Plastic Free July is a great cause that challenges you to say no to single-use plastic throughout the month of July (and then by the end of the month it should be habit)!
The vast amounts of plastic in our environment are not only causing havoc to our wildlife, they’re impacting on human health (by entering the food chain … think plastic microbeads in body products that are eaten by small aquatic organisms) in alarming ways we’re only just starting to get a handle on.
Now, whether or not you’ve registered for Plastic-Free July, there’s SO many small steps you can take right now to reduce the amount of single-use plastic you consume.
Here’s a few of my favs:
- Got kids who love drinking out of straws? Invest in a stainless steel one (here) and you’ll never need buy a packet of plastic straws again.
- Buy loose fresh produce. Avoid anything wrapped up on a tray and shop at markets where possible.
- Choose a reusable stainless steel water bottle (such as Ecococoon) rather than buying bottled water.
Replace snap-lock bags with reusable food pouches, I love the range at 4MyEarth.
- Say no to glad wrap buy buying reusable food covers or reusable food wrap 4MyEarth make the best on the market, even if they do double as shower caps 😉 or reusable food wrap like the organic cotton / hemp and beeswax ones by Wrap It Green.
- Rather than buying single-use yoghurts, custards and purees for your kids, make your own and place them in a reusable food pouch such as those by Little Mashies.
- Use reusable shopping bags. This is a no-brainer in my home state, South Australia because it’s the law anyway, but if it’s not where you live, GET ON BOARD!
Laura Trotta is one of Australia’s leading home sustainability experts. Fusing her professional expertise as an environmental engineer with the down-to-earth pragmatism that comes from being a busy mum, Laura is an eco thought leader who’s not afraid to challenge the status quo.
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Laura Trotta is one of Australia’s leading home sustainability experts. She has a Bachelor of Environmental Engineering, a Masters of Science (in Environmental Chemistry) and spent 11 years working as an environmental professional before creating her first online eco business, Sustainababy, in 2009. She has won numerous regional and national awards for her fresh and inspiring take on living an ‘ecoceptional’ life (including most recently winning the Brand South Australia Flinders University Education Award (2015) for the north-west region in SA and silver in the Eco-friendly category of the 2015 Ausmumpreneur Awards). With a regular segment on ABC Radio and with her work featured in publications like Nurture Parenting and My Child Magazine, Laura is an eco thought leader who’s not afraid to challenge the status quo. A passionate believer in addressing the small things to achieve big change, and protecting the planet in practical ways, Laura lives with her husband and two sons in outback South Australia. 
