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\"\"<\/a>This month marks an amazing step forward in conserving our oceans. McDonald's announced their goal to phase out plastic straws by 2025.\u00a0 And just this week, Starbucks also announced it\u2019s plan to eliminate plastic straws in all of their stores by 2020.<\/p>\n

Plastic straws are one of this biggest offenders when it comes to plastic trash in our oceans.\u00a0Cutting out their use by two of the largest chain eateries in the world is nothing short than amazing for our oceans.\u00a0But you don\u2019t have to wait years for this to happen to start making a positive impact on the health of our planet. \u00a0Here we will list 10 ways that you can cut out single-use plastics from your everyday life NOW. TODAY. And they are way easier than you think!<\/p>\n

10 WAYS TO USE LESS PLASTIC:<\/h2>\n

#1. Bring your own straw<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>More and more people are joining the BYOS movement by purchasing their own glass or stainless-steel reusable straws and carrying them around with them. Many of them come in their own nice little carry bag. Here are our favorites: https:\/\/www.ecoatheart.com and https:\/\/simplystraws.com\/collections\/shop-collection<\/p>\n

#2. STOP using bottled water<\/h3>\n

With the wide variety of reusable glass, aluminum, and stainless-steel water bottles on the market today there really is no excuse for using plastic, single-use bottled water.\u00a0Yes, it may take a little pre-planning to use your reusable bottle but the long-lasting effects on our environment are priceless!<\/p>\n

#3. Bring your own cup<\/h3>\n

You can take using a reusable water bottle one step further by bringing your own cup when ordering to-go drinks at any eatery.\u00a0 A little pre-planning and grabbing that re-usable Starbucks cup with the built-in straw or your to-go coffee mug will cut down on so much of our single-use daily trash.<\/p>\n

#4. Bring your own bag<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Bringing your own canvas grocery bags has become the norm over the last decade but what if you took it a step further and carried your own canvas bag even when you go shopping at the mall?\u00a0 Other stores still give out plastic bags too and your prior planning can help curb the use of more than just grocery bags.<\/p>\n

#5. Give up zip-lock bags<\/h3>\n

This can be a hard one for the typical American; we've been using them our entire lives. \u00a0There are some great alternatives, however. \u00a0You can now buy velcro reusable sandwich bags. \u00a0Or for an even tighter seal, you can get reusable baggies that have closures similar to the typical zip-lock bag.<\/p>\n

#6. Eat out less<\/h3>\n

You may be thinking \u201chow can eating out less reduce my single-use plastic use.\" Well, think of all of those to-go containers or take-home containers.\u00a0 They are almost always plastic.<\/p>\n

#7. Use razors with disposable blades<\/h3>\n

The typical disposable razor is made entirely of plastic. \u00a0Try investing in a razor that only needs the blades changed out from time to time. \u00a0The initial investment may be more but will pay off in the long run.<\/p>\n

#8. Give up gum<\/h3>\n

Gum? Yes, most major gum brands are actually partly made with synthetic plastic. Ew!<\/p>\n

#9. Meet Baking Soda and Vinegar<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Baking soda and vinegar will become your new household best friends. \u00a0You can clean just about anything with these two cheap ingredients! Pinterest is full of DIY cleaning ideas centered around these two ingredients. \u00a0Not only do you significantly reduce plastic waste from buying household cleaners at the store, but you'll be cutting your exposure to toxins, which is always a good thing!<\/p>\n

#10. Pack your own lunch<\/h3>\n

This goes along with eating out less. \u00a0Lunch on the go usually comes from a fast-food type restaurant which packages your food in a lot of single-use plastics whether you dine in or not. \u00a0By packing your lunch at home you can go virtually single-use plastic free!<\/p>\n

We could go on and on with many more ways to reduce your use of single-use plastics in your everyday life. \u00a0Change is never easy so we hope that by giving you our top 10 you'll be\u00a0motivated to start today. Just remember...one person CAN make a difference!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This month marks an amazing step forward in conserving our oceans. McDonald's announced their goal to phase out plastic straws by 2025.\u00a0 And just this week, Starbucks also announced it\u2019s plan to eliminate plastic straws in all of their stores by 2020. Plastic straws are one of this biggest offenders when it comes to plastic trash in our oceans.\u00a0Cutting out Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[453,451,155,156,282,159,333,446,449,338,450,447,448,452,334],"class_list":["post-1255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ocean-conservation","tag-bottled-water","tag-mcdonalds","tag-ocean","tag-ocean-conservation","tag-oceans","tag-plastic","tag-plastic-straws","tag-plastics","tag-reusable","tag-reusable-bags","tag-reusable-straws","tag-single-use","tag-single-use-plastic","tag-starbucks","tag-straws","cat-154-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.underseas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.underseas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.underseas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.underseas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.underseas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.underseas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1262,"href":"https:\/\/www.underseas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255\/revisions\/1262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.underseas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.underseas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.underseas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.underseas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}