Packaging

Things I handle everyday..

Textbooks: In a plastic bag with advertising cards

Purse: Plastic shopping bag

Cell phone: Paper box

Toothbrush: Plastic packaging

Food: Plastic packaging

Hairbrush: Plastic packaging

Shoes: Paper box

Clothes: Plastic shopping bag

To summarize the items that I use on an everyday basis, most of these items are not packaged in sustainable materials. I usually don't consciously buy products that are packaged in environmentally-friendly products, but after taking this course I know how important it is to do so. A break down of everything I use everyday, really enforces the fact that a little bit goes a long way. If everyone made a conscious choice to purchase items that are packaged sustainably, the world would be a completely different place. A lot of wasted energy and water go into making plastic items, and if people took the time to notice the damage that they were doing.. this can eventually be put to a stop.