Social Impact Initiative:

One Bottle, One Straw, One Bag at A Time
“There will be more plastic in our oceans than fish by the year 2050.”

Plastic: useful for minutes, harmful for decades. 

Recently I got asked the question — “Why do you think it’s so hard for people to grasp the idea/habit of using reusable items?”. 

My simple one-word answer was CONVENIENCE. 

Many people see plastic usage as a:

👉🏼Simple grab of a plastic water bottle. 

👉🏼Accepting a plastic cup, straw, or plastic cutlery in the drive-through. 

👉🏼Packing up your groceries in a plastic bag. 

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Now what they don’t see or think about in these moments are:

👉🏼The 450 years it takes for a plastic water bottle to decompose. 

👉🏼 18 billion pounds of plastic waste flows into the oceans every year from coastal regions.

👉🏼 The average time a plastic bag is used is 12 minutes. Then takes up 1,000 years to decompose.

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It’s imperative to understand the generational and long-term impact these “convenient” items have on not only marine animals but our lives too. 

Keep it simple, friend.

Start reducing your use of one-time-use plastics today. One bottle, one straw, one bag at a time.