Refuse bags, excess packaging, and unnecessary condiments on take-away food
Welcome to Week One of the 50 Ways to Reduce Your Waste Line. In this week, we invite you to consider refusing bags and any excessive packaging and condiments when taking out food.
One Thing You Can Do:
When you order your takeout lunch at the Cafeteria or restaurant, one thing you can do is specify to your server that there is no need to provide the takeout bag. As well, you can pick up only the condiment items you will need.
For example, at Subway Sandwiches, do you really need an additional bag when your sandwich is already neatly wrapped in the sandwich paper? As well, ask yourself do you really need all the condiments? Remember condiments come in packages. If you don’t need the condiment, you are saving one package from being disposed into the landfill site.
Concerning Facts:
According to a new cradle to grave study, we are becoming a “plastic planet”.
Around 9.1 billion tons of plastics have been produced since 1950. All kinds of plastics are found everywhere. They are used for packaging from plastic bottles and consumer goods to construction materials and everyday clothing. The problem is that plastics do not break down easily and the majority of the materials end up as waste in landfills and litter on land and in oceans, lakes and rivers. What is alarming is that scientists found plastics in the body of marine animals, including planktons. Planktons are small microscopic organisms feeding many other animals above them in the food chain. In the Scientist video above, you can see that a plankton is eating plastic. This shows one of the key dangers of plastic litter in the environment.
