1000 Flowers for the Planet - #182 Reuse Containers
Plastic containers come in a number of
forms, the most common one being the handy takeaway container. Many people are
opting not to allow these single use plastic items into their lives, but if
your lifestyle means that sometimes you have plastic containers come into your
home, then at least try to use them more than once. They can be handy for lots
of different things: storing groups of small toys like marbles or dolls house
accessories; taking leftovers to work for lunch; giving away a gift of home
baked goods; keeping bits of hardware such as screws, hooks and tap washers
together in a handy spot; storing cotton reels. The list is endless.
If you do not reuse them they are
single use plastic items that go straight into landfill where they do not break
down for hundreds of years. They have already used resources, oil, transport,
water, energy – so if we haven’t avoided it all together, we can at least make
sure the life of the product is extended for as long as possible. The idea is
not only for takeaway containers but for any container you receive that may
find subsequent uses. Reuse them or avoid them.
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