IT'S FILLING UP OUR
LANDFILLS AND COURSE POLLUTING
OUR OCEANS ALMOST 9 MILLION
TONS OF PLASTIC ENTERS THE
OCEAN EVERY SINGLE YEAR, LET'S
ALSO THREATENING THOUSANDS OF
SPECIES OR IN BAN PLASTIC BAGS
LAST YEAR WASHINGTON IS AGAIN
TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING.
LIBOR STALKED RECYCLING
SPECIALIST FOR EASY WAYS TO
CUT DOWN ON PLASTIC IN YOUR
LIFE.
AS MORE CONSUMERS COMPANIES
AND GOVERNMENTS TRY TO CUT
DOWN ON SINGLE USE PLASTIC
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES SAY
THERE IS A LOT YOU CAN DO ON
YOUR OWN BEYOND JUST REUSABLE
BAGS. WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED IS
YOU KNOW ONCE I STARTED
REDUCING MY GROCERY BAGS AND
START LOOKING AT OTHER THINGS
THAT CAN REDUCE WE ASKED METRO
WASTE REDUCTION SPECIALIST
PEGGY LAPOINTE TO SHOW US WHAT
SHE DOES IN HER OWN HOME AND
SO IT SAID GRADUAL PROCESS
WHERE I JUST STARTED, YOU KNOW
REPLACING THINGS THAT I HAD
ONCE THEY WERE OUT WITH MORE
SUSTAINABLE ITEMS THAT MOST OF
THESE THINGS I GOT A
SECONDHAND STORE ONE THAT A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR
WITH HIS WATER BOTTLE RIGHT
WATER BOTTLES AND COFFEE MUGS
I PUT THEM UP MY KEYS.
OR BY THE DOOR AND I'M
READY TO GO EASY SWAPS CAN
ELIMINATE PLASTIC UTENSILS AND
STRAWS BECAUSE IN MY WORK BAG,
IT'S JUST SITTING THERE AND
IT'S READY FOR ME TO AND I GOT
TO THINK ABOUT REMEMBERING
EITHER REUSABLE UTENSILS THIS
IS ONE THAT I WOULD NEVER
THINK OF ME AND I FIND MYSELF
HAVING PLASTIC FORKS FROM THE
WORK EVERY DAY THIS YOU CAN GO
OUT AND BUY HAS GOT THE
FORECAST THE TOP STICKS WHICH
IS KIND OF COOL AND SPOON AND
FORK A LOT OF TIMES YOU KNOW
YOU CAN JUST TAKE ONE FROM
HOME AND PUT IT IN YOUR DESK
DRAWER AND THEN YOUR ASSET IT
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOMETHING
YOU GOT TO BUY THOSE GLASS
CONTAINERS, YOU USE FOR
LEFTOVERS PEGGY ALSO TAKES
THEM TO RESTAURANTS THAT IS AT
A SECONDHAND STORE AND THEY'RE
SUPER EASY SOMETIMES I WILL GO
IN AND I'LL ASK FOR MY MEAL
FOR HERE AND THEY SERVE IT,
YOU KNOW ON A REGULAR PLAY AND
THEN I'LL PUT IT IN AND I TAKE
IT TO GO AND THERE'S NO WASTE
SO I DO THAT SOMETIMES AND
WHEN YOU HANDED THIS TO WAIT
OR BEFORE AND SAID HEY I WANT
THIS TO GO CAN YOU THAT UP AND
THAT'S YEAH AND THEY'VE
ACTUALLY I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN
THANKED I'LL HAVE PEOPLE SAY
OH I'M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT
YOUR OWN CONTAINER. THANK YOU
FOR STORING THINGS HERE AT
HOME LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS
TO FOR FOR JARS AND THANKS TO
STORE FOOD AND SO YOU'RE NOT
USING ALL THOSE THAT GOT BACKS
RIGHT AND YOU KNOW I THINK
THERE'S THIS MISCONCEPTION
THAT BEING SUSTAINABLE HAS TO
BE EXPENSIVE. I HAVE TO VOICE
AND WE GO THROUGH A LOT OF
PEANUT BUTTER PIE HOUSE I WILL
OFTEN USE THESE WHEN I CUT UP
AND ONION UP JUST BUT THE
OTHER HAPPENED HERE YOU KNOW
