10/05/2021
MY REASON WHY — I remember as a kid being embarrassed and cross that my mum (I love you mum!) made us reuse our plastic sandwich bags, when my friend’s mum let her throw hers away. Silly right! But as a child we weren’t educated about plastic, or the planet or the impact we had. Everything was bought to be disposable: Sandwich bags, cups and plates for a party, disposable table cloths, balloons, McDonald’s toys, plastic straws and bottles, cling film, DISPOSABLE CAMERAS (can you believe it?!), everything was plastic, everything was “convenient” and we thought nothing of it. Going with my friends to town on the bus and buying new cheap clothes “just because”, with no care for who made them, how the fabric was produced or what I would do with them when I didn’t like them any more. I grew up thinking that if I put something in the bin, it was gone forever. Not 30 years of my life later it still sitting in landfill somewhere. Now we know differently, we know the impact that our “convenience” has on our planet. This one planet that we are here to steward, for the years to come, for our children and our children’s children— That’s my reason for trying to make changes, educating them on being good stewards of the planet too! .
Disclaimer: it wasn’t all bad- I remember having a special magnet to check if a can was aluminium to recycle cans, I remember taking glass to the bottle bank, and we did have a milkman for a while, with glass bottles 👌🏻 and my brilliant mum (of the generation before where things weren’t disposable!) made us reuse things over and over!! 🙌🏻
