Plastic has benefits is light, durable, versatile, pliable and cheap to produce. Yes, It is right, there are areas where we cannot avoid plastic for hygiene or because there is not an alternative, and we need to use the benefits above: hospitals, electronics, containers… 

Unfortunately plastic make our lives easier and more comfortable, but it makes us pay a huge price if we do not take some responsibility. Plastic causes massive and insidious pollution all over the world. Here are just some of many articles about it. Have a look!

👉 Since the 1950s, approximately 8.3 billion tons of plastic have been produced worldwide and only 9% of that has been recycled. Guardian UK

👉Every minute, the equivalent of a truckload of plastic enters our oceans. Greenpeace

👉After a year, imagine setting garbage bags full of plastics around every continent of the world. By 2050, the oceans will contain more plastic than fish by weight. Ellen MacArthur Foundation

👉 China was buying our plastic waste and will no longer accept it so, the world will need to bury or recycle an estimated 111 million metric tons of the stuff. Bloomberg

👉 The problem it is not only plastic, Micro-plastics are in our water, our air, our fish and even human stool. Guardian UK

👉 Half of all plastics ever manufactured have been made in the last 15 years. National Geographic

👉 A plastic bottle takes approximately 500 years to decompose and every year the equivalent to 1.200 the weight of Tour Eiffel of plastic arrives to the ocean plus other tonnes that doesn’t arrive. Greenpeace

Plastics often contain additives making them stronger, more flexible, and durable. But many of these additives can extend the life of products and when they become litter, increase the time to break down.

Do you need more? Look around you; reduce plastic, single use and most important single use plastic. Switch and return to Sustainable alternatives.