Plastic. Do you use it? Do you like it? Nature doesn't.
Plastic. The most wonderful invention of all, or so it seems. It's everywhere, and the more we have, the better it is. For instance in supermarkets, where you see something, wrapped in plastic. Before you buy it, it may be wrapped in more plastic, after which you get a plastic bag to take it home in. And water. That comes in plastic too. Naturally, because plastic is natural. Isn't it? Even our plastic comes wrapped in plastic:
It's really amazing what we can do with plastic.
Isn't that cute? :D And the fact that only about 100,000 marine animals die every year because of our fabulous plastic isn't something that should put us off using it. And this is not new, because here's a post from 2008 that already addresses the problem. Sorry, I mean the issue.
But plastic is everywhere! We can't escape it! Are you certain? I'm avoiding plastic like the plague. Indeed, sometimes you can't escape it, but you can refuse additional plastic wrapping around plastic wrapping. You can refuse plastic bags (why not buy a nice, colourful shopping bag?) Get some cotton bags (make them or ask someone to make them) and get your bread in those instead of plastic and keep your bread in a decent bread box. No, that's not silly, that's how our ancestors did it too, before plastic existed. Give it some thought and see how much you can do to avoid plastic. At first you may get strange looks, but after a while people will understand, and even appreciate it. And copy your behaviour.
