The Single-Use Plastics You Never Thought About, and 13 Simple Swaps

How to end that plastic addiction by following the principles of conscious waste

Heidi Bischof
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9 min readMay 23, 2018

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Plastic cling-wrap: one of the many other single-use plastics that has found its way into our lives. Photos: Heidi Bischof

So you have a reusable water bottle and coffee cup and you take your own bags to the supermarket? Think you’ve ditched disposable plastic and got “green” all sorted? Before you tick that box I’d like to help you out with a little reality check. I want to challenge you to explore a little further into your plastic addiction and show you even more single-use plastics that are still lurking in the shadows and how you can weed them out. I’ll also give you some great ideas for things you can use instead. Unfortunately unsustainable habits like plastic are so embedded in our lives that it is impossible to get rid of them overnight, but if we tackle a bit at a time, and follow the principles of conscious waste, then we’ll be able to help the planet in a huge way!

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As the global plastic pollution crisis is really starting to sink in, single-use plastic bans are popping up all over the place. There is a lot of momentum out there and more and more people are saying no to plastic bags, bringing their own reusable bottles and cups. It’s easy to get excited about this (I did!) but before…

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Heidi Bischof
Heidi Bischof

Written by Heidi Bischof

Sustainability educator & activist, founder @ Earth Ethic

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