At aqualeader we are always looking for a quick swap to help us reduce our single use plastic consumption.
As plastic pollution grows, with staggering predictions for the year 2040, more than ever, its really important to all try to do our bit for the environment.
We created this infographic to show how easy some swaps are. Simple things like switching from pods in your washing machine to powder bought in bulk in cardboard containers gets rid of the plastic cartons the pods are supplied in.
If you have 3 toilets in your house (ensuite / main bathroom / downstairs loo) and you use a liquid hand soap dispenser every month – that’s 36 of them a year you are using and throwing away. You can buy 5litre of liquid hand-soap fairly cheaply these days online – so why not do that and simply refill your dispensers?
As a mains fed, environmentally conscious, water cooler company we are always going to baulk at the thought of people buying bottled water so why not get in the habit of taking a refillable sports bottle in your bag when you head out. Sometimes the littlest swaps are the most sustainable.
Help protect our planet
1 – DON’T BUY BOTTLED WATER OR USE A BOTTLED WATER COOLER
Sounds easy- but in the UK alone we still use 35 million plastic bottles every day! Ditch the plastic bottle from the shop and fill up with chilled filtered water from a plumbed-in cooler instead.
2 – DETERGENT ABOUT LAUNDRY
Laundry pods come in small quantities and in plastic boxes. Why not switch to powder in a large cardboard container. Or better still. find your local refill store and reuse your container time and time again.
3 – GET YOUR MILK DELIVERED
Although more common a few decades ago there is a rising demand for the local milkman. The milk comes in glass bottles which are reused time and time again. and the milk float used to deliver – its electric!
4 – LIGHTERS MATCHES NOT PLASTIC
If you smoke. or have a fire/ wood burner in the home. It is far more environmentally friendly to use matches rather than a disposable lighter. Lighters are made up – quite often – of unidentified plastic and metal making them impossible to recycle.
5 – THINK ABOUT BEAUTY & HYGIENE PRODUCTS
Think about the packaging you buy your beauty products in. Try a natural deodorant to get rid of roll on’s. Switch to refillable hand soap containers instead of plastic pumps. Experiment with a solid shampoo bar instead of plastic bottles.
6 – RECYCLE PACKAGING
With internet shopping at an all-time high. we all receive a lot of parcels every month. If you are sending goods out at work or at home. cut open your own parcels carefully. Quite often you can reuse that plastic mailing bag. Pad out boxes with products in with cardboard – it protects much better than bubble wrap. Or try shredded newspaper.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR ECO FRIENDLY DRINKS SOLUTIONS VISIT OUR WATER COOLERS PAGE.
