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What do you do to reduce your use of single use plastics? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I really love the idea of reducing single use plastics in my life. What have you done to successfully reduce or eliminate it?

I am finding that there are things that I can replace stuff with but they don't tend to work as well. If I can get like 90% efficacy out of a more eco friendly replacement then I'm good, but it's been more like 50% so far.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I work in in-home health care and I go through so many pairs of gloves in a day...

But there's no more hygenic option for cleaning up human waste so... just screwed.

[–] Habahnow 7 points 9 months ago

Health related items are probably one of the few appropriate times to use plastic. I think that's a pretty common opinion. The medical world uses a lot of plastic to saves lives, compared to cocacola which uses single use plastic to save money and make us unhealthy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Don't feel guilty. You've gotta protect yourself. Your job is hazardous enough.