Plastic Waste

Introduction

Dumping waste plastic at sea or on land can hurt animals because they might think it’s food. Plastic never breaks down completely.

Bad Stuff

Instead of wasting milk bottles we could refill them.

We could use beeswax wrapping instead of clingfilm.

We could use mushroom packaging instead of plastic packaging.

We could use wooden toothbrushes to replace plastic ones.

Good Stuff

Using reusable plastic bags is better because they save you throwing them away. Some of these bags are made from recycled plastic.

A bar of soap is best because it comes in a cardboard packaging and you just use it until it’s all gone.

Using reusable bottles is better because you just refill them.

Putting loose fruit and veg in a net bag saves wasting lots of plastic.