Plastic life hacks

Plastic life hacks

1.  Adding Plastic to Natural History

Author by: Sarah Younan & Jade Jenkins

Source: Museum Education

https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjme20

The youth forum brought plastic from local beaches into the museum’s natural history displays, transforming the natural history galleries into a platform for showcasing the detrimental impact of pollution on the environment. This article investigates how this youth-led environmental project at Amgueddfa Cymru provided a reality check for the way natural history was portrayed in the museum, and also challenged the museum to become more activist in its stance.

2. Six Life Hacks to Help the Environment

Author by: Matt

Source: gr8ness

https://www.gr8ness.com/6-eco-friendly-life-hacks-help-environment/

We can all make a difference, when we combine our efforts, the difference has a positive, noticeable effect on the environment around us. Small steps can be made like driving slower or less often, stopping to use plastic bags, going paperless and saving trees, using rechargeable batteries, switching off appliances and lights when not in use, washing your laundry at 86°  resulting in huge impact.

3. Eight Ways to Improve the Air Quality at Home for Better Health

Author by: Nabin Paudyal

Source: Lifehack

https://www.lifehack.org/493408/8-ways-to-improve-the-air-quality-at-home-for-better-health

Did you know that the air inside our homes can be three to five times more polluted than the air outside? And, this polluted air will apparently, affect your health. Some ways to keep the air clean at home can be the use of plants in closed spaces, avoiding smoking in the house, use of natural air conditioning, beeswax candles, activated charcoal, salt lamps, natural air conditioning, and increasing the ventilation.

4. Go Green: Five Everyday Hacks That Will Help Beat Plastic Pollution

Author: Anisha Bhatia

Source: Swachh India

https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/go-green-five-everyday-hacks-will-help-beat-plastic-pollution-24315/

According to a 2017 study published in Environmental Science & Technology, a global journal, three of the world’s ten rivers that carry 90% of plastic to the world’s oceans are in India – the Indus, the Ganga, and the Brahmaputra. Some sustainable habits can be adapted to put a full stop to the plastic pollution chain such as use of clay bottles instead of plastic bottles, use of coconut fibre instead of Plastic Scrubs for washing utensils, making your own shampoo instead of buying it from the market, use of ghee as a lip balm instead of buying, and opt for homemade dishwashing soap.

5. Simple lifestyle hacks for a greener living

Author: Lifestyle Desk

Source: The Indian Express

https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/world-environment-day-2018-simple-lifestyle-hacks-swaps-for-a-greener-living-5203218/

It's never too late to start something great. So, start today to curb plastic pollution, all you need to do is change your everyday actions, a few simple alternatives can help us to beat plastic pollution such as saying no to paper, thermocol cups, polyester, synthetic clothes, plastic wrapping papers, and stopping to use disposable razors, wooden chopsticks, and plastic straws, and finally yes! don't waste rainwater.

6. Nine Life Hacks To Help You Break Up With Plastic

Author: Dominique Mosbergen

Source: HuffPost

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/reduce-plastic-use-water-pollution_n_590816f6e4b05c397681f20b

Versatile, inexpensive and used to make everything from electronics to medical equipment to airplane components, plastics are an essential part of modern life. And for most of us, it’s not feasible to give them up entirely, this barrage is mostly due to inadequate or mismanaged waste disposal systems and littering. Cutting back on the use of single-use plastic products is the number one step individuals can take, some of them are using reusable coffee tumblers, reusable water bottles, reusable tot bags, reusable steel s, metal cutlery instead of plastic cutlery, reuse plastic takeout s at eateries, avoiding unnecessary use of plastic in the packaging of a product, use of own garment bag and hanger to the dry cleaner, and lastly, at restaurants, tell your waiter to please hold the drinking straw.

7. Life hacks to save the planet 

Author:Elizaveta Zaretkaya

Source: Tunza Eco Generation

https://tunza.eco-generation.org/ambassadorReportView.jsp?viewID=45994

We all are aware that the level of pollution is increasing rapidly, making it difficult to breathe fresh air and settle in suburbs. There is always a solution to every problem and for this huge problem, there is some solution that every individual can initiate, first one would be - bicycle. A bicycle does no harm to the environment. Secondly, the reduction of the number of cars, without any doubt, will improve the traffic situation of the city: people won’t have to spend hours in traffic jams. 

8. Eight simple hacks to reduce plastic waste at home

Source: The tasky K

Soon, there is going to be more plastic than fish in our oceans – can you believe that?  Despite being cheap and convenient, plastic is one of the most damaging materials out there. You can set some hacks at home to reduce plastic waste including the use of vegan wax wraps, glass jars, cotton-produced bags, stainless steel lunchbox, silicone stasher bags, glass s, wooden cleaning utensils, and reusable straws that is, straws made from bamboo and stainless steel.

9. How to beat Air Pollution

Source: China Expat Health

https://chinaexpathealth.com/how-to-beat-air-pollution/

According to the World Health Organization, 34% of all stroke deaths are caused by air pollution, Air pollution causes 2 million deaths due to heart disease every year and 1.7 million deaths due to lung disease and cancer every year, Air pollution in most places is unavoidable, but what can you do about it? Some life hacks to help protect you & your family can be Keeping your distance from the road when walking, Getting an air filter at home, waiting away from traffic lights when crossing the road, and eating plenty of fruit and vegetables as antioxidants in fruit and vegetables fight against the harmful effects of air pollution.

10. Life Hacks to Reduce the Single Use Plastic in your Life. 

Source: SoleCup

https://solecup.com/life-hacks-to-reduce-the-single-use-plastic-in-your-life/

Reducing single-use plastic in our everyday lives is a challenge since we often shop out of convenience without considering our purchases beforehand. If we simply take a step back and take some time to consider the purchases we make we can all reduce our plastic consumption. Our life hacks will show you how you can remove the single-use plastic from your everyday life with a few easy steps as no more plastic bags, bringing your own reusable cup, shop for items without plastic packaging, sipping clear from plastic straws, reusable food wraps, loose Tea instead of microplastic tea bags, refuse plastic cutlery, reusable water bottle, non-plastic storage s, and opt for a bamboo toothbrush instead of plastic toothpaste.