7 Ways to Cut Down on Single-Use Plastic When Grocery Shopping

7 Ways to Cut Down on Single-Use Plastic When Grocery Shopping

1. Skip shopping bags and just reuse whatever bags you already own. “We use a plastic bag for an average of 12 minutes, but they take hundreds of years to break down in the landfill and only 1 percent are returned to the store for recycling,” Erin Augustine, corporate sustainability expert and founder of @carbonfreefamily on Instagram, tells SELF. “Reusable tote bags...
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Americans Create 3x More Waste Than Global Average

Americans Create 3x More Waste Than Global Average

When it comes to creating waste, no one tops the U.S. And when it comes to recycling waste, well, the U.S. is one of the worst, according to a new analysis by the English risk management firm Verisk Maplecroft. The numbers for the outsized contribution to the global waste crisis by the U.S. are staggering. The U.S. makes up only four...
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