I Counted All My Single-Use Plastic For A Week I’m Not Mad At Myself, Just Disappointed

I like to think I do my bit for the planet. I didn’t eat meat for years, have a keep cup, use green bags, period undies, and try to avoid plastic in my grocery shop. But, in saying that, I was way better before 2020… When the pandemic hit, I basically threw all my good habits out the window in lieu of safety, rules or much-needed serotonin. As it turns out, since I let those habits slip a couple of years ago, I haven’t really clawed them back entirely yet. Embarrassingly, I was still buying takeaway coffee cups until very recently. I agreed to publicly blast my current state of habits for content, but also as a little personal test. Initially, I was planning to try really