Bar soaps have a lower environmental impact with minimum paper-based packaging. Also, plastic packaging with liquid soaps require around 20 times more energy to produce.

A natural bamboo toothbrush will last just as long as a plastic toothbrush. Bamboo is the fastest growing land plant in the world.

Plastic wrap is extremely difficult to recycle so it often ends up in landfills. Also, many plastic wraps are made using potentially dangerous chemicals.

Plastic bags take over 1000 years to decompose and release toxins into the soil. Also, many sea creatures mistake them for food, blocking their digestive processes.

Americans alone use 100 billion single-use plastic bags each year. This requires 12 million barrels of oil to manufacture.

Americans alone use 40 billion plastic utensils per year. All while 98% of takeout meals are eaten at home or work where reusable ones are easily accessible.

Plastic pegs typically last only one or two years before breaking.

Plastic pegs are not recyclable and end up in landfills where they last for over 1000 years and break down into microplastics.

Like all plastics, plastic bin bags break down into microplastics over the span of hundreds of years.

Every day, at least 3.5 million tonnes of garbage is generated worldwide. The majority of this waste ends up in plastic bin bags.

While technically recyclable, very few places accept it to be recycled so plastic bubble wrap often ends up in landfills.

In 2020, there were 131 billion packages shipped worldwide. While some companies have moved to biodegradable packaging, the majority of these packages used plastic bubble wrap

Liquid laundry detergent, unless concentrated, contains 60 to 90 percent water. This unnecessary extra weight leads to more emissions during shipping.

About 900 million laundry jugs are thrown out each year in North America