Buying in bulk can help familes use less plastic packaging, while serving as a teaching moment for the kids.
Choosing a cone, instead of a cup, for your ice cream is one fun tip.
Your family might use plastic straws, water bottles, and bags for just a few minutes, but those items don’t disappear when they’re thrown out. Single-use items like these account for more than 40 percent of plastic waste, and each year about 8.8 million tons of plastic trash flows into the ocean. This waste endangers wildlife, pollutes the water, and puts human health at risk.
The stats are frightening, but you’ve got a secret weapon to curb your family’s plastic use: your kids.
Many children care deeply about wildlife—they certainly don’t want to watch a sea turtle suffocate from a plastic straw—and kids understand they’re inheriting an Earth in crisis. But small changes to your family’s routine can