Reduce your Plastic

This month is Plastic Free July!

Currently on average Australian's use 3.4 million tonnes of plastic in a single year. With one million tonnes of Australia's annual plastic consumption coming from single-use plastic. Studies have found that single-use plastic is the most prevalent pollution found, taking hundreds of years to break down once in the wild.

Wondering what you can do to replace your plastic? Here are 5 ways you can stop using single-use plastic and help protect our marine life.  

1. REPLACE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES
   
   Replace your plastic water bottles with a Stainless steal water bottle instead. Stainless steel water bottles can last years, reducing your plastic consumption. Plus they can come in lots of fun colours and patterns.
   
   
2. REPLACE PLASTIC CONTAINERS
   
   Replace your plastic containers with glass containers. These can easily be washed after each use.
   
   
3. REPLACE PLASTIC STRAWS
   
   Replace your straws with an aluminium straw. Straws are one of the biggest users in single-use plastic. Aluminium straws you can take with you when you eat out, in case they don’t have an alternative to plastic straws.
   
   
4. REPLACE PLASTIC TRASH BAGS
   
   Replace your plastic rubbish bags with compostable trash bags. These are made from potato starch and have no plasticizers whatsoever.
   
   
5.  REPLACE PLASTIC CLING WRAP
   Replace your cling wrap with beeswax food wraps. These are re-usable and can can have cute patterns and prints such as a little bumblebee.  

See below for even more ways to reduce your plastic this July!