{"id":62,"date":"2017-03-19T15:26:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T22:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/?p=62"},"modified":"2017-03-19T15:26:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T22:26:07","slug":"how-to-live-without-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/2017\/03\/19\/how-to-live-without-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"How to live without plastic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u00a0You use it every day without even noticing it. It makes your life easier but harms you and the planet, what is it?<\/em> The answer to this riddle is <strong>plastic<\/strong>. This material is completely malleable so that it can be transformed into all kinds of solid objects. Some examples of these solid objects that you use\u00a0every day are plastic bags, pens or cell phones! The following photo presents common plastic objects that every person has in their houses. Now, imagine that we are 7.5 Billion People\u00a0and each person has 2 plastic objects. That means 15 Billion plastic objects, without counting those that we had thrown away.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/d3\/Plastic_objects.jpg\" width=\"2427\" height=\"1769\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few people know the history of this material. Synthetic plastic was invented by <a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leo_Baekeland\">Leo Baekeland<\/a> in 1907, and renovated by <a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hermann_Staudinger\">Hermann Staudinger<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herman_Francis_Mark\">Herman Mark<\/a>. It had an incredible success in the early 20th due to its big production and low cost to manufacture. However, little by little people realized the slow decomposition rate. Since then, a lot of people have been fighting to reduce its use and replace it with new products. The following video presents a new type of product that could replace plastic plates.<\/p>\n<div class='et_post_video'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v36dwHwSDW0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As mentioned in the previous video, Leaf Plates are not made out of plastic or chemicals. Although there are many questions unanswered such as would this company be able to provide to the entire world as many plates as needed, it is inspiring that there are companies thinking about the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/files\/2017\/03\/plastic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/files\/2017\/03\/plastic.png 491w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/files\/2017\/03\/plastic-275x300.png 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/>Furthermore, we need the support of companies but we, consumers, \u00a0need to change our consumption habits about this material. By clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theworldcounts.com\/counters\/waste_pollution_facts\/plastic_bags_used_per_year\">here<\/a> you can enter into a LIVE counter of plastic bags.\u00a0When I created this blog post it was about 1,067,491,500,093 plastic bags used. Is there a big difference when you clicked on it? If so, then it is time to change our actions. Here are 9 tips to use less plastic in our everyday lives. Many blogs provide a lot of tips and tricks in order to decrease our consumption of this material.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, this blog post has inspired to change your actions and support those organizations that are making an effort to change the world.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading!<\/p>\n<p>Maria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about how to live without plastic in the two following links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifewithoutplastic.com\/store\/ca\/\">LifeWithoutPlastic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/myplasticfreelife.com\/plasticfreeguide\/\">100 Steps to a Plastic-Free Life<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>References:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Plastic_objects.jpg\">Plastic Materials in everyday&#8217;s life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/world-population\/\">World&#8217;s Population<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/americanhistory.si.edu\/blog\/2011\/07\/one-word-plastics.html\">History of Plastic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v36dwHwSDW0\">Lead Plates video<\/a><\/li>\n<li>9 Tips for decreasing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lessplastic.co.uk\/9-tips-living-less-plastic\/\">Plastic Consumption<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0You use it every day without even noticing it. It makes your life easier but harms you and the planet, what is it? The answer to this riddle is plastic. This material is completely malleable so that it can be transformed into all kinds of solid objects. Some examples of these solid objects that you use\u00a0every day are plastic bags, pens or cell phones! The following photo presents common plastic objects that every person has in their houses. Now, imagine that we are 7.5 Billion People\u00a0and each person has 2&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/2017\/03\/19\/how-to-live-without-plastic\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47531,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2238308,2238080],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-changetheworld","tag-livefreeofplastic","et-no-image","et-bg-layout-dark","et-white-bg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47531"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/greenfuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}