We asked for your suggestions: how can people avoid or reduce their plastic consumption? Here are 20 of our favourites tips
1. Refuse plastic when offered by a retailer; they’ll soon reconsider their packaging if *they* have to deal with its disposal – Catherine G
2. Ask yourself if the plastic item can be used more than once. If not, try very hard to avoid it – Sallie G
3. Make your own deodorant, soap and toothpaste. Use soap nuts in the washing machine – Lorraine H
4. Using bicarb, vinegar and lemons for household cleaning. It cuts out plastic and is better for your health and the planet’s – Karen S
5. Make more food from scratch. Pressed for time? Buy a slow cooker – Stuart F
6. Ask yourself if you really need the thing you are buying, can you reuse/repurpose something you already have? – Poppy K
7. Ditch tea bags (most contain plastic). Instead, channel your inner nanna and use tea leaves and a strainer for your brew – Christian S
8. Buy local! Our eggs come in boxes and the meat from the butcher uses far less packaging – Sarah C
9. Block butter and patience – Xan P
10. Start keeping…
