Sentences with phrase «personal plastic use»

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One of those actions includes taking a pledge to reduce personal consumption of single - use plastics — one of the most significant contributors to marine debris.

Local consumers who use personal care products containing microbeads are reacting to news that Erie County will soon ban the sale of goods that contain these tiny plastic orbs.

Researchers set out to examine whether these chemicals, which are widely used in flexible PVC plastics and personal care products, had a similar effect in humans.

Minimize your use of plastic bags, opt for refillable water bottles instead of bottled waters, choose «whole foods» over more processed or packaged foods (for both environmental and personal health reasons), and say no to straws in your beverages.

[6] Phthalates are still a huge concern in plastic packaging, but these plasticizers are also used in personal care products.

Avoiding plastic in contact with food or liquid is an important step, particularly when food is heated, install a water filter and store water in glass bottles, minimise your intake of canned foods as many contain bisphenol A in the white resin lining, use natural and organic cosmetics and personal care products, avoid air freshener and instead make your home smell sweet with pure essential oils.

Phthalates are used largely as plasticizers in soft and flexible plastics but are found in nearly all personal care products as well.

Other chemicals that can influence our epigenetics are the phthalates found in many personal care products and BPA in many plastic food containers, so it is important to use clean body care products and safe food packaging.

Personal finance experts have always recommended that consumers avoid using plastic to earn rewards if they can't pay their balance in full, since the benefit of earning any reward points gets wiped out by interest rate costs.

- A small fold - up umbrella - Fold - up plastic or cloth bag for grocery shopping - Sunglasses - 1 hat for shade while walking around and sightseeing - Laptop / Tablet / iPad recommended for classwork and personal use - Hand sanitizer - Camera - Neck pillow for travel - Portable charger / battery pack - Water bottle for refilling - Travel journal - Headphones - Laundry detergent packets

Reflecting on the embedded and latent meanings around light, nature, the frontier, borders, race, gender and power in influential American landscape paintings of the 19th century, she uses materials collected from her everyday life, including holiday - themed tablecloths, discarded medical records, nature calendars, plastic bags and paint, to craft imaginary landscapes that are grounded in accumulation, personal narrative and historical critique.

They called for simple, three - dimensional, geometric forms that were stripped of any illusionism, iconography, or personal expression and made using industrial processes and materials like plywood, aluminum, and plastic.

Using hair, beads, tissue paper, rubber tires, plastic and other materials, the artists craft provocative forms and intricate surfaces that play on unique cultural meanings, personal memories and social agendas.

Using materials collected from her everyday life, including holiday - themed tablecloths, discarded medical records, nature calendars, plastic bags, and paint, Hoffman crafts imaginary landscapes that are grounded in accumulation, personal narrative, and historical critique.

During a 2012 5 Gyres expedition, we found plastic microbeads — tiny round microplastics used in personal care products — in the Great Lakes in an open - water setting.

On the campaign website, people can commit to certain actions to combat their personal plastic pollution, such as not using disposable grocery bags, bringing their own coffee cup, avoiding cosmetics with microbeads, and pressuring firms to reduce excess packaging.

Nursing products like personal breast pumps, pacifiers, bottle nipples and even some toys are best to buy new, since bacteria can remain on them after several uses, and plastic may wear down.

Whilst we're moving in the right direction with the government's bottle deposit scheme, and personal pledges to use less plastic, some of us are still finding it hard to reduce our plastic footprint.