People Against Plastic

Friday, May 30, 2014

Making Changes

Change.org is a website for people to make changes. You can petition for anything. If you want to make a change go here and type in plastic bags into the search engine. Make a change where you live, where you're going to college, or just about anywhere! I even attached a specific petition below that is in need of signatures.

Petition on $.20 fee on plastic bags

Week 1-2 Comparison

Week 2 Photos

Week 2 Bags

Week 2 amount of water bottles

Week 2

So after a week of using no plastic bags or disposable water bottles, I have learned a lot about myself, my family, and the environment. I realized that it is not that hard to make a little change like that in your household. After seeing how many plastic bags and water bottles my family used in just one week I couldn't even imagine what that would be like in a year. I realized that we can throw stuff away so easily because we don't have to deal with it once it leaves our house, but somebody does and it harms someone else. After doing this project and seeing how difficult it is to dispose of plastic bags, and how much damage plastic does to our surrounding environment, I am very happy I chose this topic to do my project on and that my family made this small change. I know that it doesn't seem like just you can make a difference, but by making such a tiny change in your house can truly make a huge difference. If everyone made this change, think about how many animals would be saved, how much space we could preserve in our landfill, and how many less chemicals will be near your family. Stop the trillion bags worldwide and become a plastic free household!

Plastic Bags

Instead of using a plastic grocery bag every time you go food shopping, why not use reusable bags? They're cheap & very easy to find. You can find them at the checkout of almost every grocery store, and even at some shopping stores. This website is one where you can get different types of bags for extremely cheap prices. CLICK HERE!!!!!!!!!!