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Like going on a diet, the first step in reducing the amount of single-use plastic we discard is to understand how much we really consume. Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics, a nationwide anti-plastic campaign, suggests looking at the plastic we throw away on a daily basis for an honest assessment of our consumption and for clues to how we can make the most impact. “I saw that I used a lot of Keurig pods, so I switched to using a French press,” Enck says. “My husband is a big orange juice drinker, so now we use frozen concentrated juice,” to avoid plastic jugs and cartons.

You don’t need to become an eco-warrior overnight. “Take it one product at a time, and work your way up,” says Deb Singer, the leader of the plastic bag ban at Whole Foods and co-founder of BRINGiT reusable shopping bags. “Starting with one thing makes it more palatable to make other changes.”

In addition to personal actions, you can push for producer responsibility laws that slow the flow of plastic at its source. “With plastic pollution, the tap is overrunning,” says Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes, water equity and ocean program manager at GreenLatinos, which focuses on environmental, natural resource, and conservation issues that affect the Latino community in the U.S. “We have to turn off the tap before we can clean up this mess.”

Do First
Bring your own reusable bags and refuse plastic ones. BRINGiT makes eco-friendly compostable cellulose bags, but just about any reusable bag is better than a single-use plastic bag. Each reusable bag could cancel out hundreds to thousands of plastic bags.

Use mesh cloth bags for your produce. Try to avoid fruits and vegetables packed in plastic wrap or clamshells.

Do More
Kick your zipper food-storage bag habit. Use reusable silicone or paper-based bags instead.

Avoid plastic poop bags for your dog’s waste. Use paper-based alternatives or a pooper scooper if you have a yard.

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