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Strategies to Reduce Plastic Use

The document discusses Karen Mariana Hernandez Alarcón's efforts to minimize her plastic footprint by avoiding daily plastic use and making conscious purchasing decisions. It outlines three strategies for reducing plastic consumption: avoiding single-use plastics, buying in bulk with less packaging, and opting for alternative materials. The document emphasizes the importance of adopting sustainable habits to achieve a significant reduction in plastic use.

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Strategies to Reduce Plastic Use

The document discusses Karen Mariana Hernandez Alarcón's efforts to minimize her plastic footprint by avoiding daily plastic use and making conscious purchasing decisions. It outlines three strategies for reducing plastic consumption: avoiding single-use plastics, buying in bulk with less packaging, and opting for alternative materials. The document emphasizes the importance of adopting sustainable habits to achieve a significant reduction in plastic use.

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my plastic

footprint
Name: Karen Mariana
Hernandez Alarcón
ID: 110491
Is plastic part of
your daily life?
Constantly is not part of
my daily use, I try not to
make purchases that
contain the material
Objects you
tend to buy
1 fruit salad $6000

2 Bread $5000

3 Goslings $15.000

2
REDUCE PLASTIC TO 0%?

In today's world, plastic is present in do not


many products and processes, even consume
avoid buying do not smoke straws
those that are not obvious to the plastic bags cigarettes
naked eye (e.g., packaging, labels,
appliance components, etc.) HOW TO REDUCE
PLASTIC
CONSUMPTION
try to buy in
bulk

However, it is possible to get very use bamboo


cutlery
close to that goal by adopting a reject single-
series of sustainable habits and use plastics
alternatives. To achieve this, I would
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follow these steps:
THREE STRATEGIES TO HELP REDUCE PLASTIC

1. Avoid single-use plastics: Replace products like


disposable bags, bottles, straws, cutlery, and plates with
reusable alternatives made of materials like glass, stainless
steel, or cloth.

2. Buy products in bulk and with less packaging: Choose


food and other products without plastic packaging, using
reusable containers and cloth bags to carry your purchases.

3. Opt for alternative and durable materials: Choose


containers and utensils made of glass, metal, or
biodegradable materials instead of plastic, both at home
and in the office, and choose products that can be reused
many times before being discarded.

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