Don’t Be a Total Waster (of plastic) Calibrate You…

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Author : Beth Terry
Genre : House & Home

Summary : “Guides readers toward the road less consumptive, offering practical advice and moral support while making a convincing case that individual actions . . . do matter.” —Elizabeth Royte, author, Garbage Land and Bottlemania Like many people, Beth Terry didn’t think an individual could have much impact on the environment. But while laid up after surgery, she read an article about the staggering amount of plastic polluting the oceans, and decided then and there to kick her plastic habit. In Plastic-Free, she shows you how you can too, providing personal anecdotes, stats about the environmental and health problems related to plastic, and individual solutions and tips on how to limit your plastic footprint. Presenting both beginner and advanced steps, Terry includes handy checklists and tables for easy reference, ways to get involved in larger community actions, and profiles of individuals—Plastic-Free Heroes—who have gone beyond personal solutions to create change on a larger scale. Fully updated for the paperback edition, Plastic-Free also includes sections on letting go of eco-guilt, strategies for coping with overwhelming problems, and ways to relate to other people who aren’t as far along on the plastic-free path. Both a practical guide and the story of a personal journey from helplessness to empowerment, Plastic-Free is a must-read for those concerned about the ongoing health and happiness of themselves, their children, and the planet.

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Author : Sandra Ann Harris
Genre : House & Home

Summary : A simple and powerful book educating people about the epidemic of plastic use and solutions for a plastic-free future. If you've heard of the plastic-free lifestyle, but think you don't have time for it in your busy life, prepare to be delightfully wrong. Goodbye Plastic shows you how, whether you're seeking to knock plastic out of your life or just try out a few novel eco-hacks in your kitchen, bathroom, office or dining room. Plastic pollution activist and entrepreneur Sandra Ann Harris invites us to say goodbye to plastic, room by room. Opportunities abound to simplify our lives by re-thinking our wasteful habits--we just need to learn to recognize them.

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Author : Jay Sinha
Genre : House & Home

Summary : After the birth of their son, Jay Sinha and Chantal Plamondon set out on a journey to eliminate plastic baby bottles as the Canadian government banned BPA. When they found it was difficult to procure glass baby bottles, Jay and Chantal made it their mission to not only find glass and metal replacements for plastic, but to make those products accessible to the public as well. Printed on wood-free FSC (sustainable certified) paper and with BPA-free ink, Life Without Plastic strives to create more awareness on the issue of BPA, polycarbonates and other single-use plastics, and provides readers with safe, reusable and affordable alternatives. While plastic has its uses in technology, medical and some products around the home, certain single-use plastics release chemicals when put in contact with food and water. These disposable plastics are also found in produce and cleaning products. Jay and Chantal show readers how to analyze their personal plastic use, find alternatives and create easy replacements in this step-by-step guide. Get your family healthier, spread consciousness and create positive reflection on you for helping the environment by taking action.

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Author : Isabel Thomas
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction

Summary : Our planet is in peril and needs your help! If you want to learn to reduce waste and save the Earth, here are practical tips and projects that make a difference! Do you worry about the world's waste? The bad news is, humans throw away too much trash. But the good news is, there are lots of easy ways you can get involved and make a difference! From ditching straws and banning glitter to hosting a plastic-free birthday party, helping to save the planet is not as difficult as you think. So, take control of your future! Become an eco-warrior instead of an eco-worrier and do your part to save the world from GARBAGE! Concerned about climate change? Don't miss This Book Will (Help) Cool the Climate: 50 Ways to Cut Pollution, Speak Up, and Protect the Planet.

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Author : Honest Miracle
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Summary : "What good is all of that greed the huge corporations have for money over our health and planet with single use chemical ridden products designed to break, when there's no air left for us to breathe because we've polluted it?" If you're reading this book you're probably keen on saving our beautiful planet from waste, toxins and plastic pollution. You might have also experienced what I call "zero waste overwhelm" where you want to do everything to fight climate change, heal the planet and tell everyone about it to get them involved too! That's brilliant, but we all have our limits, so don't push yourself to do too much at once. I like to push myself just passed my limit then wait there for a little while before trying to get to the next level because if we burnout we can't help anyone. The top excuse I've heard from people as to why they don't go greener or try zero waste is that they can't be perfect like the social media influencers who fit all of their years rubbish into one jar. We don't have to be that extreme! In fact, how do we know they actually did fit all of their years rubbish into one jar?! There's a thought... So, I created this book as a realistic guide to zero waste, maybe that's not the best name, maybe it should be called conscious living, or less waste, because in all honesty, it's impossible to have ZERO waste. My hope is that you will use this guide to ease your way into zero waste/less waste/conscious living, or you can use it to add to your current eco knowledge. Don't forget to share it with family and friends, so that we can all do our bit to help the planet and to also help our families and ourselves. Because we're all in this together!

