Carry a reusable coffee cup.
7 million are thrown away a day in the UK.

Bring your own bottle.
The average Brit uses 150 plastic water bottles a year (thats 3 a week). If just 1 in 10 of us cut down by one water bottle a week, we can save up to 340 million bottles a year.

Say no to plastic cutlery.
You could carry a spork or use combustible alternative. It is thought that we use plastic cutlery for just 3 mins!

Say no to plastic straws.
Each plastic straw or stirrer can take 200 years to decompose. Swap a plastic straw for a paper one, or alternatively ditch the habit altogether!

Stop using cling film.
It cannot be recycled. However, foil can be. Alternatively, beeswax wraps are made using cotton, pine resin, jojoba oil and local beeswax. As it is 100% natural and environmentally friendly. Plus, they come in cute patterns.

Bin the Gum.
Britons are the second biggest consumers of chewing gum in the world. It is thought that we consume 130 sticks per person per year. Plastic free alternatives include ‘Glee’ and ‘Chewsy’.

Teabags!
Disposing of teabags leads to microplastics building up in our waterways, and therefore eventually our food chain. Use loose leaf tea with a tea strainer instead of tea bags sealed with plastic. Or you could try plastic free Pukka Tea or TeaPigs. PG tips have also recently launched tea bags which are 100% biodegradable. 

Think twice about glitter…
The small size of glitter means that it is lethal, and often ends up in the food chain. However, there are biodegradable glitter brands such as ‘ecostardust’. The hairstyling brand VO5 also stock a range of glitter which is made from plant cellulose. 

Bring back the milkman. 
And join just the 4% in the UK that do. Reduce your plastic consumption whilst helping your local economy. 

What a corker                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Choose wine with a cork top as opposed to  a screw top or plastic top. Screwtop corks contain BPA and industrial chemicals used in plastics production, whereas cork stoppers are widely considered as sustainable because a cork tree is not cut down in order to obtain the cork - only the bark is stripped. Recork.org lists a range of wines using cork stoppers.