There are thousands of different water bottles out there, but if you like something with a little more design and consciousness, check out Alex, Cheeki, and 24Bottles. It will quickly become your little sidekick and most treasured daily carry item. Just buy a reusable water bottle and be done with it. The expense, the waste, the resources required to make the bottle, the chemicals etc.
There is literally zero upside to buying your water in plastic. If you are really looking for something unique, check out Pottery for the Planet for a handmade ceramic coffee cup that is sure to turn some heads! And for all you coffee fanatics who are interested in sustainability, be sure to check out GOY’s article on your morning latte. For a sustainable and aesthetic looking reusable coffee cup check out Keep Cups, SoL cups, Joco cups, or Frank Green. Considering the massive environmental impact they have and how easy a swap it is, there is no excuse to not bring your own reusable. The billions of (mostly unrecyclable) coffee cups that we dispose of each year have been well documented. Check out this amazing cafe who swapped plastic straws for Pasta Straws! Awesome! Take-away coffee cups If you are a real straw fanatic, bring your own stainless steel or glass straw and whip it out whenever you sit down for a refreshing drink on the go. They are a massive nuisance on our beaches and are a common death trap for marine life (especially turtles). Unless you have a medical condition or disability that makes plastic straws necessary, just say no. Well here are some alternatives to these easy to grab single-use items: Plastic strawsįirst of all, do your best to say no to plastic straws in the first place. A bottle of water here, a take-away coffee there, then wash it all down with an overly priced cocktail not so elegantly presented with a plastic straw. Most of the single-use traps are set when we are caught up in our daily routines at work, or out and about on the weekends. I got your back! When You Are Out and About Below are some easy ways to swap those common single-use items for more sustainable and reusable options! Read on. As fashion and earth conscious readers here at Good on You, I know you are excited to reduce your impact on the environment. Unfortunately, the flow of waste into our environment is made up of millions of single-use items that could largely be avoided with a little forethought.
But we can all take steps to minimise the amount of waste we create, by swapping single-use items for ones that are more durable. In fact a lot of our waste ends up in our environment where it can impact on wildlife and take thousands and thousands of years to break down. As the world rapidly approaches 8 billion people, trying to squeeze 1.3 billion tonnes of annual waste ( projected to soar to 4 billion tonnes by 2100) into overflowing landfills is no easy task.