. With its Earth-harming omnipresence, the loathed packaging material feels more annoying than ever, so much that there is now an entire month dedicated to removing it from our lives. While personal responsibility is only part of the plastic problem , limiting plastic usage is an easy way for individual consumers to feel like they have some control in our current environmental spiral.
As a new-ish convert to low-waste living myself, I was thrilled to hear that Emma Roberts joined the plastic-free party this July. Welcome to the club, girl. The actress and new mom partnered with, a plastic-neutral line of cleaning and personal care products, challenging herself to go a week without plastic, in an effort to drive awareness around personal plastic usage.
When I started Plastic-Free July I was in another city filming so I was on set a lot and not in my house, so I was doing a lot of to-go food, like to-go coffee, to-go smoothies and I started noticing the single-use plastic in my meals and beverage. So that was a place where I was like,. Grove has these amazing silicone straws. I’m a straw person and I've tried metal straws. I wasn’t really into them, but I couldn’t use plastic straws with multiple coffees a day.
MC: Can you share advice for someone who wants to forgo their plastic usage but isn’t sure where to start?I think the main thing in getting started is, don’t be intimidated. It’s easy to get overwhelmed and look at your life and be like, ‘I can’t get rid of all plastic, so why even try?’ Set attainable goals for yourself. Like, for the first day, bring your reusable cup when you go get a coffee or cook more at home.
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