Plastic straws
Straws are now the poster child for society’s plastic overuse. It’s true that even if we’d reduce the millions of drinking straws used every single day might not save the planet, it’s definitely not a bad place to start. Did you know that you can replace plastic straws with their stainless-steel version? Or, if you don’t really care about straws, don’t use one at all.
Diet soda
In their ongoing efforts to cut out sugar and calories, diet soda drinkers might expose themselves to all kinds of health risks. There are various studies that show how excessive diet soda consumption is directly linked to metabolic syndrome, which might lead to diabetes, heart disease, but also stroke, and dementia.
Keurig K-Cups
Statista showed that over 40% of American homes have a Keurig or any other pod-based coffeemaker, which adds up to all the other billions of pods that are placed in landfills. Keurig decided to make all of its K-Cups fully recyclable in 2020. Even so, a Keurig cup of coffee, at its cheapest sale price, still runs 50 cents. And do you know how much a cup of drip coffee costs? Only 16 cents.
