F**k Plastic: 101 Ways to Free Yourself from Plastic and Save the World
by
Rodale Sustainability
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USA
Can
Crown, 2019 (2018)
Hardcover, e-Book
Reviewed by Hilary Williamson
T
his book is billed as '
The Zero-Waste Guide to Life!
' Rodale Sustainability's
F**k Plastic
offers '
101 Ways to Free Yourself from Plastic and Save the World
'. The authors tell us that plastic is a great invention that '
ain't going nowhere
', but that 8 million pieces enter our oceans every year (where they absorb chemicals before entering the food chain) and that the sea currently contains 51 trillion pieces of plastic!
W
hat's to be done? There are ongoing initiatives around the world, and this book offers 101 habit changing ideas to stop relying on plastic as we currently do. Suggestions are grouped into chapters:
Food and Drink
;
Around the House
;
Lifestyle
; and
Saving the World
. Specific brands are suggested for many of the recommendations.
M
any I already do (like '
Buy fresh over frozen
'; '
Beeswax food wrap
'; and using a fabric advent calendar. But I found many good new tips here as well - on '
DIY cleaning products
'; jarred toothpaste; avoiding synthetic polyesters when shopping for clothes; wearing sunscreen packaged in plastic-free materials; requesting less packaging on online orders. Reducing use of plastics at the source can be effective ... if enough of us do, and demand, it.
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