I really love the idea of reducing single use plastics in my life. What have you done to successfully reduce or eliminate it?
I am finding that there are things that I can replace stuff with but they don’t tend to work as well. If I can get like 90% efficacy out of a more eco friendly replacement then I’m good, but it’s been more like 50% so far.
I work in in-home health care and I go through so many pairs of gloves in a day…
But there’s no more hygenic option for cleaning up human waste so… just screwed.
Health related items are probably one of the few appropriate times to use plastic. I think that’s a pretty common opinion. The medical world uses a lot of plastic to saves lives, compared to cocacola which uses single use plastic to save money and make us unhealthy
Don’t feel guilty. You’ve gotta protect yourself. Your job is hazardous enough.