{"id":56158,"date":"2017-05-27T12:59:20","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T05:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/could-you-cut-out-plastic-from-your-weekly-shop-one-family-tried\/"},"modified":"2017-05-27T13:09:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T06:09:03","slug":"could-you-cut-out-plastic-from-your-weekly-shop-one-family-tried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/could-you-cut-out-plastic-from-your-weekly-shop-one-family-tried\/","title":{"rendered":"Could you cut out plastic from your weekly shop? One family tried"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWith fruit sold in tubs, chicken in trays \u2013 and remote Pacific islands awash in plastic debris \u2013 the McCreadies found the plastic challenge toughThe grotesque images of rubbish-strewn Henderson Island, a remote and uninhabited Pacific coral atoll where millions of tonnes of plastic waste have washed up, sent shockwaves around the world. The sheer volume of plastics escaping into the environment mean that by 2050 there could be more plastic in our seas than fish. But how easily could we cut plastic out of our daily lives?In June the Marine Conservation Society will launch its \u201cplastic challenge\u201d, asking us to give up single-use plastic for a day, a week or even the whole month. Guardian Money asked one Yorkshire family to track their plastic use for a week, then try the following week to cut it out as much as possible. The results indicate by how much we can reduce our plastic footprint \u2013 but also show the realistic limits to slashing our use, even among those keen to be as eco-friendly as possible. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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