As many of us are aware, we often tend to use new plastic items such as grocery bags and food wrappers every time we go to the store or open a food item. We also put food that could easily be washed into plastic bags, then just throw it away when we get home. Single use plastics, maybe even known as disposable plastics, are materials that are used once before getting thrown out. Not only do we do this with bags and wrappers, we do it with water bottles, plastic forks and spoons, etc… Although we are all guilty of this, it could easily be avoided. 

 

There are many steps we can take in order to reduce the use of single use plastics. We could organize some sort of community events which raise awareness to this problem. The communities could come together and help make steps towards change. We could also spread the word to the general public on how to reduce their single-use plastic consumption. They could do this by using reusable water bottles, bringing their own bags into stores, choosing not to ask for a plastic straw, and buying food from smaller stores instead of using pre-packaged foods. These all could help tremendously if we were able to get the community to do it as well.