Your 2nd plastics-reduction challenge:

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Identify one item that you just haven’t taken the time to switch out to a reusable.  This week, make that shift!

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Helping to slow climate change is both a matter of small daily decisions and a huge systemic global change.  Both elements are necessary - but this week’s challenge is on the easier, personal side.

 

Reusables are one of the sweet spots in the whole 3 R’s kind of solution.   

Shifting to reusables is not too hard or too expensive.  It’s just right. And, if we do it collectively, it can make a huge difference in what our stores buy from their distributors and all up the line to production.

 

So, here’s the challenge: after you identify one plastic item in your home that you know can be eliminated, figure out what and how you can transition away from plastic.

 

Look in your bathroom, your kitchen, your car, your shopping cart, your trash/recycling bins and then set up a new system to put a reusable in its place. From remembering your reusable shopping and produce bags to finding alternatives to the products you buy often in bulk, paper, glass or metals, each shift is an important shift to making your home more sustainable and resilient to climate changes.

 

Tip: if you already have reusable totes, don’t buy new ones! Figure out how to make taking your bags to the store as effortless as taking your credit card.  If you already have a shelf full of reusable bottles, sort them out and use your favorite.  And use up the shampoo in all those bottles before shifting to a shampoo bar.   Don’t buy new unless you have to. Reuse!