ANY SORT OF OTHERS LEFT OVERS
THAT AND I CAN SEE IT IN THE
REFRIGERATOR AND HONESTLY IT'S
IT'S JUST AS EASY AS A PLASTIC
BAG TO YOU YOU CAN PUT THIS IN
THE DISHWASHER RIGHT, YOU KNOW
I MEAN THERE'S THERE'S NO
EXTRA EFFORT TO JUST WASH AND
REUSE AND THIS IS WHAT WE USE
FOR THEIR LUNCHES ARE JUST
THESE CONTAINERS AGAIN THEY'RE
SUPER I JUST PRESSED THE
LUNCHES THE NIGHT BEFORE PUT
IN THE FRIDGE AND GRAB AND GO
IN THE MORNING THAT'S
SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES FOR
PLASTIC WRAP CAN ALSO HELP
STORE FOOD WAXED. PIECES OF
COTTON AND SO YOU JUST WRAP UP
LIKE IF I HAVE CUT AN ONION
YOU WRAP IT UP AND YOU'RE THE
HEAT FROM YOUR HANDS WARM
ENOUGH. HE JUST STORE IN THE
FRIDGE LIKE THAT LET'S HAVE A
PRODUCE BAGS TO GET RID OF
LITTLE PLASTIC BAGS THAT ARE
STILL IN THE STORES. YOU CAN
ACTUALLY BUY SOMETHING FOR
YOUR PRODUCE ABSOLUTELY ABOUT
THESE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO THERE
WELL LOWS BUT THEY HOLD UP
FANTASTICALLY AND WHEN I'M
BUYING LIKE A BUNCH OF APPLE'S
UP PUT IT IN HERE OR AND THE
OTHER DAY I WENT TO THE
GROCERY STORE I GOT MUSHROOMS
BUT A LOT OF THINGS THAT I BY
NO ONIONS I'M NOT GOING BE
OUTSIDE. THERE'S NO PROBLEM
PUTTING IN MY CART AS IS SO IF
YOU'RE WASHING OR PEELING
SOMETHING YOU COULD THROW THEM
IN THE BAG WITH ALL YOUR OTHER
HER SAME WITH BANANAS ARE
LINES OR EVEN POTATOES ICE
CURRENTLY IS A 4 E THEM SO
ANYTHING THAT I'M GOING TO
WASH THE SKIN OF. WE'RE NOT
EAT THE SKIN. I DON'T EVEN
BOTHER WITH THEM AND YOU CAN
THINK SUSTAINABLY EVEN AS YOU
TALK ABOUT GETTING SPECIAL
EVENT SAID THINGS LIKE PARTY
PLANNING OR HAVING PEOPLE OVER
FOR DINNER YEARS AGO, I PICKED
UP YOU KNOW A BUNCH OF THESE
THINGS AND I'VE GOT YOU KNOW
FORKS THAT I USED TO. THEY
BLASTED AGAIN FORWARD 10 YEARS
OR SO NEIGHBORS HAVE FIRED
THEM AND THEY'VE HAD PARTIES
AND YOU KNOW THAT WAY THERE'S
NO WASTE AND IN THE LONG RUN
YOU'RE SAVING MONEY AND
FINALLY WE DON'T WANT TO
FORGET ABOUT PETS TOO BECAUSE
THAT CAN BE A BIG AREA OF
PLASTIC WAYS FOR PET OWNERS
DEALING WITH PET WASTE YOU
HAVE THAT SOLUTION THEY DO WE
GO TO THE GROCERY STORE WE BUY
BREAD UM AND OTHER SORTS OF
THINGS AND SO INSTEAD OF GOING
OUT AND BUYING COMPOSTABLE
BAGS OF SPENDING MONEY ON
THOSE I JUST USE THESE BECAUSE
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD GO
IN THE LANDFILL ANYWAY IN MOST
CASES SO YOU'RE USING IT AND
THEN THROWING IT AWAY INSTEAD
PUTTING THIS IN THE TRASH IN
ADDITION TO SOMETHING YOU'RE
BUYING RIGHT. SO YOU MAY AS
GIVE IT ANOTHER USE RIGHT,
AGREES
METRO ALSO HAS A HELPFUL
TOOL ONE NOT SURE IF YOU CAN
RECYCLE SOMETHING WE HAVE A
LINK TO THE QUEEN DOT COM AND
IF YOU'RE STILL NOT SURE YOU
CAN SEND A PHOTO TO METRO'S
INTERACTIVE RECYCLE OR NOT
INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. AND THE
LOOK AT IT GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.
THE BEST PART THERE. POINT