Wednesday 8th May was 'Plastic Free Day', set up by local initiative The Final Straw Solent who do an amazing job campaigning to reduce single use plastic waste and clean up our beaches. I took the challenge to refuse single use plastic wherever possible and it was so much harder than I'd expected!
At the beginning of 2019, as I was coming out of the haze of the first 6 months with a new baby, I decided that instead of giving up chocolate or vowing to take up running (I suspect neither of these would have lasted the first month), instead I would try to reduce my plastic consumption. My aim is to make gradual changes in the hope that this becomes a new way of life and not a short lived fad.