Individuals can make pain free changes to reduce the impact of their plastic use on the environment. One easy change is to bring reusable bags to the grocery store. Also, if you do not have a medical need for a straw skip it at the restaurant. Stop buying bottled water, and instead use a refillable bottle. Recycling the plastic bottles that you do use can also help. The United States has very low recycling levels.

Key Takeaways:

• According to the author, our world is filled and overwhelmed by the presence of potentially eternal plastic waste but biodegradables don’t seem to be the solution.
• The word biodegradable is mired in confusion because people do not know what it really means. While some fossil products can biodegrade some plant products cannot.
• The production of biodegradable plastic started in the 1980s with the promise that when they are trashed they will eventually disappear but that promise has not been fulfilled.

“Do these six pain-free things, and you’ll help reduce the impact plastic is having on oceans and other waterways around the world.”

Read more: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/06/plastic-planet-solutions-waste-pollution/