Let’s stand up for our planet and reduce plastic waste! (📸 @trippydana ) These are tips inspiring me to live by: Bring your own mug☕️ to the coffee shop! ✨ . Bring your own bags to the grocery store. A single plastic bag can take 1,000 years to degrade.✨ . Don't buy beverages bottles in plastic. Glass is great.✨ . Try not to buy veggies and fruits and convenience food packaged in plastic...✨ . Try to buy laundry detergent in boxes, not liquid in plastic containers✨ . Stop using plastic straws. When ordering drinks, say "no straw please!"✨ . Give up gum. Gum is made of a synthetic rubber, aka plastic...✨ . Purchase food, like cereal, pasta, and rice from bulk bins and fill a reusable bag or container. You save money and unnecessary packaging...✨ . Bring your own container for take-out or your restaurant doggy-bag since many restaurants use styrofoam...✨ yuk Use matches instead of disposable plastic lighters or invest in a refillable metal lighter...✨ . Avoid buying frozen foods because their packaging is mostly plastic...✨ . Don't use plasticware at home and be sure to request restaurants do not pack them in your take-out box...✨ . The EPA estimates that 7.6 billion pounds of disposable diapers are discarded in the US each year. Use cloth diapers to reduce your baby's carbon footprint ✨. (I know this is a really hard one folks...how can we make this better? 🤔😯 solutions please! . Make fresh squeezed juice or eat fruit instead of buying juice in plastic bottles. It's healthier and better for the environment. Just drink water with lemon, yay!✨ . Use a razor with replaceable blades instead of a disposable razor✨ . Store all your food in glass containers... Get your cheese from the deli and place it in your own container (glass or a plastic one that you already have or get it wrapped in paper.✨ . Use bar soap to wash your dishes.✨ . Stop using deodorant or antiperspirant. Use perfume in a glass bottle or salt block...✨ . Do not use air fresheners. Light a candle or incense instead...✨ . #reduceplastic #reduceplast