Five ways to cut out plastic from your life

Plastic is a very useful, durable, long lasting material. If you can utilise plastic items for a lifetime, it is more eco-friendly and economically friendly than having to buy a wooden equivalent every 5 years.

However, if you don't like plastic here are my five ways to cut out plastic from your life. 

1) Use glass. Glass jars are great, especially if you can buy a lot of stuff in bulk. Take the jars to customer service to have them weighed first. We buy all kinds of stuff this way, including stuff you wouldn't expect like peanut butter and flour.

2) Use wood alternatives. I got a bamboo dish rack. When it starts to develop black spots every few months, I soak it in a dilute bleach solution, brush it with an old toothbrush and let it dry in the sun. It looks much nicer than a plastic dish rack, too.

3) Take a reusable shopping bag on your grocery trip. The amount of plastic bags we use is disgusting. Cut the habit and take your own reusable bag.

4) Stop buying bottled water. Seriously, paying for water should be a crime in the first place.  Disposing of the plastic bottle on every purchase is damn right evil. 

5) Don't put plastic on your face! Much of the plastic that’s polluting the oceans is microplastics, tiny chunks that are next to impossible to filter out. These little beads are intended to be exfoliators.