Single-use plastics, also known as disposable plastics, are items made primarily from fossil fuel–based chemicals and are meant to be used once and then discarded.
• Single-use plastic pose significant environmental threats due to their persistence in the ecosystem and contribution to pollution.
• This plastic harm wildlife contaminates waterways and contributes to the global plastic crisis.
• Efforts to reduce single-use plastic consumption and implement sustainable alternatives are essential for environmental conservation.
Examples of single-use plastics include plastic bottles, wrappers, straws, bags, plastic cutlery, plastic cups & plates.
Things you can do to help.
• Use paper straws, water containers that you can refill, paper cups & plates.
• Clean shopping bags can be returned to grocery stores. Many of the major stores have return containers.
• Purchase laundry soap sheets instead of laundry soap in plastic containers.
• Clean plastic bags can be donated to create mats, pillows, etc. for the homeless. These can be taken to; Michigan Mitten, 24623 Harper Ave., St. Clair Shores, MI 48080.
Something to think about – Sometimes it seems immaterial to pick up empty plastic bottles or litter on your walk around the neighborhood, we think that someone else will do it. You walk the same way the next day and guess what, they are still there! This is a small job that you could do and offer it to God as a gift from you. No one need know why you do it, it’s a gift just from you.
There are little things every day you can offer to Him and every one of them is a gift that is sure to please Him because they are from you.
Matthew 6:6 says, “But when you pray go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.”