I followed the Plastic Free July link and took the quiz, but I'm quite bothered by blaming myself, as a consumer, for all the plastics.
I find the policy changes recommended by Beyond Plastics to be much more effective at actual change. The individual practices we do will increase our awareness, but if 100% of choices are in plastic (aspirin bottles) or the store doesn't sell alternatives (shampoo, hanging plants) and the manufacturers keep pushing plastic (peanut butter jars, squeezable mayo (?!!) packaged pasta, batteries), there's no progress.
The first carbon footprint calculator was invented by BP to make me and you feel guilty about the amount of plastic big oil is dumping into the consumer stream, with NO responsibility by them to clean it up.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws = Don't make so much of it in the first place!
Let's brag about NYS! From the leader of Beyond Plastics:
Right now, I think the strongest EPR bill in the U.S. that has been introduced, but not adopted, is by Assemblyman Steve Englebright of New York. A10185
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