{"id":5019,"date":"2019-02-12T11:25:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T09:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/?p=5019"},"modified":"2019-04-26T14:24:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T12:24:42","slug":"is-it-really-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/is-it-really-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"IS IT REALLY NECESSARY?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Lately I am very much leaning towards the\n\u201cgreener\u201d side of things. When we take a\ndrive with Wallace (for those of you that do not know yet, that is our Landy) I am more than average noticing plastic\npollution on the roadside. Plastic is sadly\nkilling our planet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reality of African cities – Abidjan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Reading National Geographic a horrific picture\npopped up about a turtle with a plastic straw embedded in its nose. This made me ponder on how can we, in our\nordinary every day lives, make a significant impact to reduce plastic waste to\nsave our planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like a lot of things it starts at home with\neducating our children from a very young age. \nI know we are living in a quick and easy, fast paced life where\neverything is individually wrapped, etc. \nThis to me is one of the biggest problems at the moment! Do we really need all that individual wrapped\nplastic stuff to avoid germs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s have a look at how can we change<\/strong> the plastic use of the world with small steps at a time. Check your plastic trail from when you wake up in the morning until you go to bed. This was really an eye-opener for me to see how plastic in all sizes and forms just creeps into our daily lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you really need to use a coffee pod (served in a plastic container) to make that \u201cgood\u201d cup of coffee to get you out of bed and moving? There are other methods that can be implemented to also enjoy coffee \u2013 I must be careful now not to get involved in a coffee debate here! Maybe my family got my drift about plastic as I received a green Masterton\u2019s coffee dripper for Christmas which is washable and reusable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Mastertons dripper <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Rethink your bathroom routine. Do you really need to use soap from a plastic\npump dispenser bottle to wash your hands after visiting the bathroom? Maybe\nI am old-fashioned, but In our home we have a bar of soap with a paper wrapping\nand it also works great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you need a plastic bag for that sandwich and cold drink that you are buying over lunch time from the take-away shop that you anyway are going to eat immediately? <\/em>Lately I noticed that some of the take-away franchises already switched to using brown paper bags which will disintegrate over a short period of time instead of plastic bags. Thank you for your forward thinking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you really need to buy a new bottle of water every time? \u00adWith so many \u201cwater on tap\u201d shops nowadays it is east to take your own bottle and to refill. If that is not possible every day at least try to have the plastic one refilled twice before discarding it. By implementing this step you are surely reducing your plastic footprint on the globe. Yes, I know some water available in taps is a bit dodgy, but where you can, try to refill!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Say no to plastic straws!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Something that really boggles my mind is why do\nyou think that using a straw will avoid germs when you drink a cold drink from\na glass, but when you sip on a gin and tonic (at the same restaurant), there are no germs on the rim of your gin\nglass? <\/em>Please\nguys, rethink the straw issue! Recently\nI have accomplished this to deny taking a straw from the waiter. \ud83d\ude0a <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is also scary to think that single use\nplastic (knives\/forks\/spoons\/wrappers) is responsible for 40% of the world\u2019s plastic\nwaste which causes huge plastic waste \u201cislands\u201d in the Pacific Ocean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keep the beaches unspoiled for the next generation<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Once you have made a trip through Africa you will understand my request and plea to be considerate when buying\/using products that causes plastic waste. Our beautiful African continent is choking on cheap plastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Pollution: If you do not kill it; it will kill you!”<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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