Caitlin McClafferty- Plastic

    Plastic is everywhere. I believe if it wasn't so hard for people to be zero-waste so many more people would do it. Zero-waste does not mean having zero trash, but about trying to buy things with the least extra resources used, and also reusing the things that you already bought and used. Pasta sauce jars can be used as containers and cups, candle glasses can be cleaned out and used as a small plant pot…etc. There are so many ways to lessen the trash that you add to the landfill. A big step that helps is investing in items that you can use for a long time or even forever. A simple example is instead of using disposable utensils, buy silverware.

    Another example is instead of buying products in plastic bottles, try finding a refill store or buy from local markets. Something big I have learned more about recently is composting. When food and other biodegradable products are thrown away, they are not able to biodegrade because of the environment that they are thrown in. So even when something is labeled “biodegradable” or you think food will biodegrade in the landfill, it will not be the way you think it will. When food is thrown away in a plastic bag and thrown in the landfill, it is not exposed to enough light or any oxygen and this prevents the process for them to biodegrade. By composting you can put nutrients back into the soil and give back to the world. 

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