How to save our planet from plastic pollution
The environmental issue is before all the inhabitants of the earth: politicians and superstars, athletes and activists talk about it. This applies to everyone, because one cannot abstract from the world in which we all live.
And people do not just speak, but take conscious steps to help in this situation. To save the planet, and in the future to clear it of the already accumulated mountains of garbage.
Modern designers preach ethical and conscientious fashion; in contrast to huge cosmetic corporations, small local companies appear that deliberately choose containers and ingredients.
All this is a reasonable and correct reaction to the current reality, and we are glad to join the international society, the goal of which is to preserve and improve the world around us.
Simple methods of preserving the environment
There are several options for how everyone can improve the situation. There are those who believe that this does not work as long as there are huge companies and large factories that pollute the environment in one day more than an entire city in a month. This is really a problem. But even small steps will have minimal effect. But what if each of us follows at least a couple of rules that will help the ecology of our planet? Every inhabitant of the Earth, helping nature at least in something, is already contributing to the common cause of caring for the world.
Here is a list of how everyone can help:
1) Save resources.
Resources include everything we use every day: electricity and water. Turn off the lights in rooms we are not in, unplug the charger when the phone is already charged, turn off the water when brushing your teeth, choose energy-saving models of appliances. These actions seem small, but they work.
2) Collect garbage separately.
Garbage on the planet is either left in landfills, burned, or recycled. Landfills and incineration - worsen the ecological situation, and recycling is a chance to cope with tons of garbage and waste. This requires sorting the garbage. Of course, in our country this method is not very common, but the practice of collecting plastic bottles is already a positive ecological habit.
3) Hand over used containers.
Recycling is a great way to deal with waste and save money and energy on new packaging. In every city you can find collection points for waste paper, aluminum cans and glass bottles.
4) Use eco-transport.
The car is more convenient and comfortable without a doubt, but walking or cycling is more useful and environmentally friendly. More beneficial not only for nature, but also for personal health and wellness.
5) Carefully read the composition of ready-made foods and practice mindful eating.
Locally sourced seasonal vegetables and fruits are a great substitute for a chocolate bar. For the production of chocolate, palm oil is used, which not only harms the body, but also harms the environment. For the cultivation of oil palms, huge areas of tropical forests are cut down, depriving many animals of normal living conditions. Everything in the world is interconnected, and everyone is responsible for what is happening.
6) Give up plastic.
We're not talking about completely eliminating all plastic things right now. This is impossible and unreasonable. Some plastic products are much more convenient than analogues, they can be used many times, and in general, you need to set realistic goals. Therefore, it is impossible to abandon plastic by 100%, but it is possible to reduce its consumption by using environmentally friendly high-quality analogues.
Such as our eco-straws. We practice many ways to help the environment, including making disposable cane straws for drinks.
Terrifying statistics of plastic pollution
The massive consumption of plastic is a huge problem for our planet. It began to be produced more than 60 years ago. And since then, just think, every plastic thing produced is still on the planet and still poisons it. Every plastic item that you have used in your life is lying somewhere in a landfill, breaking down into microplastic particles, penetrating into the soil and water.
Only 1/10 of the plastic produced is recycled, everything else is still on our planet, and every day the mountains of waste are growing. The main blow falls on the oceans, in which whole garbage islands appear. Scientists call the terrifying figures of the areas of these garbage spots, which are even scary to imagine in reality.
Plastic doesn't just float on the surface, it sticks to biological particles and sinks. In the Mariinsky Trench, while examining photographs of the ocean depths, scientists discovered a piece of a plastic bag.
How to solve this problem? No one can be responsible for everyone, but they can control their actions and, if possible, choose environmentally friendly analogs of plastic products.
Let's save the ecology of the Earth together with EcoWorldCane
Our company has an important goal. Help the planet and keep simple joys and pleasures.
Enjoy a delicious cocktail on the beach, slowly drink a delicious drink through a straw after a hard day at work, feast on a sweet healthy smoothie at the weekend.
Cocktail straws do not seem to be the most necessary household item, but without them, some sweet and simple joys of life would be gone.
By creating sustainable straws, we want to show that in order to take care of the planet, you don't have to give up what you love. You just need to find a sustainable replacement!