Responsible Tourism Plastic free
At Casa Cares we have decided not to use plastic at every possible opportunity.
A Casa Cares, since we started thinking plastic free, we have broadened our gaze by going beyond the well-established choices (not using plastic water bottles or single-serving soap in plastic packaging, which we have long since eliminated by choosing solutionsalternative solutions). We decided not to use plastic on every possible occasion.
How much does plastic pollute?
Plastic, it is well known but worth remembering, has a very long degradation time (one thousand years versus two hundred for aluminum and twelve months for cardboard) but not only that: while cardboard or aluminum once degraded are non-polluting, plastic breaks down into microplastics and nanoplastics that spread everywhere in the environment never ceasing to pollute.
In addition, because recycling practices have significant quantitative and qualitative limitations, the ideal solution is to choose alternative materials that are also often more durable.
Reducing plastic in the office
The stapler, pencil sharpener, pliers, and paper hole punch are common items in offices and come in metal, although there are all-plastic versions or versions with plastic inserts for each.
We went a little further and decided to buy only cardboard pens and metal markers (the cap, unfortunately, is still plastic). We even found pencil highlighters!
The search continues… For anything that cannot be found plastic free, the alternative is to look for a recycled plastic product, which is always better than choosing new plastic!