean. Plastic lasts forever because it is a synthetic material (man-made) that doesn't naturally occur in our environment. There is a big push from people who are aware of this problem to eliminate plastic from our lifestyles. This will take time but something you we can do today is eliminate our use of one-time use packaging and we can be a huge part of the solution to stop the flow of plastic into the ocean.
If you have to make a choice to purchase food in a glass container or in plastic packaging, always choose glass. Glass is made from melted sand and it is completely inert, which means there are no chemicals in glass that will hurt your body. Glass does not hurt the environment either. When glass breaks, it eventually turns back into sand. Sand is a natural part of our environment so there is no pollution.
To lower my ecological footprint I have been using recycled yogurt and margarine containers to carry my lunches in - things like sandwiches and carrot sticks, but I am making a permanent switch to glass. Pyrex glass containers are becoming more readily available and they are perfect for lunches and left overs. Thick, durable pyrex glass containers are heavier than plastic but you can feel good about knowing you are not eating any inorganic chemicals like Bisphenol A that may leach out of the plastic.
Plastic is made from oil that comes from the ground. Oil fuels our cars, and it can be used to create electricity but oil is a non-renewable resource that is clogging our atmosphere with greenhouse gasses. If we start using glass and porcelain instead of plastic again like humans have done through history for thousands of years, we can collectively slow the gasses in the atmosphere and stop plastic from ever getting into the ocean. That is a world that I would like to live in - plastic free and healthy for me, you, our families, friends and environment.
If you have to make a choice to purchase food in a glass container or in plastic packaging, always choose glass. Glass is made from melted sand and it is completely inert, which means there are no chemicals in glass that will hurt your body. Glass does not hurt the environment either. When glass breaks, it eventually turns back into sand. Sand is a natural part of our environment so there is no pollution.
To lower my ecological footprint I have been using recycled yogurt and margarine containers to carry my lunches in - things like sandwiches and carrot sticks, but I am making a permanent switch to glass. Pyrex glass containers are becoming more readily available and they are perfect for lunches and left overs. Thick, durable pyrex glass containers are heavier than plastic but you can feel good about knowing you are not eating any inorganic chemicals like Bisphenol A that may leach out of the plastic.
Plastic is made from oil that comes from the ground. Oil fuels our cars, and it can be used to create electricity but oil is a non-renewable resource that is clogging our atmosphere with greenhouse gasses. If we start using glass and porcelain instead of plastic again like humans have done through history for thousands of years, we can collectively slow the gasses in the atmosphere and stop plastic from ever getting into the ocean. That is a world that I would like to live in - plastic free and healthy for me, you, our families, friends and environment.
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