Plastics Impact on the Environment

When It comes to reducing my impact on the environment, there's a few things that my wife and I have picked up over the years and got into a routine of doing. We try to make a conscious effort to recycle or reuse products and not throw these things into the regular garbage to where they end up in a landfill somewhere.

My wife and I have saved all the recyclable containers such as 2 l bottles from soda, the aluminum cans from things like energy drinks, and any other recyclable item from food products. We love how California has the CRV on these materials to incentivize people to recycle more. It's really easy to bag these things up and take them in to get recycled and not go into the landfills. We have effectively not thrown any of these types of containers away and regular garbage in the better…

 I've been trying to reduce my impact on the environment when I shop for various things. I've had to do more research before I purchase items. For example, me and my family have started to substitute beef for plant-based products for things such as burgers. Cattle farming can unfortunately put disproportionally larger amounts of carbon into the environment compared to other forms of meat protein.

I've also been using reusable bags instead of plastic bags for produce. These bags are washable and ventilated. I bring several of these bags (see image 5418 below) in a larger re-usable grocery shopping bag. This way I'm not tempted to grab a plastic bag when shopping. If plastic bags go into the ground, they take a very long time to decompose. Many of these bags drain to the ocean where unsuspecting sea turtles eat them, mistaking them for jellyfish.

I've also started to use…