Five plastics you can ditch today
With a struggling recycling market in Australia, these are the common, single-use plastic items you can ditch today.
Plastic not-so-fantastic
The world has reached its fill of plastic – it's been found in all corners of the globe, from the peak of Mount Everest to the mysterious depths of the Mariana Trench, 11km below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
Recycling simply isn't the answer as it isn't keeping pace with production. As of 2015, only nine percent of the 6.3 billion metric tonnes of plastic waste generated globally had been recycled, and 79% had ended up in landfill or the environment.
With Australia's recycling industry in crisis due to China's ban on importing many streams of our waste, including soft plastics, it's even more crucial to reduce our reliance on single-use plastics.
Single-use plastic is about convenience – something few of us want to give up – but if you're keen to lighten your personal load, here are five plastics you can swap for a better alternative.