OPINION: Surviving without single-use plastics
Making it through the modern age — minus the waste
When you live in the U.S., single-use plastic seems abundant. Every time I go to Walmart, the piles of easily broken plastic bags greet me at the end of the check-out counter. When I get take-out food or coffee, it is always served in a Styrofoam, plastic or a plastic-lined paper container.