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Author : Caroline Piech
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Summary : Waste management and plastic free living Plastic - the ticking time bomb? Are you frightened by the pictures of heaps of garbage on dream beaches? Do you feel helpless and don't know what you can change? This book shows you how dangerous plastic is and gives you concrete tips for a plastic-free life. Everywhere we see pictures of once beautiful beaches, covered with plastic bottles and other plastic waste washed up from the sea. But it is difficult for us to connect to ourselves. Do we have to change something in our daily lives? Everywhere we look we are surrounded by plastic: the hair dryer you use to dry your hair, the cheese packaging you take out of the fridge in the morning, the can of your day cream, everything is made of plastic. And even the cream itself often contains micro plastic, which we cannot see but is no less harmful. Can we just keep doing this or do we have to change anything? In this book you can find: What is plastic? Why is plastic so successful? A day in life in a world of plastic What are the dangers of plastic consumption? Plastic waste at sea: facts and consequences Plastic makes you sick What is already being done by countries, corporations and organizations? What can you do? Become aware of what plastic does to us! Come into action yourself!Don't you go on. Try to live plastic-free . It doesn't have to be a complete renunciation to try to gradually replace plastic in your life with other products. 50 tips for a plastic-free life Put it into practice in your everyday life.As a small bonus you will receive recipes to make your own detergents, cosmetics, etc.

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Author : Rodale Sustainability
Genre : Self-Help

Summary : The Zero-Waste Guide to Life! Is the thought of the 51 trillion pieces of plastic in our oceans keeping you up at night? Don't panic! The war on plastic has begun and you can help. In this book you'll find 101 little things you as an individual can do to avoid single-use plastics and help save the world. You'll find sweet and simple ideas like carrying around your own cutlery, getting ice cream in a cone instead of a cup, and buying loose doughnuts or pastries for snacks instead of packaged sweets. Plus, you'll find 101 simple ways to cut plastic from: -FOOD AND DRINK: freeze fresh veggies rather than buying frozen ones, and buy beeswax wrap instead clingfilm -AROUND THE HOUSE: buy bars of soap instead of hand dispensers and swap scourers for natural cloths -YOUR LIFESTYLE: how to throw a plastic-free party and find good plastic-free make-up With easy, no-nonsense steps for cutting plastic out of your everyday life, this is the perfect gift for anyone ready to start fighting the war on plastic. These easy nudges will guide you to change your habits bit by bit so that cutting out plastics becomes second nature.

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Author : Lucy Siegle
Genre : Nature

Summary : Enough plastic is thrown away every year to circle the world 4 times More than 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the oceans each year 300 million tonnes of new plastic is produced every year An estimated 15-51 trillion pieces of plastic now litter the world's oceans 38.5 million plastic bottles are used every day in the UK A million plastic bottles are used per minute around the world 500 million plastic straws are used per year Without big action, at the current rate, pieces of plastic will outnumber fish in the ocean by 2050. That is the legacy we are leaving our children and grandchildren. Plastic flows into our lives from every direction and most of it is not recycled. Instead it is incinerated or ends up in landfill, where it will sit for hundreds of years, or enters the world's seas where it fragments into tiny pieces to become microplastics - the environmental scourge of our times. Many of us had assumed that governments, brands and waste authorities were dealing with plastic on our behalf. But the impact of shows such as Blue Planet along with national beach cleans and high-profile campaigns have resulted in a collective wake-up call. If there were plans and strategies, they have not worked as we imagined. It would be easy to feel despondent but instead we need to turn our anger and emotion into action, starting by making a big dent in our own enormous consumption. Turning the tide on Plastic is here just in time. Journalist, broadcaster and eco lifestyle expert Lucy Siegle provides a powerful call to arms to end the plastic pandemic along with the tools we need to make decisive change. It is a clear-eyed, authoritative and accessible guide to help us to take decisive and effective personal action. Because this matters. When it comes to single-use plastics, we are habitual users, reaching out for plastic water bottles, disposable coffee cups, plastic straws and carrier bags multiple times a day. If only 12 of us adopt Lucy's 'reduce, rethink, refill, refuse' approach, we could potentially ditch 3K-15K single items of plastic in a year. When we consider our power as influencers - whether at school, the hairdressers, at work or on the bus - we suddenly become part of something significant. So now is the time to speak up, take action and demand the change you want to see in the ocean, in the supermarket aisles and on the streets. It's time to turn the tide on plastic, and this book will show you how.

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Author : The F Team
Genre : Nature

Summary : Is the thought of the 51 trillion pieces of plastic in our oceans keeping you up at night? Don't panic! The war on plastic has begun and you can help! In this book you'll find 101 little things you as an individual can do to avoid single-use plastics and help save the world. Governments, brands and corporations around the globe are on the case to solve the plastic epidemic, but whilst we wait for the effects of those initiatives to trickle through and alternatives to plastic to be found, let's hit the ground running. In this proactive illustrated book, you'll find 101 simple ways to cut plastic from: -FOOD AND DRINK e.g. freeze fresh veg rather than buying frozen, and buy beeswax wrap over clingfilm - AROUND THE HOUSE e.g. buy bars of soap instead of hand dispensers and swap scourers for natural cloths - YOUR LIFESTYLE e.g. how to have a plastic-free party and find good plastic-free make-up Together we can save our oceans - and we will!

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Author : Anita Vandyke
Genre : Consumer education

Summary : Anita Vandyke wants to show you that by living a zero waste life, you actually gain more--more time, more money, and more life. Her simple, practical guide shows you how by changing your daily habits you can eliminate plastic from your life in 30 days. These are the inside tips of a waste warrior, whose life has changed from excess to eco-luxe. A Zero Waste Life is a guide to the small changes you can make to radically reduce your waste, without losing your lifestyle. Based on 30 lifestyle "rules" and handy tips, this practical book offers a fresh "can do" approach to reducing your waste and living a cleaner, kinder life. Isn't that what we all want--a life of happiness, a life of luxury, a life that isn't wasted?